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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Energy Policy Reporting › Section 25308.5.

25308.5. (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Independent System Operator shall jointly develop an electrical transmission infrastructure development guidebook that describes the state’s electrical transmission infrastructure planning and permitting processes conducted by the commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Independent System Operator.
(b) In developing the electrical transmission infrastructure development guidebook, the commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Independent System Operator shall make a reasonable and good faith effort to consult with all relevant local, state, tribal, and federal agencies.
(c) The electrical transmission infrastructure development guidebook shall include a description of the different stages of electrical transmission infrastructure development, an analysis of the average timeframes for electrical transmission infrastructure planning and permitting by the commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Independent System Operator, clearly identify and describe the roles, responsibilities, and decisionmaking authority of federal agencies and state agencies, including the commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Independent System Operator, and include interfaces with federal agencies, including timing, sequence, and coordination with federal permitting agencies, and coordination between reviews under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)) and the federal National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.).
(d) The commission, Public Utilities Commission, and Independent System Operator shall provide an opportunity for stakeholder input in the development and communication of the electrical transmission infrastructure development guidebook and an opportunity for public comment on a draft electrical transmission infrastructure development guidebook.
(e) For purposes of this section, “electrical transmission infrastructure” means electrical transmission facilities and equipment used to convey electricity from an electrical generation facility or energy storage system to the electrical distribution system or transmission-voltage load.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 390, Sec. 2. (SB 319) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Energy Policy Reporting › Section 25311.

25311. (a) The Natural Resources Agency, in collaboration with the commission and the Department of Water Resources, shall assess the opportunities and constraints for potential operational and structural upgrades to the State Water Resources Development System to aid California in achieving its climate and energy goals and shall provide associated recommendations consistent with the purposes described in Section 11125 of the Water Code and California’s energy goals. The assessment shall include an examination of the system’s actual and potential contributions to the achievement of the state’s climate goals without impacting the system’s purposes. The assessment shall include a timeline for the possible implementation of its recommendations that could assist California in achieving its statewide climate and energy goals. To the extent the recommendations benefit statewide energy goals and are consistent with the system’s purposes, the assessment shall also provide recommendations for state, federal, and other applicable funding sources.
(b) (1) The assessment and recommendations shall be provided to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature before January 1, 2022.
(2) The assessment and recommendations to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(3) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2026.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 697, Sec. 1. (SB 49) Effective January 1, 2020. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Energy Policy Reporting › Section 25321.

25321. In order to ensure timely and accurate compliance with the data collection system adopted under Section 25320, the commission may use any of the following enforcement measures:
(a) If any person fails to comply with an applicable provision of the data collection system, the commission shall notify the person. If, after five working days from being notified of the violation, the person continues to fail to comply, the person shall be subject to a civil penalty, to be imposed by the commission after a hearing that complies with constitutional requirements.
(1) The civil penalty shall not be less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each category of data the person did not provide and for each day the violation has existed and continues to exist.
(2) In the case of a person who willfully makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any record, report, plan, or other document filed with the commission, the civil penalty shall not be less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) per day applied to each day in the interval between the original due date and the date when corrected information is submitted.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “person” means, in addition to the definition contained in Section 25116, any responsible corporate officer.
(c) Enforcement measures for petroleum and other fuels shall be those contained in Section 25362.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 568, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Energy Policy Reporting › Section 25323.

25323. Nothing in this division shall authorize the commission in the performance of its analytical, planning, siting, or certification responsibilities to mandate a specified supply plan for any utility.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 568, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Energy Policy Reporting › Section 25324.

25324. The commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, the California Independent System Operator, transmission owners, users, and consumers, shall adopt a strategic plan for the state’s electric transmission grid using existing resources. The strategic plan shall identify and recommend actions required to implement investments needed to ensure reliability, relieve congestion, and meet future growth in load and generation, including, but not limited to, renewable resources, energy efficiency, and other demand reduction measures. The plan shall be included in the integrated energy policy report adopted on November 1, 2005, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25302.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 692, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Energy Policy Reporting › Section 25326.

