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Public Resources Code - PRC

8,181 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 25306 — The commission shall conduct workshops, hearings, and other forums to gain the perspectives of the public and market participants for purposes of the integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant
• § 25307 — (a) For purposes of this section, “decarbonizing” means reducing or eliminating associated emissions of greenhouse gases.
• § 25308 — The commission and Public Utilities Commission, in coordination with the Independent System Operator, every five years, shall review and update as necessary the Memorandum of Understanding Between the
• § 25308.5 — (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Independent System Operator shall jointly develop an electrical transmission infrastructure development guidebook that d
• § 25310 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “End use” means the purpose for which energy is used, including, but not limited to, heating, cooling, or lightin
• § 25320 — (a) The commission shall manage a data collection system for obtaining information necessary to develop the policy reports and analyses required by Sections 25301 to 25307, inclusive, the energy short
• § 25321 — In order to ensure timely and accurate compliance with the data collection system adopted under Section 25320, the commission may use any of the following enforcement measures: (a) If any person fails
• § 25322 — (a) The data collection system managed pursuant to Section 25320 shall include the following requirements regarding the confidentiality of the information collected by the commission: (1) Any person r
• § 25323 — Nothing in this division shall authorize the commission in the performance of its analytical, planning, siting, or certification responsibilities to mandate a specified supply plan for any utility.
• § 25324 — The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the California Independent System Operator, transmission owners, users, and consumers, shall adopt a strategic plan for the state’
• § 25326 — (a) The commission shall hold public hearings to identify impediments that limit procurement of biomethane in California, including, but not limited to, impediments to interconnection.
• § 25327 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There is insufficient information available to fully realize the potential of solar photovoltaic energy generation to serve low-income
• § 25328 — (a) In order to achieve the state’s goal of reaching 100 percent zero-emission vehicles for new passenger vehicles sales by 2035 and for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles everywhere feasible by 2045, it
• § 25330 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Feasible” has the same meaning as in Section 21061.
• § 25331 — (a) The commission may designate a transmission corridor zone on its own motion or by application of a person who plans to construct a high-voltage electric transmission line within the state.
• § 25332 — The designation of a transmission corridor zone is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)).
• § 25333 — (a) In developing a strategic plan pursuant to Section 25324 or considering an application for designation pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall confer with cities and counties, federal agenc
• § 25334 — (a) Upon receipt of an application or upon its own motion for designation of a transmission corridor zone, the commission shall arrange for the publication of a summary of the application in a newspap
• § 25335 — (a) Within 45 days of receipt of the application or motion for designation, the commission shall commence public informational hearings in the county or counties where the proposed transmission corrid
• § 25336 — (a) Within 155 days of the final informational hearing, the commission shall conduct a prehearing conference to determine the issues to be considered in hearings pursuant to this section, to identify
• § 25337 — After the conclusion of hearings conducted pursuant to Section 25336, and no later than 180 days after the date of certification of the environmental impact report prepared pursuant to Section 25332,
• § 25338 — As soon as practicable after the commission designates a transmission corridor zone, it shall post a copy of its decision on its Internet Web site, send a copy of its decision, including a description
• § 25339 — After the commission designates a transmission corridor zone, it shall identify that transmission corridor zone in its subsequent strategic plans adopted pursuant to Section 25324.
• § 25340 — After receiving notice from the commission regarding the designation or revision of a transmission corridor zone within its jurisdiction, each city or county shall consider the designated transmission
• § 25341 — (a) Within a designated transmission corridor zone, within 10 days of accepting as complete an application pursuant to Section 65943 of the Government Code for a development project that a city or cou
• § 25350 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the petroleum industry is an essential element of the California economy and is therefore of vital importance to the health and welfare of all Californians.
• § 25352 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act of 1980.
• § 25354 — (a) Each refiner and major marketer shall submit information each month to the commission in such form and extent as the commission prescribes pursuant to this section.
• § 25354.2 — (a) The commission, in consultation with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and labor and industry stakeholders, shall consider ways to manage necessary refinery turnarounds and maintenance th
• § 25354.4 — (a) The commission, in consultation with the Independent Consumer Fuels Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 25373, shall consider the effects of refiners’ inventories of fuel and feedst
• § 25354.6 — (a) The commission shall notify a refiner or person who fails to comply with the requirements of Section 25354.
