Assembly Member Stan Ellis (R–Bakersfield) introduced a trio of oil-and-gas bills that, taken together, push in the same direction: innovation over slogans, process discipline over bureaucratic drift, and rules based on real-world performance instead of blunt instruments.

Assembly Member Joe Patterson (R) has introduced AB 2608, a targeted amendment to the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Transportation Fuels Assessment

On Friday, February 20, AB 2716 was introduced at CIPA’s request by Assembly Member Anamarie Avila Farias to fix Public Resources Code § 3205.8, the AB 1167-era “transfer bonding” section that has caused a market freeze and prevented sales of oil wells and facilities for over two years.

NOPEC has launched a new fundraising campaign to support its ongoing legal challenge to SB 1137, California’s Energy Shutdown Law.

A new analysis highlighted by Extracting Fact underscores a reality Sacramento keeps trying to wish away: SB 237 was a meaningful step, but it is not big enough to stabilize California’s crude supply chain, the pipelines and refineries that keep transportation fuels flowing.