25326. (a) The commission shall hold public hearings to identify impediments that limit procurement of biomethane in California, including, but not limited to, impediments to interconnection. The commission shall offer solutions to those impediments as part of the integrated energy policy report prepared pursuant to Section 25302.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “biomethane” means biogas that meets the standards adopted pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 25421 of the Health and Safety Code for injection into a common carrier pipeline.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 602, Sec. 4. (AB 1900) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Energy Policy Reporting › Section 25327.

25327. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) There is insufficient information available to fully realize the potential of solar photovoltaic energy generation to serve low-income customers, including those in disadvantaged communities.
(2) There is insufficient understanding of the barriers to access for low-income customers to all forms of renewable energy being generated in the state.
(3) There is insufficient understanding of the barriers to access for low-income customers to energy efficiency investments.
(4) There is insufficient understanding of the barriers to access for low-income customers to zero-emission and near-zero-emission transportation options.
(b) On or before January 1, 2017, the commission, with input from relevant state agencies and the public, shall conduct and complete a study on both of the following:
(1) Barriers to, and opportunities for, solar photovoltaic energy generation as well as barriers to, and opportunities for, access to other renewable energy by low-income customers.
(2) Barriers to contracting opportunities for local small businesses in disadvantaged communities.
(c) On or before January 1, 2017, the commission, with input from relevant state agencies and the public, shall develop and publish a study on barriers for low-income customers to energy efficiency and weatherization investments, including those in disadvantaged communities, as well as recommendations on how to increase access to energy efficiency and weatherization investments to low-income customers.
(d) On or before January 1, 2017, the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the commission and with input from relevant state agencies and the public, shall develop and publish a study on barriers for low-income customers to zero-emission and near-zero-emission transportation options, including those in disadvantaged communities, as well as recommendations on how to increase access to zero-emission and near-zero-emission transportation options to low-income customers, including those in disadvantaged communities.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 547, Sec. 7. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4 - Integrated Energy Policy Reporting › Section 25328.

25328. (a) In order to achieve the state’s goal of reaching 100 percent zero-emission vehicles for new passenger vehicles sales by 2035 and for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles everywhere feasible by 2045, it is the intent of the Legislature to advance zero-emission infrastructure deployment.
(b) The commission, in collaboration with the State Air Resources Board, the Public Utilities Commission, and other relevant stakeholders, shall do both of the following:
(1) Annually gather entities’ fleet data from state agencies that already collect fleet data, including, but not limited to, data collected by the State Air Resources Board pursuant to its zero-emission vehicle regulations, and vehicle registration data collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles, to the extent that such data is collected by state agencies at the time. The data collected from state agencies pursuant to this paragraph shall encompass fleet data for on-road and off-road vehicles in the medium- and heavy-duty sectors of only those entities that are subject to the regulations of the State Air Resources Board, and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following data:
(A) The total vehicle fleet or equipment size and composition, including each vehicle’s fuel type, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid, or fuel cell.
(B) The physical address of the fleet’s location.
(C) Information that would allow the electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility to estimate the total anticipated charging capacity at each fleet location.
(2) Enter into data sharing agreements with state agencies, as necessary, to facilitate the gathering of data pursuant to this section.
(c) The commission shall share the data gathered pursuant to subdivision (b) with electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to help inform electrical grid planning efforts.
(d) For data shared pursuant to subdivision (c), an electrical corporation or local publicly owned utility shall not disclose information protected pursuant to Sections 8380 and 8381 of the Public Utilities Code.
(e) For data shared pursuant to subdivision (c), an electrical corporation or local publicly owned utility shall not disclose the data to third parties for any purpose.
(f) The commission’s data collection pursuant to this section is not intended to create any new or duplicate reporting requirements on behalf of fleet operators.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 354, Sec. 2. (AB 2700) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25330.