• § 25355 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Gross gasoline refining margin” means the difference, expressed in dollars per barrel, between the volume-weighted average price
• § 25355.5 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Gross gasoline refining margin excluding state program costs” means the amount, expressed in dollars per barrel and calculated b
• § 25355.7 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 25356 — (a) The commission, utilizing its own staff and other support staff having expertise and experience in, or with, the petroleum industry, shall gather, analyze, and interpret the information submitted
• § 25357 — The commission shall obtain and analyze monthly production reports prepared by the State Oil and Gas Supervisor pursuant to Section 3227.
• § 25358 — (a) Within 70 days after the end of each preceding quarter of each calendar year, the commission shall publish and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a summary, an analysis, and an interpretat
• § 25362 — (a) The commission shall notify those persons who have failed to timely provide the information specified in Section 25354 or 25355.
• § 25364 — (a) A person required to present information to the commission pursuant to Section 25354 or 25355 or a person making a request for exemption pursuant to Section 25355.
• § 25366 — Any confidential information pertinent to the responsibilities of the commission specified in this division which is obtained by another state agency shall be available to the commission and shall be
• § 25367 — (a) Except as otherwise provided, the adoption of, or amendment to, regulations or orders implementing this chapter shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as an emergency, and necessa
• § 25370 — For purposes of this chapter and Chapter 4.
• § 25371 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.
• § 25371.1 — (a) The commission shall use reasonable means necessary and available, including, but not limited to, the authority under subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 11181 of the Government Code, to seek and
• § 25371.2 — (a) The commission shall aggregate information used in the assessment prepared under Section 25371 to the extent necessary to ensure its confidentiality if public disclosure of the specific informatio
• § 25371.3 — On or before December 31, 2024, the commission and the State Air Resources Board, taking into account findings of the assessment conducted under Section 25371, shall prepare a Transportation Fuels Tra
• § 25371.4 — The commission shall, on or before March 31, 2026, submit an assessment to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and to the Governor that evaluates the recommendatio
• § 25372 — For purposes of this article and Article 4 (commencing with Section 25373), “division” means the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight.
• § 25372.1 — (a) The Division of Petroleum Market Oversight is hereby established in the commission.
• § 25372.2 — (a) The division shall do all of the following: (1) Provide independent oversight and analysis of the transportation fuels markets for the protection of consumers by identifying market design flaws, m
• § 25372.3 — The director of the division shall, when requested, appear before the appropriate policy committees in the Assembly and Senate to provide an update on the division’s performance as compared to its obj
• § 25372.4 — (a) Information provided to the division shall presumptively be confidential and not subject to public disclosure.
• § 25373 — (a) The commission and division shall be advised by the Independent Consumer Fuels Advisory Committee, which is hereby established within the commission.
• § 25400 — The commission shall conduct an ongoing assessment of the opportunities and constraints presented by all forms of energy.
• § 25401 — The commission shall continuously carry out studies, research projects, data collection, and other activities required to assess the nature, extent, and distribution of energy resources to meet the ne
• § 25401.2 — (a) As part of the report required by Section 25302, the commission shall develop and update an inventory of current and potential cost-effective opportunities in each utility’s service territory to i
• § 25401.5 — For the purpose of reducing electrical and natural gas energy consumption, the commission may develop and disseminate measures that would enhance energy efficiency for single-family residential dwelli
• § 25401.7 — At the time a single-family residential dwelling is sold, a buyer or seller may request a home inspection, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 7195 of the Business and Professions Code, and a hom
• § 25401.9 — (a) Pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25402, to the extent that funds are available, the commission, in consultation with the Department of Water Resources and in consideration of developments in
• § 25402 — The commission shall, after one or more public hearings, do all of the following to reduce the wasteful, uneconomic, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy, including the energy associated
• § 25402.1 — To implement the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402, the commission shall do all of the following: (a) Develop a public domain computer program that will enable contractors, bui
• § 25402.10 — (a) For purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) To “benchmark,” in reference to energy use, means to obtain information on the energy use in an entire building for a spec
• § 25402.11 — (a) (1) The commission may adopt regulations establishing an administrative enforcement process for a violation of a regulation adopted pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (e) of Section 25402 and for th
• § 25402.12 — (a) On or before January 1, 2019, the commission, in consultation with the Contractors’ State License Board, local building officials, and other stakeholders, shall approve a plan that will promote co
• § 25402.13 — Beginning with the triennial review of Part 6 (commencing with Section 100.
