California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 6 - Power Facility and Site Certification

• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 25509.5.
  No sooner than 15 days after the conclusion of the presentations pursuant to Section 25509, the commission shall commence nonadjudicatory hearings. Such hearings shall identify...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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.(Added by...
• Section 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.(Amended by...
• Section 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 has served as investigator...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 25519.
  (a) In order to obtain certification for a site and related facility, an application for certification of the site and related facility shall be filed with...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 25535.
  Such reasonable and direct costs as the applicant incurs to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be allowed for ratemaking purposes.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 25537.
  Upon approval of an application, the commission shall forward to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, and to other appropriate federal...
• Section 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...
• Section 25539.
  In reviewing notices and applications for certification of modifications of existing facilities, the commission shall adopt rules and regulations as necessary to insure that relevant...
• Section 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 sites...
• Section 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...
• Section 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, the...
• Section 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 of...
• Section 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 site shall be...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 specified...
• Section 25541.
  The commission may exempt from this chapter thermal powerplants with a generating capacity of up to 100 megawatts and modifications to existing generating facilities that...
• Section 25541.1.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the development of thermal powerplants using resource recovery (waste-to-energy) technology. Previously enacted incentives for the production...
• Section 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 certified...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018