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CA Pub Res Code § 25489 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25489.

25489.  “Lifecycle cost” means an estimate of the total cost of acquisition, operation, maintenance, and construction of any energy system within or related to a structure over the design life of the structure. “Life cycle cost” includes, but is not limited to, the cost of fuel, materials, machinery, ancillary devices, labor, service, replacement, and repairs.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 773.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25491 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25491.

25491.  “Governmental agency” means any public agency, including any agency of the state, each county, city, district, association of governments, and joint power agency.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 773.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25492 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25492.

25492.  “Structure” means any building which has more than 10,000 square feet of floor area and which has a heating, cooling, water heating, or lighting system which is designed to provide lighting and space conditioning more than 1,000 hours per year.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 773.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25493 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25493.

25493.  On or after January 1, 1979, no governmental agency shall commence construction on any new structure unless the new structure complies with Title 24 Standards.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 773.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25493.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25493.5.

25493.5.  On and after January 1, 1980, no governmental agency shall commence construction on any new structure unless the new structure complies with all applicable building standards, as defined in Section 25488.5 and published in the State Building Standards Code.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25494 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25494.

25494.  Not later than July 31, 1978, the commission shall prepare a manual outlining a methodology by which governmental agencies and the general public may at their option compare the lifecycle costs of various building design alternatives. This manual will provide the information and procedures necessary to evaluate a building’s lifecycle costs in the microclimate and utility service area where it is to be built.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 773.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25495 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25495.

25495.  No later than July 31, 1978, the commission shall develop design guidelines for new construction which include energy conserving options, including, but not limited to, the use of daylighting, heating ventilation and air conditioning economizer cycles, natural ventilation, building envelope solar heat gain control mechanisms, and alternative energy systems such as solar energy for space heating and water heating and load management strategies. These guidelines and the cost analysis done pursuant to Section 25494 may be considered by government agencies at their option for ultimate selection of a building design in the competitive bidding process.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 773.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25496 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25496.

25496.  No later than July 1, 1978, the commission shall develop and make available to government agencies and the general public to be utilized at their option lighting standards for existing buildings. These standards shall address, but not be limited to, task and general area lighting levels, light switching and control mechanisms, and lighting energy budgets. The commission may provide advice and recommendations to the public or any governmental agency as to the standards.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 773.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25498 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 5.9 - Energy Systems|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25498.

25498.  In addition to any other requirements applicable to such structure, no new state-owned structure shall be constructed which is not equipped with a supplementary solar water heating system, unless such structure is specifically exempted from this requirement by the State Architect for reasons of economic or physical infeasibility.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 773.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 6.5 - Natural Gas Rating and Tracking|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25550.

25550.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) “Buyer of natural gas” means a gas corporation, local publicly owned gas utility, noncore gas customer, or core transport agent.(b) “Core transport agent” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 980 of the Public Utilities Code.(c) “Division” means the Geologic Energy Management Division.(d) “Gas corporation” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 222 of the Public Utilities Code.(e) “Natural gas infrastructure” means a natural gas facility used for the production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission, storage, or distribution necessary for the delivery of natural gas to end-use customers in California.(f) “Noncore gas customer” means an entity that procures directly from natural gas producers or natural gas marketers and is not a gas corporation or local publicly owned gas utility.(g) “Procure” means to acquire through ownership or contract.(h) “Tracking” means using a system that communicates the pathway of a given volume of natural gas from its initial production to its delivery to end-use customers in this state.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 771, Sec. 18. (AB 1057) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25555 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 6.5 - Natural Gas Rating and Tracking|ARTICLE 2 - Natural Gas Tracking System|Section 25555.