• § 25402.16 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Benchmarking data” means data delivered to the commission pursuant to Section 25402.
• § 25402.17 — (a) The commission shall evaluate the cost-effectiveness of passive house energy efficiency standards by California climate zone, using commission-adopted metrics such as long-term system cost.
• § 25402.2 — Any standard adopted by the commission pursuant to Sections 25402 and 25402.
• § 25402.3 — For purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 25402.
• § 25402.4 — The standards for nonresidential buildings prescribed by the commission pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 25402 shall provide at least one option which uses passive or semipassive therma
• § 25402.5 — (a) As used in this section, “lighting device” includes, but is not limited to, a lamp, luminaire, light fixture, lighting control, ballast, or any component of those devices.
• § 25402.5.4 — (a) On or before December 31, 2008, the commission shall adopt minimum energy efficiency standards for all general purpose lights on a schedule specified in the regulations.
• § 25402.7 — (a) In consultation with the commission, electric and gas utilities shall provide support for building standards and other regulations pursuant to Section 25402, including appropriate research, develo
• § 25402.8 — When assessing new building standards for residential and nonresidential buildings relating to the conservation of energy, the commission shall include in its deliberations the impact that those stand
• § 25402.9 — (a) On or before July 1, 1996, the commission shall develop, adopt, and publish an informational booklet to educate and inform homeowners, rental property owners, renters, sellers, brokers, and the ge
• § 25403 — (a) By January 1, 2021, the commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the State Air Resources Board, and the Independent System Operator, shall assess the potential for the sta
• § 25403.2 — (a) Using the moneys appropriated pursuant to Items 3360-105-0001 and 3360-005-0001 of Section 2.
• § 25403.5 — (a) The commission shall, by July 1, 1978, adopt standards by regulation for a program of electrical load management for each utility service area.
• § 25403.8 — (a) The commission shall develop and implement a program to provide battery backup power for those official traffic control signals, operated by a city, county, or city and county, that the commission
• § 25404 — The commission shall cooperate with the Office of Planning and Research, the Resources Agency and other interested parties in developing procedures to ensure that mitigation measures to minimize waste
• § 25405 — A city, county, or city and county may by ordinance or resolution prescribe a schedule of fees sufficient to pay the costs incurred in the enforcement of standards adopted pursuant to this chapter.
• § 25405.5 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “kW” means kilowatts or 1,000 watts, as measured from the alternating current side of the solar energy system inverter
• § 25405.6 — Not later than July 1, 2007, the commission shall initiate a public proceeding to study and make findings whether, and under what conditions, solar energy systems should be required on new residential
• § 25410 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Energy Conservation Assistance Act of 1979.
• § 25410.5 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Energy costs are frequently the second largest discretionary expense in a local government’s budget.
• § 25410.6 — (a) The commission shall administer the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account to provide grants and loans to local governments and public institutions to maximize energy use savings, expand ins
• § 25411 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Allocation” means a loan of funds by the commission pursuant to the procedures specified in this chapter.
• § 25412 — Any eligible institution may submit an application to the commission for an allocation for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the costs incurred in implementing a project.
• § 25412.5 — The commission shall take steps to solicit loan applications to do all of the following: (a) Encourage an equitable distribution of loans statewide.
• § 25413 — (a) Applications for eligible energy projects or measures may be approved by the commission only in those instances where the eligible institution has furnished information satisfactory to the commiss
• § 25414 — Annually at the conclusion of each fiscal year, but not later than October 31, each eligible institution that has received an allocation for an eligible energy project or measures pursuant to this cha
• § 25415 — (a) Each eligible institution to which an allocation has been made under this chapter shall repay the principal amount of the allocation, plus interest, in not more than 40 equal semiannual payments,
• § 25416 — (a) The State Energy Conservation Assistance Account is hereby created in the General Fund.
• § 25417 — (a) An allocation made pursuant to this chapter shall be used for the purposes specified in an approved application.
• § 25417.5 — (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the commission as set forth in this chapter, the commission has the power and authority to do all of the following: (1) Borrow money, for the purpose of obtaining
• § 25418 — The Department of Finance, at its discretion, may audit the expenditure of any allocation made pursuant to this chapter or the computation of any payment made pursuant to Section 25415.
