CHAPTER 1. Title and General Provisions
Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 276.
§§ 25000–25009 · 15 sections
- § 25000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Warren-Alquist State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act.
- § 25000.1 (a) The Legislature further finds and declares that, in addition to their other ratepayer protection objectives, a principal goal of electric and natural gas…
- § 25000.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that overdependence on the production, marketing, and consumption of petroleum based fuels as an energy resource in the…
- § 25001 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that electrical energy is essential to the health, safety and welfare of the people of this state and to the state…
- § 25002 The Legislature further finds and declares that the present rapid rate of growth in demand for electric energy is in part due to wasteful, uneconomic,…
- § 25003 The Legislature further finds and declares that in planning for future electrical generating and related transmission facilities state, regional, and local…
- § 25004 The Legislature further finds and declares that there is a pressing need to accelerate research and development into alternative sources of energy and into…
- § 25004.2 The Legislature further finds that cogeneration technology is a potential energy resource and should be an important element of the state’s energy supply mix.…
- § 25004.3 The Legislature further finds and declares all of the following: (a) Advanced transportation technologies hold the promise of conserving energy, reducing…
- § 25005 The Legislature further finds and declares that prevention of delays and interruptions in the orderly provision of electrical energy, protection of…
- § 25005.5 The Legislature further finds and declares that information should be acquired and analyzed by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development…
- § 25006 It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to establish and consolidate the state’s responsibility for energy resources, for encouraging,…
- § 25007 It is further the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to employ a range of measures to reduce wasteful, uneconomical, and unnecessary uses of…
- § 25008 It is further the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature to promote all feasible means of energy and water conservation and all feasible uses of…
- § 25009 The Legislature finds and declares that Chapter 854 of the Statutes of 1996 restructured the California electricity industry and created a competitive…