25330. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Feasible” has the same meaning as in Section 21061.1.
(b) “High-voltage electric transmission line” means an electric transmission line with an operating capacity of at least 200 kilovolts, or that is under the operational control of the California Independent System Operator.
(c) “Transmission corridor zone” means the geographic area necessary to accommodate the construction and operation of one or more high-voltage electric transmission lines. A transmission corridor zone shall not be more than 1,500 feet in width unless required to accommodate existing land uses and land uses identified in local general or specific plans, or to avoid environmental constraints or mitigate potential environmental impacts.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25331.

25331. (a) The commission may designate a transmission corridor zone on its own motion or by application of a person who plans to construct a high-voltage electric transmission line within the state. The designation of a transmission corridor zone shall serve to identify a feasible corridor where one or more future high-voltage electric transmission lines can be built that are consistent with the state’s needs and objectives as set forth in the strategic plan adopted pursuant to Section 25324.
(b) A person planning to construct a high-voltage electric transmission line may submit to the commission an application to designate a proposed transmission corridor zone as being consistent with the strategic plan adopted pursuant to Section 25324. The application shall be in the form prescribed by the commission and shall be supported by any information that the commission may require.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25332.

25332. The designation of a transmission corridor zone is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000)). The commission shall be the lead agency, as provided in Section 21165, for all transmission corridor zones proposed for designation pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25333.

25333. (a) In developing a strategic plan pursuant to Section 25324 or considering an application for designation pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall confer with cities and counties, federal agencies, and California Native American tribes to identify appropriate areas within their jurisdictions that may be suitable for a transmission corridor zone. The commission shall, to the extent feasible, coordinate efforts to identify long-term transmission needs of the state with the land use plans of cities, counties, federal agencies, and California Native American tribes.
(b) The commission shall not designate a transmission corridor zone within the jurisdiction of a California Native American tribe without the approval of the California Native American tribe.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25335.

25335. (a) Within 45 days of receipt of the application or motion for designation, the commission shall commence public informational hearings in the county or counties where the proposed transmission corridor zone would be located.
(b) The purpose of the hearings shall be to do all of the following:
(1) Provide information about the proposed transmission corridor zone so that the public and interested agencies have a clear understanding of what is being proposed.
(2) Explain the relationship of the proposed transmission corridor zone to the commission’s strategic plan for the state’s electric transmission grid, as set forth in the most recent integrated energy policy report adopted pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 25300).
(3) Receive initial comments about the proposed transmission corridor zone from the public and interested agencies.
(4) Solicit information on reasonable alternatives to the proposed transmission corridor zone.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25336.

25336. (a) Within 155 days of the final informational hearing, the commission shall conduct a prehearing conference to determine the issues to be considered in hearings pursuant to this section, to identify the dates for the hearings, and to set forth filing dates for public comments and testimony from the parties and interested agencies. Within 15 days of the prehearing conference, the commission shall issue a hearing order setting forth the issues to be heard, the dates of the hearings, and the filing dates for comments and testimony.
(b) The commission shall conduct hearings pursuant to the hearing order. The purpose of the hearings shall be to receive information upon which the commission can make findings and conclusions pursuant to Section 25337.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25337.

25337. After the conclusion of hearings conducted pursuant to Section 25336, and no later than 180 days after the date of certification of the environmental impact report prepared pursuant to Section 25332, the commission shall issue a proposed decision that contains its findings and conclusions regarding all of the following matters:
(a) Conformity of the proposed transmission corridor zone with the strategic plan adopted pursuant to Section 25324.
(b) Suitability of the proposed transmission corridor zone with respect to environmental, public health and safety, land use, economic, and transmission-system impacts.
(c) Mitigation measures and alternatives as may be needed to protect environmental quality, public health and safety, the state’s electric transmission grid, or any other relevant matter.
(d) Other factors that the commission considers relevant.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25338.