• § 25419 — In addition to the powers specifically granted to the commission by the other provisions of this chapter, the commission shall have the following powers: (a) To establish qualifications and priorities
• § 25420 — The commission may expend from the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account an amount to pay for the actual administrative costs incurred by the commission pursuant to this chapter.
• § 25421 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before Janu
• § 25422 — (a) Federal funds available to the commission pursuant to Chapter 5.
• § 25425 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Energy Conservation Act of 2001.
• § 25426 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Commercial refrigeration” means a refrigerator that is not a federally regulated consumer product.
• § 25433 — It is the intent of the Legislature to establish incentives in the form of grants and loans to low-income residents, small businesses, and residential property owners for constructing and retrofitting
• § 25433.5 — (a) In consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the commission shall do both of the following for the purpose of full or partial funding of an eligible construction or retrofit project: (1)
• § 25434 — The commission may contract with one or more business entities capable of supplying or providing goods or services necessary for the commission to carry out the responsibilities for the programs condu
• § 25434.5 — As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Eligible construction or retrofit project” means a project for making improvements to a home or building in existence on
• § 25435 — The commission shall administer the Small Business Energy Efficient Refrigeration Loan Program, as provided for in Section 25436.
• § 25436 — (a) Within 45 days of the effective date of this chapter, the commission shall implement a Small Business Energy Efficient Refrigeration Loan Program for qualifying small businesses to purchase and in
• § 25450 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The cost of energy in California is increasing and creating greater demands on local governments’ operating budgets.
• § 25450.1 — The commission shall administer the funds allocated to and received by the state pursuant to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.
• § 25450.2 — (a) Not less than 60 percent of the funds received pursuant to Section 25450.
• § 25450.3 — The commission shall not exceed the amount specified in Section 545(c)(4) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.
• § 25450.4 — The commission may award contracts, grants, and loans pursuant to this chapter, unless otherwise prohibited by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.
• § 25450.5 — (a) The commission may adopt guidelines governing the award, eligibility, and administration of funding pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) at a publicly
• § 25460 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the 111th Congress enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) that appropriates funds for various energy programs adminis
• § 25461 — (a) Except as provided in Chapter 5.
• § 25462 — (a) The commission may adopt guidelines governing the award, eligibility, and administration of funding pursuant to this chapter at a publicly noticed meeting offering all interested parties an opport
• § 25463 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, federal funds available to the commission pursuant to this chapter may be used by the commission to augment funding for any programs or measur
• § 25464 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Fund” means the Clean and Renewable Energy Business Financing Revolving Loan Fund.
• § 25470 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Act” means the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
• § 25471 — (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing this chapter.
• § 25471.5 — There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund for the purposes of implementing this chapter.
• § 25472 — (a) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall establish a process by which projects are identified and funding is allocated.
• § 25473 — (a) On or before January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the commission, shall submit to the Legislature’s fiscal and appropriate policy committees a report tha
• § 25474 — (a) Any repayment of loans made pursuant to this chapter from the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund, including interest payments, and all interest earnings on or accruing to, any money re
• § 25474.5 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 39718 of the Health and Safety Code, any repayment of loans made pursuant to this chapter from the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund, including interest payme
• § 25480 — As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Transportation.
• § 25481 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Due to the projected rapid growth in demand for energy, coupled with the mounting difficulties in providing energy supplies, a continuing energy sho
• § 25482 — All state agencies shall provide assistance to their employees living in metropolitan areas in establishing carpools and locating potential carpool participants.
• § 25483 — In order to perform its new function of promoting and assisting ridesharing, the department is authorized to establish ridesharing programs in metropolitan areas for public and private employees with
• § 25484 — The ridesharing programs established by the department may include, but are not limited to, computer or manual matching systems, promotional efforts to encourage carpooling, vanpooling, buspooling, an
• § 25485 — The department shall develop programs and undertake any necessary construction to establish, for the use of carpool vehicles carrying at least three persons, preferential lanes on major freeways in me
• § 25487 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 25488 — “Title 24 Standards” refers to the nonresidential building standards developed by the commission.
• § 25488.5 — “Building standard” means a building standard as defined in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code which is adopted by the commission.
• § 25489 — “Lifecycle cost” means an estimate of the total cost of acquisition, operation, maintenance, and construction of any energy system within or related to a structure over the design life of the structur
• § 25491 — “Governmental agency” means any public agency, including any agency of the state, each county, city, district, association of governments, and joint power agency.
