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CA Pub Res Code § 25463 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.6 - Federal Funding of Energy-Related Projects and State Energy Programs|Section 25463.

25463.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, federal funds available to the commission pursuant to this chapter may be used by the commission to augment funding for any programs or measures authorized by this division unless otherwise prohibited by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The commission may administer any funds used to augment other programs using the procedures of the augmented program consistent with applicable federal law.(b) This section shall be liberally construed to maximize the commission’s ability to utilize and award federal funds expeditiously and in accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or federal acts related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.(c) (1) Of the moneys appropriated to the commission in the 2016–17 fiscal year from the moneys derived from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 in the Federal Trust Fund for purposes authorized by Section 25461, the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is hereby allocated for purposes consistent with subdivision (l) of Section 3823. No later than February 1, 2017, the commission shall issue a competitive solicitation for projects pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 3823 to be funded from this allocation.(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, for the 2017–18 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter until all moneys in the Federal Trust Fund derived from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 have been encumbered or expended, the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) annually is hereby continuously appropriated to the commission for the purposes authorized by Section 25461.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 539, Sec. 2. (SB 1074) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25470 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.7 - Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund and Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund|Section 25470.

25470.  As used in this chapter:(a) “Act” means the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).(b) “Allocation” means a loan of funds by the Department of General Services pursuant to the procedures specified in this chapter.(c) “Building” means any existing structure that includes a heating or cooling system, or both. Additions to an existing building shall be considered part of that building rather than a separate building.(d) “Department” means the Department of General Services.(e) “Energy audit” means a determination of the energy consumption characteristics of a building that does all of the following:(1) Identifies the type, size, and energy use level of the building and the major energy using systems of the building.(2) Determines appropriate energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures.(3) Indicates the need, if any, for the acquisition and installation of energy conservation measures.(f) “Energy conservation maintenance and operating procedure” means a modification or modifications in the maintenance and operations of a building, and any installations therein, based on the use time schedule of the building that are designed to reduce energy consumption in the building and that require no significant expenditure of funds.(g) “Energy conservation measure” means an installation or modification of an installation in a building that is primarily intended to reduce energy consumption or allow the use of a more cost-effective energy source.(h) “Energy conservation project” means an undertaking to acquire and to install one or more energy conservation measures in a building, and technical assistance in connection with that undertaking.(i) “Fund” means the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund or the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund.(j) “Project” means a purpose for which an allocation may be requested and made under this chapter. Those purposes shall include energy audits, energy conservation and operating procedures, and energy conservation measures in existing buildings, and energy conservation projects.(k) “State agency” means a unit of state government, including any department, agency, board, or commission under the State of California.(l) “State-owned building” means a building that is primarily occupied by offices or agencies of a unit of state government and includes those properties owned by the State of California.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 36, Sec. 14. (SB 862) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25471 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.7 - Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund and Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund|Section 25471.

25471.  (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing this chapter. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in this fund is continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, for loans for projects on state-owned buildings and facilities to achieve greater, long-term energy efficiency, energy conservation, and energy cost and use avoidance.(b) The fund shall be administered by the department. The department may use other funding sources to leverage project loans.(c) For the 2009–10 fiscal year, the sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be transferred into the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund from money received by the commission pursuant to the act to be used for purposes of the federal State Energy Program.(d) (1) For the 2011–12 and 2012–13 fiscal years, the commission may transfer up to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), in total, as the commission determines to be appropriate, into the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund from money received by the commission pursuant to the act to be used for the purposes of the federal State Energy Program.(2) The commission shall provide written notice to the Controller on the amount and timing of the transfer of moneys into the fund.(3) Subject to the limitations of paragraph (1), the commission may make multiple transfers to allow for reallocating available funds from project cancellations and project savings.(4) Notwithstanding Section 9795 of the Government Code, the commission shall notify, in writing, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee when a transfer is made pursuant to this subdivision.(e) The Controller shall disburse moneys in the fund for the purposes of this chapter, as authorized by the department.(f) Moneys in the fund, including all interest earnings, shall be clearly delineated and distinctly accounted for in accordance with the requirements of the act.(g) Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 25422 and subdivision (h) of Section 25464, the commission shall transfer to the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund repayments of, and all accrued interest on, loans funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 24, Sec. 36. (SB 83) Effective June 24, 2015.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25471.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.7 - Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund and Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund|Section 25471.5.