25338. As soon as practicable after the commission designates a transmission corridor zone, it shall post a copy of its decision on its Internet Web site, send a copy of its decision, including a description of the transmission corridor zone, to each affected city, county, state agency, and federal agency, and notify property owners within or adjacent to the corridor of the availability of the decision on the commission’s Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25339.

25339. After the commission designates a transmission corridor zone, it shall identify that transmission corridor zone in its subsequent strategic plans adopted pursuant to Section 25324. The commission shall regularly review and revise its designated transmission corridor zones as necessary, but not less than once every 10 years. In revising designations of transmission corridor zones, the commission shall follow the procedures of this chapter. If, upon regular review or at any other time, the commission finds that a transmission corridor zone is no longer needed, the commission shall revise or repeal the designation and, as soon as practicable, notify the affected cities, counties, state and federal agencies, and property owners within, or adjacent to, the transmission corridor zone.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25340.

25340. After receiving notice from the commission regarding the designation or revision of a transmission corridor zone within its jurisdiction, each city or county shall consider the designated transmission corridor zone when making a determination regarding a land use change within or adjacent to the transmission corridor zone that could affect its continuing viability to accommodate a transmission line planned within the transmission corridor zone. Nothing in this section shall preclude compatible uses within or adjacent to a designated transmission corridor zone.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.3 - Designation of Transmission Corridors › Section 25341.

25341. (a) Within a designated transmission corridor zone, within 10 days of accepting as complete an application pursuant to Section 65943 of the Government Code for a development project that a city or county determines would threaten the potential to construct a high-voltage electric transmission line, the city or county shall notify the commission of the proposed development project. The notice shall include a copy of the application, and set a deadline that is not less than 60 days from the date of the notice for the commission to provide written comments to the city or county regarding the proposed development project.
(b) If the commission finds that the proposed development project would threaten the potential to construct a high-voltage electric transmission line within the designated transmission corridor zone, the commission shall provide written comments to the city or county. The commission may recommend revisions to, redesign of, or mitigation measures for the proposed development project that would eliminate or reduce the threat.
(c) The city or county shall consider the commission’s comments, if any, prior to acting on the proposed development project. If the commission objects to the proposed development project, the city or county shall provide a written response that shall address in detail why it did not accept the commission’s comments and recommendations.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 638, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25350.

25350. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the petroleum industry is an essential element of the California economy and is therefore of vital importance to the health and welfare of all Californians.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that a complete and thorough understanding of the operations of the petroleum industry is required by state government at all times to enable it to respond to possible shortages, oversupplies, or other disruptions and to assess whether all consumers, including emergency service agencies, state and local government agencies, and agricultural and business consumers of petroleum products have adequate and economic supplies of fuel.
(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that information and data concerning all aspects of the petroleum industry, including, but not limited to, crude oil production, production and supplies of finished branded and unbranded gasoline, supplies of diesel fuel and other distillates, supplies of blendstocks used to make gasoline and other refined products, refining, product output, exports of finished gasoline, diesel fuel, and blendstocks, prices, distribution, demand, and investment choices and decisions are essential for the state to develop and administer energy policies that are in the interest of the state’s economy and the public’s well-being.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 288, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25352.

25352. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act of 1980.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1055, Sec. 4. Effective September 26, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25354.2.

25354.2. The commission, in consultation with the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and labor and industry stakeholders, shall consider ways to manage necessary refinery turnarounds and maintenance that would protect the health and safety of employees and the public, and minimize the impact of maintenance-related production losses on fuel prices. The commission may, by regulation, impose requirements governing the timing of turnaround and maintenance developed through consultations under this section.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 3. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25356.

