Ag Council’s overall goal is to provide some relief to the out-of-control fees that are seemingly limitless each budget year.
Ag Council reached out to a broader coalition to assist in this work to alleviate the fee burden, and we sent a joint letter to Governor Newsom and the State Legislature to formally ask for General Fund dollars in the state budget.
Food Production Investment Program (FPIP) Remains a Budget Priority In addition to seeking a reprieve on fees, Ag Council is supporting Governor Newsom’s allocation of $85 million in his budget plan to fund FPIP and is requesting that legislators provide this funding in the state budget. FPIP assists food producers in reducing energy use and lowering carbon emissions by replacing high energy equipment with advanced technologies and equipment. The matching grant program accelerates the adoption of state-of-the-art energy technologies to considerably reduce energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions. The program came to fruition during negotiations to reauthorize cap and trade in 2017 when Ag Council advocated strongly for a program to help California food processors leverage state dollars with private funding to lower emissions through the implementation of more energy efficient technologies. The outcome of those conversations with former Governor Jerry Brown and his staff was the creation of FPIP at the California Energy Commission (CEC), an initiative spearheaded by Ag Council.
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