California Public Resources Code CHAPTER 7.1 - Public Interest Energy Research, Demonstration,and Development Program

• Section 25620.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is in the best interests of the people of this state that the quality of...
• Section 25620.1.
  (a) The commission shall develop, implement, and administer the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program that is hereby created. The program shall include a full...
• Section 25620.2.
  (a) To ensure the efficient implementation and administration of the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Program, the commission shall do both of the following:(1) Develop procedures...
• Section 25620.3.
  (a) The commission may, consistent with the requirements of this chapter, provide awards to any individual or entity for planning, implementation, and administration of projects or...
• Section 25620.4.
  (a) To the extent that intellectual property is developed under this chapter, an equitable share of rights in the intellectual property or in the benefits derived...
• Section 25620.5.
  (a) The commission may solicit applications for awards, using a sealed competitive bid, competitive negotiation process, commission-issued intradepartmental master agreement, the methods for selection of professional...
• Section 25620.6.
  The commission, in consultation with the Department of General Services, may purchase insurance coverage necessary to implement an award. Funding for the purchase of insurance...
• Section 25620.7.
  (a) The commission may contract for, or through interagency agreement obtain, technical, scientific, or administrative services or expertise from one or more entities, to support the...
• Section 25620.8.
  The commission shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report, not later than March 31 of each year, on awards made pursuant to...
• Section 25620.9.
  For a project related to the deployment of a microgrid, a recipient of moneys awarded pursuant to this chapter shall not expend those moneys for...
• Section 25620.11.
  (a) The commission shall regularly convene an advisory board that shall make recommendations to guide the commission’s selection of programs and projects to be funded under...
• Section 25620.15.
  (a) In order to ensure that prudent investments in research, development, and demonstration of energy efficient technologies continue to produce substantial economic, environmental, public health, and...

Last modified: October 22, 2018