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CA Pub Util Code § 1002.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1002.5.

1002.5.  In issuing a certificate of convenience and necessity for additional natural gas pipeline capacity proposed for construction within this state, the commission shall consider the state’s need to provide sufficient and competitively priced natural gas supplies for both present and anticipated future residential, industrial, commercial, and utility demand. When it finds that it is in the state’s best interests to do so, the commission shall expeditiously issue certificates of convenience and necessity for those additional natural gas pipeline capacity projects.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 896, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1003.

1003.  Every electrical and every gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certificate authorizing the new construction of any electric plant, line, or extension, or gas plant, line, or extension, not subject to the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 25500) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, shall include all of the following information in the application in addition to any other required information:(a) Preliminary engineering and design information on the project. The design information provided for thermal electric plants shall include preliminary data regarding the operating characteristics of the proposed plant, including, but not limited to, the annual capacity factor, availability factor, and the heat rate for each year of the useful life of the plant, line, or extension.(b) A project implementation plan showing how the project would be contracted for and constructed. This plan shall show how all major tasks would be integrated and shall include a timetable identifying the design, construction, completion, and operation dates for each major component of the plant, line, or extension.(c) An appropriate cost estimate, including preliminary estimates of the costs of financing, construction, and operation, including fuel, maintenance, and dismantling or inactivation after the useful life of the plant, line, or extension.(d) A cost analysis comparing the project with any feasible alternative sources of power. The corporation shall demonstrate the financial impact of the plant, line, or extension construction on the corporation’s ratepayers, stockholders, and on the cost of the corporation’s borrowed capital. The cost analyses shall be performed for the projected useful life of the plant, line, or extension, including dismantling or inactivation after the useful life of the plant, line, or extension.(e) A design and construction management and cost control plan which indicates the contractual and working responsibilities and interrelationships between the corporation’s management and other major parties involved in the project. This plan shall also include a construction progress information system and specific cost controls.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1253, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1003.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1003.5.

1003.5.  Every electrical and gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certificate authorizing the new construction of an electric plant, line, or extension, or gas plant, line, or extension, which is subject to the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 25500) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, shall include in the application the information specified in subdivisions (b), (c), and (e) of Section 1003, in addition to any other required information. The corporation may also include in the application any other information specified in Section 1003.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1253, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1004.

1004.  Before any certificate may issue, under this article, a certified copy of its articles of incorporation or charter, if the applicant is a corporation, shall be filed in the office of the commission. Every applicant for a certificate shall file in the office of the commission such evidence as is required by the commission to show that the applicant has received the required consent, franchise, or permit of the proper county, city and county, city, or other public authority.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1005.

1005.  (a) The commission may, with or without hearing, issue the certificate as prayed for, or refuse to issue it, or issue it for the construction of a portion only of the contemplated street railroad line, plant, or system, or extension thereof, or for the partial exercise only of the right or privilege, and may attach to the exercise of the rights granted by the certificate such terms and conditions, including provisions for the acquisition by the public of the franchise or permit and all rights acquired thereunder and all works constructed or maintained by authority thereof, as in its judgment the public convenience and necessity require; provided, however, upon timely application for a hearing by any person entitled to be heard thereat, the commission, before issuing or refusing to issue the certificate, shall hold a hearing thereon.(b) When the commission issues a certificate for the new construction of a gas or electric plant, line, or extension, the certificate shall specify the operating and cost characteristics of the plant, line, or extension, including, but not limited to, the size, capacity, cost, and all other characteristics of the plant, line, or extension which are specified in the information which the gas and electrical corporations are required to submit, pursuant to Section 1003 or 1003. 5.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1253, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1005.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1005.1.

