Joint Comment Letter: Need for Extension of BioMAT Program Apr 30, 2025 Comment Letters To: The Honorable Gavin Newsom Subject: Need for Extension of BioMAT Program Letter Excerpt: We are writing on behalf of the undersigned associations, agencies and organizations to urge you to extend the BioMAT program, a legislatively established program that requires procurement of 250 megawatts from new small-scale bioenergy projects. BioMAT projects provide firm renewable power while helping to mitigate wildfires, reduce landfill waste, cut air and climate pollution, protect water supply and quality, and create good jobs and the circular economy. Your California Jobs First plan highlights several BioMAT projects and two BioMAT projects have received Jobs First funding. Several of the state’s climate, wildfire mitigation and air quality plans call for full implementation of BioMAT. State law also requires the BioMAT to be fully implemented, yet the CPUC has set a sunset date of December 31, 2025 while only 20 percent of the required megawatts have been procured. We urge you to direct the CPUC to fully implement the BioMAT program in compliance with state law and to provide the many benefits highlighted below. Download Comment Letter
