CHAPTER 6. Power Facility and Site Certification

Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 276.

§§ 25500–25543 · 72 sections

§ 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,…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25502.3 Except as provided in Section 25501.7, any person proposing to construct a facility excluded from the provisions of this chapter may waive such exclusion by…
§ 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…
§ 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,…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25506 The commission shall request the appropriate local, regional, state, and federal agencies to make comments and recommendations regarding the design, operation,…
§ 25506.5 The commission shall request the Public Utilities Commission, for sites and related facilities requiring a certificate of public convenience and necessity, to…
§ 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…
§ 25508 The commission shall cooperate with, and render advice to, the California Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission…
§ 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…
§ 25509.5 No sooner than 15 days after the conclusion of the presentations pursuant to Section 25509, the commission shall commence nonadjudicatory hearings. Such…
§ 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…
§ 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. In…
§ 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…
§ 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 11425.30 and 11430.10 of the Government Code, unless a party demonstrates other statutory grounds for disqualification, a person who…
§ 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…
§ 25514.3 In specifying any modifications, conditions, or criteria pursuant to Section 25514, for sites and related facilities requiring a certificate of public…
§ 25514.5 In considering the acceptability of a site proposed to accommodate ultimately additional power-generating capacity, the commission, in determining, pursuant to…
§ 25515 No later than 30 days after the final report is distributed, a hearing or hearings on the final report shall be commenced. Such hearings shall be concluded…
§ 25516 The approval of the notice by the commission shall be based upon findings pursuant to Section 25514. The notice shall not be approved unless the commission…
§ 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…
§ 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,…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25518 The Public Utilities Commission shall issue no certificate of public convenience and necessity for a site or related electrical facilities unless the utility…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25520 The application shall contain all of the following information and any other information that the commission by regulation may require: (a) A detailed…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 25522 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 25520.5, within 18 months of the filing of an application for certification, or within 12 months if it is…
§ 25523 The commission shall prepare a written decision after the public hearing on an application, which includes all of the following: (a) Specific provisions…
§ 25524 (a) “Qualified applicant” for purposes of this section means an applicant for certification of an eligible renewable energy resource, as defined in the…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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. Any such petition shall be…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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:…
§ 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…
§ 25534.2 (a) Within 30 days after service of an order issued under Section 25534.1, any aggrieved party may file with the superior court a petition for writ of mandate…
§ 25535 Such reasonable and direct costs as the applicant incurs to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be allowed for ratemaking purposes.
§ 25537 Upon approval of an application, the commission shall forward to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, and to…
§ 25538 Upon receiving the commission’s request for review under subdivision (f) of Section 25519 and Section 25506, the local agency may request a fee from the…
§ 25539 In reviewing notices and applications for certification of modifications of existing facilities, the commission shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary…
§ 25540 If a person proposes to construct a geothermal powerplant and related facility or facilities on a site, the commission shall not require three alternative…
§ 25540.1 The commission shall determine, within 30 days after the receipt of a notice or application for a geothermal powerplant, whether the notice or application is…
§ 25540.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) If an applicant proposes to construct a geothermal powerplant at a site which, at the outset of the proceeding,…
§ 25540.3 (a) An applicant for a geothermal powerplant may propose a site to be approved that will accommodate a potential maximum electric generating capacity in excess…
§ 25540.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The decision of the commission on an application for an additional facility at a potential multiple facility…
§ 25540.5 The commission may, at the petition of a county which has adopted a geothermal element for its general plan, approve an equivalent certification program which…
§ 25540.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no notice of intention is required, and the commission shall issue its final decision on the application, as…
§ 25541 The commission may exempt from this chapter thermal powerplants with a generating capacity of up to 100 megawatts and modifications to existing generating…
§ 25541.1 It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the development of thermal powerplants using resource recovery (waste-to-energy) technology. Previously…
§ 25541.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall review the regulatory program conducted pursuant to this chapter that was…
§ 25542 In the case of any site and related facility or facilities for which the provisions of this division do not apply, the exclusive power given to the commission…
§ 25543 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve the process of siting and licensing new thermal electric powerplants to ensure that these facilities can be…