• § 25492 — “Structure” means any building which has more than 10,000 square feet of floor area and which has a heating, cooling, water heating, or lighting system which is designed to provide lighting and space
• § 25493 — On or after January 1, 1979, no governmental agency shall commence construction on any new structure unless the new structure complies with Title 24 Standards.
• § 25493.5 — On and after January 1, 1980, no governmental agency shall commence construction on any new structure unless the new structure complies with all applicable building standards, as defined in Section 25
• § 25494 — Not later than July 31, 1978, the commission shall prepare a manual outlining a methodology by which governmental agencies and the general public may at their option compare the lifecycle costs of var
• § 25495 — No later than July 31, 1978, the commission shall develop design guidelines for new construction which include energy conserving options, including, but not limited to, the use of daylighting, heating
• § 25496 — No later than July 1, 1978, the commission shall develop and make available to government agencies and the general public to be utilized at their option lighting standards for existing buildings.
• § 25498 — In addition to any other requirements applicable to such structure, no new state-owned structure shall be constructed which is not equipped with a supplementary solar water heating system, unless such
• § 25500 — In accordance with the provisions of this division, the commission shall have the exclusive power to certify all sites and related facilities in the state, whether a new site and related facility or a
• § 25500.1 — (a) The owner of a proposed solar thermal powerplant, for which an application for certification was filed with the commission after August 15, 2007, and certified by the commission and, of a project
• § 25500.5 — The commission shall certify sufficient sites and related facilities which are required to provide a supply of electric power sufficient to accomodate the demand projected in the most recent forecast
• § 25501 — This chapter does not apply to any site or related facility for which the Public Utilities Commission has issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity or which any municipal utility has ap
• § 25501.7 — Any person proposing to construct a facility or a site to which Section 25501 applies may waive the exclusion of such site and related facility from the provisions of this chapter by submitting to the
• § 25502 — Each person proposing to construct a thermal powerplant or electric transmission line on a site shall submit to the commission a notice of intention to file an application for the certification of the
• § 25502.3 — Except as provided in Section 25501.
• § 25503 — Each notice of intention to file an application shall contain at least three alternative sites and related facilities, at least one of which shall not be located in whole or in part in the coastal zon
• § 25504 — The notice of intention shall include a statement by the applicant describing the location of the proposed sites by section or sections, range and township, and county; a summary of the proposed desig
• § 25504.5 — An applicant may, in the notice, propose a site to be approved which will accomodate a potential maximum electric generating capacity in excess of the capacity being proposed for the initial approval
• § 25505 — Upon receipt of a notice, the commission shall cause a summary of the notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the sites and related facilities, or any part
• § 25506 — The commission shall request the appropriate local, regional, state, and federal agencies to make comments and recommendations regarding the design, operation, and location of the facilities designate
• § 25506.5 — The commission shall request the Public Utilities Commission, for sites and related facilities requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to make comments and recommendations regardi
• § 25507 — (a) If any alternative site and related facility proposed in the notice is proposed to be located, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone, the commission shall transmit a copy of the notice to t
• § 25508 — The commission shall cooperate with, and render advice to, the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission in studying applications for any site and
• § 25509 — Within 45 days of the filing of the notice, the commission shall conduct public informational presentations in the county or counties in which the proposed sites and related facilities are located.
• § 25509.5 — No sooner than 15 days after the conclusion of the presentations pursuant to Section 25509, the commission shall commence nonadjudicatory hearings.
• § 25510 — After the conclusion of such hearings, and no later than 150 days after filing of the notice, the commission shall prepare and make public a summary and hearing order on the notice of intention to fil
• § 25511 — The commission shall review the factors related to safety and reliability of the facilities at each of the alternative sites designated in the notice.
• § 25512 — The summary and hearing order shall be based upon the record of the proceeding including statements or documents presented during any hearing or informational presentation on the notice, the comments
• § 25512.5 — Within 15 days of the publication of the summary and hearing order, a copy will be distributed to any person who requests such copy.
• § 25513 — No earlier than 30 days after distribution of the summary and hearing order, the commission shall commence adjudicatory hearings pursuant to the hearing order.
• § 25513.3 — Notwithstanding Sections 11425.
• § 25514 — After conclusion of the hearings held pursuant to Section 25513 and no later than 300 days after the filing of the notice, a final report shall be prepared and distributed.