25555.  (a) Not later than September 15, 2017, the commission shall report to the respective budget committees of each house of the Legislature on the resources needed to develop a plan for tracking natural gas, and a recommendation for developing the plan, considering cost-effectiveness and efficacy. This report shall include the resources needed to do all of the following:(1) Collect data from natural gas participants to support the work described in subdivision (c). The commission shall consult with the State Air Resources Board to determine the most appropriate data to collect.(2) Consider participation in, or formation of, interstate and federal working groups, compacts, or agreements.(3) Establish methods to ensure natural gas tracking data reporting compliance by buyers of natural gas, and natural gas producers, marketers, storers, and transporters.(4) Provide data collected pursuant to paragraph (1) to the State Air Resources Board to support the implementation of Section 39731 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) In the consideration of the report pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission consult with, and receive information from, stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the Public Utilities Commission, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of Energy, the State Air Resources Board, the division, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the United States Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety, appropriate agencies in states where gas consumed in California is produced, gathered and boosted, processed, transmitted, stored, or distributed, representatives of the oil and gas industry, and independent experts from academia and nongovernmental organizations.(c) The State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the commission, shall develop a model of fugitive and vented emissions of methane from natural gas infrastructure. The model shall do all of the following:(1) Quantify emissions from specific natural gas infrastructure.(2) Incorporate the current condition and current management practices of specific natural gas infrastructure.(3) Incorporate natural gas industry best management practices established by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Section 975 of the Public Utilities Code for gas corporations, by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, by the division, and by other relevant entities.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 340, Sec. 38. (SB 839) Effective September 13, 2016.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25950 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25950.

25950.  “Gas appliance” means any new residential-type furnace, air conditioner, heater, refrigerator, stove, range, dishwasher, dryer, decorative fireplace log, or other similar device, except a water heater, which uses a gaseous fuel for operation and is automatically ignited.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1411.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25951.

25951.  “Pilot light” means any gas operated device that remains continually operated or lighted in order to ignite a gas appliance to begin normal operation.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1411.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25952.

25952.  “Intermittent ignition device” means an ignition device which is actuated only when the gas appliance is in operation.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1411.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25953 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 25953.

25953.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, manufacturer, distributor, retailer, contractor or builder as defined in Section 7026 of the Business and Professions Code, or other groups, however organized, who sell or cause to be distributed or installed, any new gas appliance as defined in Section 25950.(b) “Manufacturer” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal relationship which manufactures, assembles, produces, or gathers consumer goods.(c) “Distributor” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association or other legal relationship which stands between the manufacturer and the retail seller in purchases, consignments or contracts for sale of consumer goods.(d) “Retail seller,” “retail outlets,” “seller,” or “retailer” means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal relationship which engages in the business of selling new goods to retail buyers.(e) “Contractor” for the purpose of this chapter is synonymous with the term “builder” and, within the meaning of this chapter, a contractor is any person who undertakes to or offers to undertake to or purports to have the capacity to undertake to or submits a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck or demolish any building, highway, road, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement, or to do any part thereof, including the erection of scaffolding or other structures or works in connection therewith. The term “contractor” includes subcontractor and specialty contractor.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 215. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25960 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25960.

25960.  No new residential-type gas appliance that is equipped with a pilot light shall be sold in the state after an alternate means has been certified by the commission. This prohibition shall become operative 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been demonstrated and certified by the commission as an alternate means. The commission may determine, after demonstration, that there is no feasible alternative means to the use of pilot light or that the use of a pilot light is necessary for public health and safety.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 248.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25960.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25960.5.

25960.5.  Notwithstanding the prohibition contained in Section 25960, any swimming pool heater with a pilot light which was manufactured prior to February 24, 1984, and in stock or on order as of that date, may be sold in this state prior to December 1, 1984. On or after December 1, 1984, no swimming pool heater may be sold or offered for sale, unless it is equipped with an intermittent ignition device or is designed to burn only liquefied petroleum gases.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 26, Sec. 1. Effective March 1, 1984.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25961 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25961.

25961.  The commission shall, on or before January 1, 1976, develop in cooperation with affected industry and consumer representatives, who will be designated as such representatives by the commission, the specifications for certification of intermittent ignition devices which shall not significantly affect the price of gas appliances in competition with similar electrical appliances. The specification shall be developed so as to result in the conservation of primary energy resources, shall include provisions necessary for public health and safety, and shall give due consideration to the initial costs, including installation and maintenance costs imposed upon the consumer.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1411.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25962 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25962.

25962.  Within 90 days after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, the commission shall notify all gas appliance manufacturers doing business in the state, as to the prohibition of affected pilot lights and shall inform the manufacturers of the devices available to comply with this article.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 135.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25963 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25963.

