California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 2 - Department of Water Resources › Chapter 4 - Revenue Requirement and Just and Reasonable Determination › Section 511 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) "Act"
				means Chapter 4 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2001 of the California
				Legislature (commonly known as "AB1X"), as amended by Chapter 9 of the First
				Extraordinary Session of 2001 of the California Legislature, and as codified in
				part as Division 27 of the California Water Code.
(b) "Comment" means any written communication
				to the department regarding a proposed determination, including additional
				material proposed for consideration by the department, submitted in accordance
				with this chapter, and excluding information received at a workshop, if one is
				held.
(c) "Commission" means the
				California Public Utilities Commission.
(d) "Department" means the State of
				California Department of Water Resources, acting under the authority and powers
				granted by the Act, and not under its powers and responsibilities with respect
				to the State Water Resources Development System or with respect to any other
				program it administers.
(e)
				"Determination" means a determination by the department of a revenue
				requirement of a certain amount that, together with any moneys on deposit in
				the Electric Power Fund, is sufficient to provide the amounts necessary to pay
				obligations authorized by the Act, and that such revenue requirement is just
				and reasonable.
(f) "Electric Power
				Fund" means the Department of Water Resources Electric Power Fund established
				by Water Code section
				80200.
(g) "Mailed" means deposited with the United
				States Postal Service with postage prepaid. If agreed to by the recipient, the
				mailing of any notice under this chapter may be accomplished by
				electronic-mail.
(h) "Material"
				means data and other factual information, technical, theoretical, and empirical
				studies or reports.
(i) "Notice"
				means a notice of opportunity to submit comments, unless otherwise
				specified.
(j) "Proposed
				determination" means a department proposal to issue a determination, presented
				for public comment as described in this chapter.
(k) "Rate Agreement" means the rate agreement
				between the department and the commission approved pursuant to Decision
				02-02-051 of the commission.
(l)
				"Record" means, with respect to any given determination, the notices issued
				under this chapter with respect to the determination, written comments
				submitted in response to the notices, material relied on by the department, the
				proposed determination, requests for reconsideration, and the determination.
				"Record" does not include information submitted in any form at a workshop, if
				one is held.
(m) "Revenue
				requirement" means an amount, or a revision to the amount, to be established by
				the department, and of which the department is to notify the commission, in
				compliance with Water Code sections
				80110 and
				80134. Each
				revenue requirement shall relate to the period of time specified in the
				determination.
1. New section
				  filed 6-7-2002 as an emergency; operative 6-7-2002 (Register 2002, No. 23).
				  Pursuant to Water Code section
				  80014 a
				  Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-4-2002 or emergency
				  language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
				  day.
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section
				  11346.1(g)
				  (Register 2002, No. 49).
3. New section filed 12-5-2002 as an
				  emergency; operative 12-10-2002 (Register 2002, No. 49). Pursuant to Water Code
				  section
				  80014 a
				  Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-9-2002 or emergency
				  language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
				  day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-10-2002 order, including
				  amendment of subsection (e), transmitted to OAL 6-4-2003 and filed 7-1-2003
				  (Register 2003, No. 27).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 80014, Water
					 Code. Reference: Sections
					 80004,
					 80110,
					 80134 and
					 80200(d),
					 Water Code.