25471.5.  There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund for the purposes of implementing this chapter. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund are continuously appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal years for loans for projects in or on state-owned buildings and facilities to implement energy efficiency retrofit projects and to utilize renewable energy technology to achieve energy efficiency, reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, and reduce grid-based electricity purchases.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 36, Sec. 15. (SB 862) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25472 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.7 - Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund and Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund|Section 25472.

25472.  (a) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall establish a process by which projects are identified and funding is allocated.(b) The department shall use money in the fund for projects that will improve long-term energy efficiency and increase energy use savings.(c) The department shall comply with the requirements of the act and implementing guidelines of the commission, including, but not limited to, performance metrics, data collection, and reporting. All projects shall be consistent with these requirements and guidelines.(d) Funding prioritization shall be granted to those projects that are cost effective and will yield immediate and sustainable energy efficiency, energy conservation, energy use cost savings, and cost avoidance.(e) The department shall fund allowable projects through a loan to the appropriate state agency or agencies occupying the building or facility for which the project will be performed.(f) The department shall determine a reasonable loan repayment schedule that shall not exceed the life of the energy conservation measure equipment, as determined by the department, or the lease term of the building in which the energy conservation measure is installed.(g) Maximum loan amounts shall be based on estimated energy cost savings that will allow state agencies to repay loan principal and interest within the maximum repayment term specified in this section.(h) The department shall periodically set interest rates on the loans based on surveys of existing financial markets and at rates of not less than 1 percent per annum.(i) Annual loan repayment amounts shall be structured so as to reflect the projected annualized energy cost avoidance estimated from the completed project. The department may utilize a direct billing methodology to recover loan repayments for completed projects.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 36, Sec. 16. (SB 862) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25473 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.7 - Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund and Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund|Section 25473.

25473.  (a) On or before January 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the department, in collaboration with the commission, shall submit to the Legislature’s fiscal and appropriate policy committees a report that includes an initial list of projects identified and planned for the 2009–10 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter. The report also shall include the anticipated cost of each project, an analysis of the results of the methodology, and an estimate of energy savings to be achieved.(b) On or before July 1, 2010, the department, in collaboration with the commission, shall submit to the Legislature an update to the January 1, 2010, report.(Added by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 11, Sec. 23. Effective July 28, 2009.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25474 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.7 - Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund and Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund|Section 25474.

25474.  (a) Any repayment of loans made pursuant to this chapter from the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund, including interest payments, and all interest earnings on or accruing to, any money resulting from the implementation of this chapter in the Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund, shall be deposited in that fund and shall be available for the purposes of this chapter.(b) The department may recover costs of administering the projects and related costs through interest earnings up to 5 percent of the project loan amounts. Project costs can include energy efficiency improvements and costs associated with managing the project and administering the loan program, including all reporting requirements.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 36, Sec. 17. (SB 862) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25474.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.7 - Energy Efficient State Property Revolving Fund and Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund|Section 25474.5.

25474.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 39718 of the Health and Safety Code, any repayment of loans made pursuant to this chapter from the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund, including interest payments, and all interest earnings on or accruing to, any money resulting from the implementation of this chapter in the Energy Efficiency Retrofit State Revolving Fund, shall be deposited in that fund and shall be available for the purposes of this chapter.(b) The department may recover costs of administering the projects and related costs through interest earnings up to 5 percent of the project loan amounts. Project costs can include energy efficiency improvements and costs associated with managing the project and administering the loan program, including all reporting requirements.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 36, Sec. 18. (SB 862) Effective June 20, 2014.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25480 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.8 - Energy Conservation in Transportation|Section 25480.

25480.  As used in this chapter, “department” means the Department of Transportation.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 686.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25481 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.8 - Energy Conservation in Transportation|Section 25481.

25481.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:(a) Due to the projected rapid growth in demand for energy, coupled with the mounting difficulties in providing energy supplies, a continuing energy shortage exists, posing a significant danger to public health and welfare.(b) The use of the automobile represents the single largest use of energy in this state and, therefore, the growing use of energy by automobiles is a major factor contributing to such shortage.(c) Heavy automobile traffic in our major cities has resulted in serious problems of air pollution and traffic congestion.(d) Increased ridesharing by commuters would aid in lowering air pollution levels, conserving energy, and reducing urban traffic congestion.It is, therefore, the purpose of this chapter to provide incentives for the wider use of ridesharing by commuters in metropolitan areas.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 290.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25482 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.8 - Energy Conservation in Transportation|Section 25482.