25963.  The commission shall create a seal of certification and shall distribute the seal to every manufacturer that complies with this article. The seal shall be affixed to every new appliance sold in the state.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1411.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25964 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25964.

25964.  After 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any new gas appliances, as defined in Section 25950, without obtaining the proper seal of certification from the commission, unless the commission otherwise permits such action. Beginning 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, no city or county, city and county, or state agency shall issue a permit for any building to be equipped with any new gas appliance, as defined in Section 25950, unless such building permit shows that the gas appliance complies with this chapter. However, any new gas appliance which does not comply with this chapter may be installed if the appliance was purchased pursuant to a contract executed prior to June 17, 1978, and if the building permit was approved prior to July 8, 1978.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 714, Sec. 375.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25965 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25965.

25965.  After 24 months after an intermittent ignition device has been certified by the commission, the commission shall make periodic inspections of manufacturers and distributors of gas appliances and may inspect retail outlets, including gas appliances that have been or are to be installed by contractors or builders at building sites in order to determine their compliance with this article.(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 135.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25966 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25966.

25966.  Any person who violates or proposes to violate this chapter may be enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction. The court may make such orders or judgments, including the appointment of a receiver, as may be necessary to prevent the use or employment by any person of any practices which violate this chapter, or which may be necessary to restore to any person in interest any money or property, real or personal, which may have been acquired by means of any practice which violates any provision of this chapter.Actions for injunction under this section may be prosecuted by the Attorney General or any district attorney, county counsel, city attorney, or city prosecutor in this state in the name of the people of the State of California upon their own complaint or upon the complaint of any board, officer, person, corporation or association or by any person acting for the interests of itself, its members or the general public.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1411.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25967 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25967.

25967.  (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General or by any district attorney, county counsel, or city attorney in any court of competent jurisdiction.(b) If the action is brought by the Attorney General, one-half of the penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered, and one-half to the State Treasurer. If brought by a district attorney or county counsel, the entire amount of penalty collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered. If brought by a city attorney or city prosecutor, one-half of the penalty shall be paid to the treasurer of the county and one-half to the city.(c) If the action is brought at the request of the commission, the court shall determine the reasonable expenses incurred by the commission in the investigation and prosecution of the action.Before any penalty collected is paid out pursuant to subdivision (b), the amount of such reasonable expenses incurred by the commission shall be paid to the State Treasurer.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1411.)
CA Pub Res Code § 25968 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT|CHAPTER 11 - Gas Appliances|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 25968.

25968.  Any inspector appointed or authorized by the commission shall have access to the premises, equipment, materials, partly finished and finished articles, and records of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1411.)
CA Pub Res Code § 26000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 16 - CALIFORNIA ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT|CHAPTER 1 - California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 26000.

26000.  This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority Act.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1218, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Res Code § 26001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 16 - CALIFORNIA ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT|CHAPTER 1 - California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 26001.

26001.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares both of the following:(a) It is essential that the state, in cooperation with the federal government, use all practical and commercially feasible means to promote the prompt and efficient development of energy sources which are renewable or which more efficiently utilize and conserve scarce energy resources.(b) The promotion of sustainable and renewable energy sources, implementation of measures that increase the efficiency of the use of energy, and advanced transportation technologies that reduce the degradation of the environment and lessen the state’s dependence of fossil fuels, and protect the health, welfare, and safety of the people of this state are in the public interest and serve a public purpose.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 677, Sec. 2. (SB 1128) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 26002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 16 - CALIFORNIA ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT|CHAPTER 1 - California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 26002.

26002.  It is the purpose of this division to advance the state’s goals of reducing the levels of greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the deployment of sustainable and renewable energy sources, implementing measures that increase the efficiency of the use of energy, creating high quality employment opportunities, and lessening the state’s dependence on fossil fuels and to that end to provide an alternative method of financing in providing and promoting the establishment of both of the following:(a) Facilities utilizing alternative methods and sources of energy.(b) Facilities needed for the development and commercialization of advanced transportation technologies.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 677, Sec. 4. (SB 1128) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Pub Res Code § 26002.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 16 - CALIFORNIA ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION FINANCING AUTHORITY ACT|CHAPTER 1 - California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions|Section 26002.5.

26002.5.  This division is necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, and shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 908, Sec. 1.)