1005.1.  (a) The commission shall issue a decision on an application for a certificate within 18 months of the date of filing of the completed application, when all of the following are true:(1) The application is for a certificate for building or upgrading an electrical transmission line that the commission finds necessary to provide transmission to load centers for electricity generated in a high priority renewable energy zone or is reasonably necessary to facilitate achievement of the renewables portfolio standard established in Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3.(2) The commission has considered all of the following:(A) The utilization of rights-of-way by upgrading existing transmission facilities instead of building new transmission facilities, where technically and economically justifiable.(B) The expansion of existing rights-of-way, if technically and economically feasible, when construction of new transmission lines is required.(C) The creation of new rights-of-way when justified by environmental, technical, and economic reasons.(D) The availability of cost-effective alternatives to transmission, such as energy efficiency measures and distributed generation.(3) The commission has not expressly found any of the following:(A) That the investment is not reasonable and necessary to maintain or enhance reliability of the transmission grid.(B) That the building or upgrading of the electrical transmission line will not maintain or enhance efficient use of the transmission grid.(C) That the transmission line fails to meet other applicable standards and requirements for approval and construction.(b) An extension of time may be granted by the commission if it finds the extension is necessary for completion of review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).(Added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 33. (SB 2 1x) Effective December 10, 2011.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1005.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1005.5.

1005.5.  (a) Whenever the commission issues to an electrical or gas corporation a certificate authorizing the new construction of any addition to or extension of the corporation’s plant estimated to cost greater than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), the commission shall specify in the certificate a maximum cost determined to be reasonable and prudent for the facility. The commission shall determine the maximum cost using an estimate of the anticipated construction cost, taking into consideration the design of the project, the expected duration of construction, an estimate of the effects of economic inflation, and any known engineering difficulties associated with the project.(b) After the certificate has been issued, the corporation may apply to the commission for an increase in the maximum cost specified in the certificate. The commission may authorize an increase in the specified maximum cost if it finds and determines that the cost has in fact increased and that the present or future public convenience and necessity require construction of the project at the increased cost; otherwise, it shall deny the application.(c) After construction has commenced, the corporation may apply to the commission for authorization to discontinue construction and recover those costs which were reasonably and prudently incurred. After a showing to the satisfaction of the commission that the present or future public convenience and necessity no longer require the completion of construction of the project, the commission may authorize discontinuance of construction and the recovery of those construction costs which were reasonable and prudent.(d) In any decision establishing rates for an electrical or gas corporation reflecting the reasonable and prudent costs of the new construction of any addition to or extension of the corporation’s plant, when the commission has found and determined that the addition or extension is used and useful, the commission shall consider whether or not the actual costs of construction are within the maximum cost specified by the commission.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 926, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1006.

1006.  When a complaint has been filed with the commission alleging that a public utility of the class specified in Section 1001 is engaged or is about to engage in construction work without having secured from the commission a certificate of public convenience and necessity as required by this article, the commission may, with or without notice, make its order requiring the public utility complained of to cease and desist from such construction until the commission makes and files its decision on the complaint or until the further order of the commission.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1006.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1006.5.

1006.5.  The commission may, after notice and hearing, prior to authorizing any water or sewer system corporation having annual gross operating revenues under two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to construct, operate, acquire, expand, or improve its line, plant, or system, prescribe, as a condition to granting such authority, that the corporation file with the commission a bond with sufficient sureties, subject to approval of the commission, in a reasonable amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) payable to the commission and conditioned on the corporation’s furnishing adequate and sufficient service within its service area. The commission may, after notice and hearing, declare all or any part of the bond forfeited after finding that the corporation has willfully failed to furnish adequate and sufficient service without just cause or excuse and that such failure has continued for an unreasonable duration. Such bond shall further provide for payment to the commission of the amount of any penalty assessed against the corporation pursuant to Section 2107. The commission may, upon petition by a water or sewer system corporation, for good cause, reduce the amount or eliminate the requirement of any bond which it has required to be filed pursuant to this section.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1078, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1007.

1007.  No corporation or person shall begin to operate or cause to be operated any vessel for the transportation of persons or property, for compensation, between points in this state, without first having obtained from the commission a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require such operation, but no such certificate shall be required as to termini between which any such corporation or person is lawfully operating vessels in good faith under this part as it existed prior to August 17, 1923, under tariffs and schedules of such corporations or persons, lawfully on file with the commission. Every applicant for such a certificate shall file in the office of the commission application and evidence in the form required by the commission. The commission may, with or without hearing, issue the certificate as prayed for, or refuse to issue it, or issue it for the partial exercise only of the privilege sought, or issue it for operation between certain points only, and may attach to the exercise of the rights granted by the certificate such terms and conditions as, in its judgment, the public convenience and necessity require.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 578.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1007.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1007.5.