• § 25514.3 — In specifying any modifications, conditions, or criteria pursuant to Section 25514, for sites and related facilities requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity, the commission shall r
• § 25514.5 — In considering the acceptability of a site proposed to accommodate ultimately additional power-generating capacity, the commission, in determining, pursuant to Sections 25514 and 25512, the conformity
• § 25515 — No later than 30 days after the final report is distributed, a hearing or hearings on the final report shall be commenced.
• § 25516 — The approval of the notice by the commission shall be based upon findings pursuant to Section 25514.
• § 25516.1 — If a site and related facility found to be acceptable by the commission pursuant to Section 25516 is located in the coastal zone, the Suisun Marsh, or the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conserv
• § 25516.5 — On a notice which proposes an expanded ultimate electric generating capacity for a site, the commission may, based upon findings pursuant to Section 25514, either approve the notice only for the initi
• § 25516.6 — (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, the commission shall issue its written decision on the notice not later than 12 months after the notice is filed, or at any later time as i
• § 25517 — Except as provided in Section 25501, no construction of any thermal powerplant or electric transmission line shall be commenced by any electric utility without first obtaining certification as prescri
• § 25518 — The Public Utilities Commission shall issue no certificate of public convenience and necessity for a site or related electrical facilities unless the utility has obtained a certificate from the commis
• § 25518.5 — Nothing in this division shall preclude the concurrent initiation of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Public Utilities Commission subject to the condition
• § 25519 — (a) To obtain certification for a site and related facility, an application for certification of the site and related facility shall be filed with the commission.
• § 25519.5 — (a) If the site and related facilities specified in the application are proposed to be located within 1,000 feet of a military installation, or lie within special use airspace or beneath a low-level f
• § 25520 — The application shall contain all of the following information and any other information that the commission by regulation may require: (a) A detailed description of the design, construction, and oper
• § 25520.5 — (a) In reviewing an application for an additional facility at a potential multiple-facility site, the commission shall undertake a reconsideration of its prior determinations in the final report on th
• § 25521 — No earlier than 90 nor later than 240 days after the date of the filing of an application, the commission shall commence a public hearing or hearings on the application in Sacramento, San Francisco, L
• § 25522 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 25520.
• § 25523 — The commission shall prepare a written decision after the public hearing on an application, which includes all of the following: (a) Specific provisions relating to the manner in which the proposed fa
• § 25524 — (a) “Qualified applicant” for purposes of this section means an applicant for certification of an eligible renewable energy resource, as defined in the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program
• § 25524.1 — (a) Except for the existing Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Onofre Units 2 and 3 owned by Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas and Electri
• § 25524.2 — Except for the existing Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company and San Onofre Units 2 and 3 owned by Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas and Electric Co
• § 25524.5 — The commission shall not certify any facility which adds generating capacity to a potential multiple-facility site in excess of the maximum allowable capacity established by the commission pursuant to
• § 25525 — The commission may not certify a facility contained in the application when it finds, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 25523, that the facility does not conform with any applicable state, local,
• § 25526 — (a) The commission shall not approve as a site for a facility any location designated by the California Coastal Commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30413, unless the California Coastal C
• § 25527 — The following areas of the state shall not be approved as a site for a facility, unless the commission finds that such use is not inconsistent with the primary uses of such lands and that there will b
• § 25528 — (a) The commission shall require, as a condition of certification of any site and related facility, that the applicant acquire, by grant or contract, the right to prohibit development of privately own
• § 25529 — When a facility is proposed to be located in the coastal zone or any other area with recreational, scenic, or historic value, the commission shall require, as a condition of certification of any facil
• § 25530 — The commission may order a reconsideration of all or part of a decision or order on its own motion or on petition of any party.
• § 25531 — (a) The decisions of the commission on any application for certification of a site and related facility are subject to judicial review by the Supreme Court of California.
• § 25532 — The commission shall establish a monitoring system to assure that any facility certified under this division is constructed and is operating in compliance with air and water quality, public health and
• § 25534 — (a) The commission may, after one or more hearings, amend the conditions of, or revoke the certification for, any facility for any of the following reasons: (1) Any material false statement set forth
• § 25534.1 — (a) The executive director of the commission may issue a complaint to any person or entity on whom an administrative civil penalty may be imposed pursuant to Section 25534.