25356. (a) The commission, utilizing its own staff and other support staff having expertise and experience in, or with, the petroleum industry, shall gather, analyze, and interpret the information submitted to it pursuant to Section 25354 and other information relating to the supply and price of petroleum products, with particular emphasis on motor vehicle fuels, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The nature, cause, and extent of any petroleum or petroleum products shortage or condition affecting supply.
(2) The economic and environmental impacts of any petroleum and petroleum product shortage or condition affecting supply.
(3) Petroleum or petroleum product demand and supply forecasting methodologies utilized by the petroleum industry in California.
(4) The prices, with particular emphasis on retail motor fuel prices, including sales to unbranded retail markets, and any significant changes in prices charged by the petroleum industry for petroleum or petroleum products sold in California and the reasons for those changes.
(5) The profits, both before and after taxes, of the industry as a whole and of major firms within it, including a comparison with other major industry groups and major firms within them as to profits, return on equity and capital, and price-earnings ratio.
(6) The emerging trends relating to supply, demand, and conservation of petroleum and petroleum products.
(7) The nature and extent of efforts of the petroleum industry to expand refinery capacity and to make acquisitions of additional supplies of petroleum and petroleum products, including activities relative to the exploration, development, and extraction of resources within the state.
(8) The development of a petroleum and petroleum products information system in a manner that will enable the state to take action to meet and mitigate any petroleum or petroleum products shortage or condition affecting supply.
(b) The commission shall analyze the impacts of state and federal policies and regulations upon the supply and pricing of petroleum products.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 288, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25357.

25357. The commission shall obtain and analyze monthly production reports prepared by the State Oil and Gas Supervisor pursuant to Section 3227.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1055, Sec. 4. Effective September 26, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25358.

25358. (a) Within 70 days after the end of each preceding quarter of each calendar year, the commission shall publish and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a summary, an analysis, and an interpretation of the information submitted to it pursuant to Section 25354 and information reviewed pursuant to Section 25357. This report shall be separate from the report submitted pursuant to Section 25322. Any person may submit comments in writing regarding the accuracy or sufficiency of the information submitted.
(b) The commission shall prepare a biennial assessment of the information provided pursuant to this chapter and shall include its assessment in the biennial fuels report prepared pursuant to Section 25310.
(c) The commission may use reasonable means necessary and available to it to seek and obtain any facts, figures, and other information from any source for the purpose of preparing and providing reports to the Governor and the Legislature. The commission shall specifically include in the reports its analysis of any unsuccessful attempts in obtaining information from potential sources, including the lack of cooperation or refusal to provide information.
(d) Whenever the commission fails to provide any report required pursuant to this section within the specified time, it shall provide to all members of the Legislature, within five days of the specified time, a detailed written explanation of the cause of any delay.
(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1184, Sec. 6.5.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25362.

25362. (a) The commission shall notify those persons who have failed to timely provide the information specified in Section 25354 or 25355. If, within five days after being notified of the failure to provide the specified information, the person fails to supply the specified information, the person shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per day for each day the submission of information is refused or delayed, up to a maximum penalty of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per submission.
(b) A person who willfully makes any false statement, representation, or certification in any record, report, plan, or other document filed with the commission shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed forty thousand dollars ($40,000).
(c) The administration of civil penalties under this section shall be subject to the procedures provided in Section 25534.1, and to the procedures for judicial review under Section 25534.2.
(d) In addition to any civil penalty provided for by this section, if a person fails to timely provide the information specified in Section 25354 or 25355, the commission may petition a court for an order compelling the person to provide that information.
(e) For purposes of this section, the term “person” shall mean, in addition to the definition contained in Section 25116, any responsible corporate officer.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 7. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25366.

25366. Any confidential information pertinent to the responsibilities of the commission specified in this division which is obtained by another state agency shall be available to the commission and shall be treated in a confidential manner.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1055, Sec. 4. Effective September 26, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Petroleum Supply and Pricing › Section 25367.

25367. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the adoption of, or amendment to, regulations or orders implementing this chapter shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as an emergency, and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare. Notwithstanding any other law, the emergency regulations or orders adopted to implement this chapter shall remain in effect for two years. Although the commission may adopt regulations to further define terms or prescribe reporting procedures or calculation methodologies pursuant to this chapter, or prescribe any other method of implementing this chapter, the provisions of this chapter are self-executing and shall not require any implementing regulation to be effective.
(b) The commission may enter into contracts to implement this chapter, and the contracts shall not require the review, consent, or approval of the Department of General Services or any other state department or agency and do not need to comply with requirements under the State Contracting Manual or the Public Contract Code.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 9. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 25370.

