DIVISION 29.5. ELIGIBLE ENERGY RESOURCE CENTRAL PROCUREMENT [80800. - 80850.]
Division 29.5 added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 15.
§§ 80800–80850 · 23 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 80800–80806 · 7 sections
- § 80800 This division does not reduce or modify an electrical corporation’s obligation to serve.
- § 80801 The commission shall issue orders it determines are necessary to carry out this division.
- § 80802 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California has significantly reduced the emissions of greenhouse gases from its electricity…
- § 80803 The development and operation of a central procurement function program by the department, as provided in this division, is in all respects for the welfare and…
- § 80804 This division shall be liberally construed in a manner so as to effectuate its purposes and objectives.
- § 80805 (a) The powers and responsibilities of the department established pursuant to this division are separate from, and not governed by, the provisions relating to…
- § 80806 The department may adopt regulations for purposes of administering this division.
CHAPTER 2. Definitions § 80810 · 1 section
- § 80810 For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply: (a) “Bond” means any bond, note, or other written evidence of indebtedness issued solely for…
CHAPTER 3. Department Powers §§ 80820–80828 · 10 sections
- § 80820 (a) (1) Consistent with Sections 380, 454.51, 454.52, 454.53, and 454.54 of the Public Utilities Code and this division, if the commission requests the…
- § 80821 (a) (1) When conducting a solicitation pursuant to Section 80820, the department shall confer with the commission and other parties, including local publicly…
- § 80822 (a) Pursuant to Section 80820, the department may establish a schedule and mechanism for a local publicly owned electric utility to voluntarily obtain from the…
- § 80822.5 (a) Load-serving entities shall have a voluntary option to obtain incremental eligible energy resources from the department beyond the amounts allocated to the…
- § 80823 At the request of the department, the commission may order an electrical corporation, or its successor in the performance of a related service, to transmit or…
- § 80824 The commission may issue rules regulating the enforcement of the agency function pursuant to Section 80823, including the collection of nonbypassable charges…
- § 80825 (a) If the department has executed an agreement with the commission pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 80821, the department may recover its costs, as a…
- § 80826 (a) A local publicly owned electric utility that voluntarily participates in the department’s central procurement function pursuant to Section 80822 shall…
- § 80827 All moneys collected by load-serving entities and local publicly owned electric utilities and remitted to the department for any eligible energy resources…
- § 80828 The department may fix and establish the procedure and charges for the sale or other disposal of eligible energy resources purchased by the department.
CHAPTER 4. Eligible Energy Resource Central Procurement Fund § 80830 · 1 section
- § 80830 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Eligible Energy Resource Central Procurement Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government…
CHAPTER 5. Bonds §§ 80840–80842 · 3 sections
- § 80840 (a) (1) If the department elects to exercise its central procurement function to conduct one or more competitive solicitations or enter into contracts to…
- § 80841 (a) Whenever the director determines that the issuance of bonds is necessary or desirable to accomplish the goals set forth in this division, including…
- § 80842 (a) The department shall, and in any obligation entered into pursuant to this division may covenant to, at least annually, and more frequently as required,…
CHAPTER 6. Termination of Authority to Contract § 80850 · 1 section
- § 80850 (a) On or after January 1, 2035, the department shall not contract under this division for the purchase of electrical power. (b) This section does not affect…