The California Energy Transition

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Newsom Signs Bill to Plug Idle Oil and Gas Wells
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Newsom Signs Bill to Plug Idle Oil and Gas Wells

Sep 26, 2024
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1866, which increases the state’s idle well fees and increases the amount of wells that must be eliminated under an idle well management plan (IWMP). The bill also revises the idle well plan.

Scaled Fees

The bill provides a scaled idle wells fee, depending on how long the well has been idle. The bill requires opera…

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