25370. For purposes of this chapter and Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 25350), the following definitions apply:
(a) “Planned maintenance” means regular, periodic maintenance or repair of one or more pieces of equipment within a petroleum refinery that may require the shutdown of that equipment, or that may reduce production of a petroleum refinery.
(b) “Price spike” means a rate of increase of a refinery’s gross gasoline refining margin, as defined in Section 25355, that is greater than the rate of increase of the average price of crude oil received by the refinery, for the same period of time, or a rate of decrease of a refinery’s gross gasoline refining margin that is less than the rate of decrease of the average price of crude oil received by the refinery, for the same period of time.
(c) “Transportation fuels” means gasoline, gasoline blending components, diesel fuel, or renewable fuels.
(d) “Turnaround” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 7872 of the Labor Code.
(e) “Unplanned maintenance” means any maintenance or repair that requires the shutdown of any part of the petroleum refinery that will result in any reduction in production that was not scheduled as turnaround or planned maintenance.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 2 - Transportation Fuels Assessment › Section 25371.1.

25371.1. (a) The commission shall use reasonable means necessary and available, including, but not limited to, the authority under subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 11181 of the Government Code, to seek and obtain any facts, figures, and other information from any source for the purpose of preparing the assessment under Section 25371. The commission shall specifically report in the assessment any ongoing or unsuccessful attempts to obtain information from potential sources, including the lack of cooperation or refusal to provide information.
(b) For purposes of the assessment prepared under Section 25371, the commission may impose a civil penalty whenever a person fails to timely provide the information specified in that section and any other information the commission deems necessary to conduct the assessment. A civil penalty under this subdivision shall be imposed under the procedures set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 25362.
(c) Subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 25362 shall apply to a person who willfully submits or makes any false statement to the commission.
(d) The commission shall conduct a public meeting in December of each year to provide an opportunity for the public to provide input on transportation fuel prices.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 2 - Transportation Fuels Assessment › Section 25371.2.

25371.2. (a) The commission shall aggregate information used in the assessment prepared under Section 25371 to the extent necessary to ensure its confidentiality if public disclosure of the specific information or data would adversely affect market competition.
(b) A person required to present information to the commission pursuant to Section 25371 may request that specific information be held in confidence. Information requested to be held in confidence shall be presumed to be confidential.
(c) For purposes of the assessment conducted under Section 25371, the commission shall comply with the disclosure of information requirements of subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, of Section 25364.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 2 - Transportation Fuels Assessment › Section 25371.3.

25371.3. On or before December 31, 2024, the commission and the State Air Resources Board, taking into account findings of the assessment conducted under Section 25371, shall prepare a Transportation Fuels Transition Plan. The commission and the State Air Resources Board shall determine the contents of the report, but the report shall include, at a minimum, a discussion of how to ensure that the supply of petroleum and alternative transportation fuels is affordable, reliable, equitable, and adequate to meet the demand for those transportation fuels described in the most current scoping plan approved by the State Air Resources Board under Section 38561 of the Health and Safety Code. The report shall be prepared in consultation with a multistakeholder, multiagency workgroup convened by the commission, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Natural Resources Agency, and the State Air Resources Board to identify mechanisms to plan for and monitor progress toward the state’s reliable, safe, equitable, and affordable transition away from petroleum fuels in line with declining instate petroleum demand. The workgroup shall consist of members representing interests that include, but are not limited to, environmental justice, labor, environmental protection, land use, and public health, members representing the state’s fuel producers and refiners, and members representing relevant state, regional, and local agencies. The Division of Petroleum Market Oversight shall provide input to and otherwise support other divisions of the commission in preparation of the plan.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10) by Stats. 2023, Ch. 53, Sec. 4. (SB 124) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 3 - Division of Petroleum Market Oversight › Section 25372.