1007.5.  The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of the state and by this part, and consistent with Section 9 of Article I of the California Constitution and Section 10 of Article I of the United States Constitution, may grant certificates of public convenience and necessity, make decisions and orders, and prescribe rules affecting vessel common carriers notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance, permit, or franchise of any city, county, or other political subdivision of this state, and in the case of conflict between any certificate, decision, order, or rule of the commission and any ordinance, permit, or franchise, the certificate, decision, order, or rule of the commission shall prevail.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 146, Sec. 184. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1008 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1008.

1008.  Any municipal corporation or port district operating or maintaining a port may apply to the commission for the issuance of a certificate of convenience and necessity to require any person or corporation operating vessels between points in this State, to serve that port. The commission may, after hearing, issue the certificate as prayed for, or refuse to issue it, or issue it for the partial exercise of the rights granted by any such certificate, upon such terms and conditions as in its judgment the public convenience and necessity require, and upon making the order the person or corporation to which the certificate is issued, shall be compelled to perform the service.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1009 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1009.

1009.  Any right, privilege, franchise, or permit held, owned or obtained by any person or corporation for the operation of vessels between points in this State may be sold, assigned, leased, transferred, or inherited as other property, only upon authorization by the commission. The commission may at any time for a good cause suspend, and upon notice to the grantee of any certificate or operative right and opportunity to be heard revoke, alter, or amend any certificate or operative right issued or existing under the provisions of Sections 1007 or 1008.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1011 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 1 - Specified Utilities|Section 1011.

1011.  The provisions of this article are enacted under the State’s reserved power over public utilities or corporations, or both, as the case may be, for the purpose of acting on the right of the grantee of a public utility franchise granted by a city, county, or city and county, to exercise rights thereunder, and not for the purpose of acting on the right of any city or city and county to grant any such franchise. The Legislature hereby declares that the provisions of this article shall remain in full force and effect concurrently with the right of any city or city and county to grant franchises for public utilities upon the terms and conditions and in the manner prescribed by law.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1031 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 2 - Passenger Stage Corporations|Section 1031.

1031.  (a) No passenger stage corporation shall operate or cause to be operated any passenger stage over any public highway in this state without first having obtained from the commission a certificate declaring that public convenience and necessity require such operation, but no such certificate shall be required of any passenger stage corporation as to the fixed termini between which, or the route over which, it was actually operating in good faith on July 29, 1927, in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 213, Statutes of 1917, nor shall any such certificate be required of any person or corporation who on January 1, 1927, was operating, or during the calendar year 1926 had operated a seasonal service of not less than three consecutive months’ duration, sightseeing buses on a continuous sightseeing trip with one terminus only. Any right, privilege, franchise, or permit held, owned, or obtained by any passenger stage corporation may be sold, assigned, leased, mortgaged, transferred, inherited, or otherwise encumbered as other property, only upon authorization by the commission.(b) For purposes of this section, “public convenience and necessity,” as it affects applications for passenger stage corporation certificates, means that the applicant has met the criteria for issuance of a certificate specified in Section 1032.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 694, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1031.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 2 - Passenger Stage Corporations|Section 1031.5.

1031.5.  The commission shall not issue or authorize the transfer of any certificate under this article to any person, firm, or corporation or to any officer or director of the firm, corporation, or other entity against whom a final judgment has been entered and whose name has been transmitted to the commission pursuant to Section 3716.4 of the Labor Code, unless that judgment has been satisfied or has been discharged in accordance with the bankruptcy laws of the United States.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1071, Sec. 3.5.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1032.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 2 - Passenger Stage Corporations|Section 1032.5.

1032.5.  The commission shall issue a certificate pursuant to this article to every passenger stage corporation which conducts intrastate passenger transportation service pursuant to federal operating authority, to the extent that regulation of these operations is not preempted by the federal Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982 (P.L. 97-261), as amended. The commission may attach any conditions or limitations to the issuance of the certificate which it may specify, consistent with federal law and regulation.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 142, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 1033 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity|ARTICLE 2 - Passenger Stage Corporations|Section 1033.

1033.  The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by the Constitution of this State and by this part, may grant certificates of public convenience and necessity, make decisions and orders, and prescribe rules affecting passenger stage corporations, notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance or permit of any city, county, or city and county, and in case of conflict between any such order or rule and any such ordinance or permit, the certificate, decision, order, or rule of the commission shall prevail.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)