Statute · California Public Resources Code
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 3190 — Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 3190
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Public Resources Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2026-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
Citator
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 3190 — Gravity-Based Energy Storage Well Pilot Program is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Federal agency” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency, including Region 9 of that agency.
(b) (1) “Gravity-based energy storage well” means a well that meets all of the following:
(A) The well is plugged with all perforations sealed, including by the use of permanent bridge plug.
(B) The well is isolated from a hydrocarbon reservoir.
(C) The well has mechanical integrity.
(D) The well is not a conduit for fluid migration into a beneficial use aquifer.
(E) The well is exclusively used to store or generate energy by raising or lowering a weight within the well casing.
(2) A well that has been fully plugged and abandoned pursuant to Section 3208 is not eligible to be a gravity-based energy storage well.
(3) A well listed as an orphan well pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 3206.3 or an idle-deserted well, as defined in Section 3251, is eligible to be converted for use as a gravity-based energy storage well if all applicable and necessary rights to do so have been obtained.