25372. For purposes of this article and Article 4 (commencing with Section 25373), “division” means the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 3 - Division of Petroleum Market Oversight › Section 25372.1.

25372.1. (a) The Division of Petroleum Market Oversight is hereby established in the commission.
(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 25200), the division shall operate with authority independent of the commission’s authority.
(c) The division shall be led by a director, who is appointed by the Governor and is subject to confirmation by the Senate, and holds office at the pleasure of the Governor.
(d) The annual salary of the director shall be provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11550) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(e) The director shall employ and prescribe the duties of other staff members as necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The staff shall include, when feasible, economists, individuals with expertise in the transportation fuels markets, and investigative staff with legal training.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 3 - Division of Petroleum Market Oversight › Section 25372.2.

25372.2. (a) The division shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide independent oversight and analysis of the transportation fuels markets for the protection of consumers by identifying market design flaws, market power abuses, and any other manner by which market participants act to harm competition or act contrary to the best interests of consumers in the state.
(2) Provide guidance and recommendations to the commission relating to the development of the assessment required by Section 25371 and the Transportation Fuels Transition Plan described in Section 25371.3.
(3) Provide guidance and recommendations to members of the commission, other divisions of the commission, and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration relating to the reports described in Section 25355.7.
(4) Provide guidance and recommendations to the Governor, members of the commission, and other divisions of the commissions on any other issues related to transportation fuels pricing and transportation decarbonization in California.
(5) Report its findings and recommendations to improve market performance at least annually to the Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, the Governor, the commission, the Attorney General, and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
(b) The division may subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance and testimony, administer oaths and affirmations, take evidence and require by subpoena the production of any books, papers, records, or other items material to the performance of the division’s duties or exercise of its powers, including, but not limited to, current and historical pricing and sales data and contracts with other petroleum industry participants.
(c) The division may refer potential violations of law to the Attorney General confidentially at any time.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 3 - Division of Petroleum Market Oversight › Section 25372.3.

25372.3. The director of the division shall, when requested, appear before the appropriate policy committees in the Assembly and Senate to provide an update on the division’s performance as compared to its objectives, the status of competition in the transportation fuels markets, and any other information the committees request.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 4.6 - Petroleum Market › ARTICLE 3 - Division of Petroleum Market Oversight › Section 25372.4.

25372.4. (a) Information provided to the division shall presumptively be confidential and not subject to public disclosure. The division shall not divulge or make known in any manner any information provided to it unless it determines both of the following:
(1) Public disclosure of the specific information would not result in unfair competitive disadvantage to the person supplying the information.
(2) Public disclosure of the specific information would not adversely affect market competition.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the division may disclose information deemed confidential under this subdivision to members of the commission, other divisions of the commission, the Attorney General, or the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration if the receiving entity agrees to keep the information confidential, except that the Attorney General may present the information to a court to support an enforcement action but shall submit confidential information under seal where permissible. If the Attorney General requests the assistance of the division in connection with any investigation, the division shall provide information to the Attorney General under this subdivision and any other assistance that is feasible.
(c) For purposes of the division’s annual reports under Section 25372.2, the division shall aggregate data or otherwise anonymize and generalize information as needed to mitigate the risk that public disclosure of the specific information would result in unfair competitive disadvantage to the person supplying the information or would adversely affect market competition.
(Added by Stats. 2023, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 10. (SB 2 1x) Effective June 26, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 15 - ENERGY CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT › CHAPTER 5 - Energy Resources Conservation › Section 25400.

25400. The commission shall conduct an ongoing assessment of the opportunities and constraints presented by all forms of energy. The commission shall encourage the balanced use of all sources of energy to meet the state’s needs and shall seek to avoid possible undesirable consequences of reliance on a single source of energy.
(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 276.)