25482.  All state agencies shall provide assistance to their employees living in metropolitan areas in establishing carpools and locating potential carpool participants. The department shall be responsible for coordinating these efforts.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 595, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25483 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.8 - Energy Conservation in Transportation|Section 25483.

25483.  In order to perform its new function of promoting and assisting ridesharing, the department is authorized to establish ridesharing programs in metropolitan areas for public and private employees with funds made available for such purpose from any source. The ridesharing programs may be established and maintained entirely by the department or by the department in cooperation with public or private parties pursuant to contract.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 290.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25484 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.8 - Energy Conservation in Transportation|Section 25484.

25484.  The ridesharing programs established by the department may include, but are not limited to, computer or manual matching systems, promotional efforts to encourage carpooling, vanpooling, buspooling, and flexible work hours, and preferential treatment on highways.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 290.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25485 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.8 - Energy Conservation in Transportation|Section 25485.

25485.  The department shall develop programs and undertake any necessary construction to establish, for the use of carpool vehicles carrying at least three persons, preferential lanes on major freeways in metropolitan areas where the total benefits to the carpool vehicles will bear a reasonable relationship to the total adverse effects on the remaining vehicles, as established on the basis of an engineering study. The department shall also permit such carpool vehicles to have access to preferential bus lanes established on major freeways, unless congestion seriously impeding the travel of buses will result or will present a serious traffic hazard.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 686.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25486 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.8 - Energy Conservation in Transportation|Section 25486.

25486.  The department is encouraged to establish as soon as possible preferential lanes for the use of buses and three-passenger carpool vehicles in both directions on State Highway Route 10, the Santa Monica Freeway, at least from Centinela Avenue to Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles County. Due to the high-density traffic flow on such a highway, it is necessary that the department establish such preferential lanes as a pilot project so that data can be developed for implementation of similar projects in other areas of the state.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 686.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Power Facility and Site Certification|Section 25500.

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, whether a new site and related facility or a change or addition to an existing facility. The issuance of a certificate by the commission shall be in lieu of any permit, certificate, or similar document required by any state, local or regional agency, or federal agency to the extent permitted by federal law, for such use of the site and related facilities, and shall supersede any applicable statute, ordinance, or regulation of any state, local, or regional agency, or federal agency to the extent permitted by federal law.After the effective date of this division, no construction of any facility or modification of any existing facility shall be commenced without first obtaining certification for any such site and related facility by the commission, as prescribed in this division.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25500.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Power Facility and Site Certification|Section 25500.1.

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 by the commission and, of a project on federal land, for which a record of decision was issued by the Department of the Interior or the Bureau of Land Management before September 1, 2011, may petition the commission not later than June 30, 2012, to review an amendment to the facility’s certificate to convert the facility, in whole or in part, from solar thermal technology to photovoltaic technology, without the need to file an entirely new application for certification or notice of intent pursuant to Section 25502, provided that the commission prepares supplemental environmental review documentation, provides for public notice and comment on the supplemental environmental review, and holds at least one public hearing on the proposal.(b) The Department of Fish and Game and the State Water Resources Board shall provide comments to the commission on the water resource and water quality effects of the proposed powerplants. The commission shall incorporate all feasible mitigation measures identified by the department and the board.(c) For a facility specified in subdivision (a), this chapter shall continue to apply, notwithstanding that the facility or part of the facility would otherwise be excluded pursuant to Section 25120.(d) The commission shall process a petition submitted under this section pursuant to Section 1769 of Title 20 of the California Code of Regulations.(e) This section shall not apply to any project if the project’s certificate was timely challenged pursuant to Section 25531, unless the challenge was subsequently dismissed by the California Supreme Court.(f) This section does not abrogate a party’s right to challenge a project’s certification pursuant to Section 25531 or any other provision of law.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 14, Sec. 1. (AB 1073) Effective May 23, 2012.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25500.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Power Facility and Site Certification|Section 25500.5.

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 in the most recent forecast of statewide and service area electric power demands adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 25309.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 276.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Power Facility and Site Certification|Section 25501.

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 necessity or which any municipal utility has approved before January 7, 1975.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 91, Sec. 143. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25501.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Power Facility and Site Certification|Section 25501.7.

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 provisions of this chapter by submitting to the commission a notice to that effect on or after July 1, 1976, and any and all of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the construction of such facility.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 276.)