California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 2 - State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 5 - Power Plant Site Certification › Article 1 - General Provisions Applicable to Notices of Intent and Applications for Certification › B - Filing and Information Requirements for Notices and Applications › Section 1708 - Costs and Fees

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A project
					 owner shall pay all fees specified in Public Resources Code sections
					 25802
					 and
					 25806,
					 and reimburse the commission for its actual costs of processing a petition to
					 amend as specified in 25806(e). In calculating the fee required by Public
					 Resources Code section
					 25806(a),
					 generating capacity shall be determined in the manner specified in section
					 2003(a).
(b) "Processing the petition to amend," as
					 used in Public Resources Code section
					 25806(e),
					 includes the activities of staff, staff subcontractors, and legal counsel
					 representing staff in the preparation of the staff assessment and in any
					 proceeding on a petition through the adoption of the commission decision, as
					 well as the labor and administrative expenses associated with the production
					 and distribution of staff, committee, and commission documents. The activities
					 of commissioners and their advisors, commission hearing officers, and other
					 attorneys and commission staff advising commissioners or the commission are not
					 considered part of processing the petition to amend.
(c) Costs shall be calculated based on the
					 hourly loaded rates for staff, including subcontractors, consultants and legal
					 staff, and the hours worked to process a petition to amend. If requested by a
					 project owner, the commission shall provide a full accounting, including the
					 following: the hours billed by staff, subcontractors, consultants and legal
					 staff; the hourly rate associated with each; a description of the work
					 performed; and supporting documentation.
(d) Upon the demand of the executive
					 director, the project owner shall pay additional fees to the commission in the
					 amount of any reimbursement made to local agencies by the commission pursuant
					 to section
					 1715 of this article.
(e) Project owners may request an
					 investigation of the fees they have been assessed using the procedures set
					 forth in section
					 1231.
1.
						Amendment of subsection (a) filed 1-11-83; designated effective 2-1-83 pursuant
						to Government Code Section
						11346.2(d)
						(Register 83, No. 3).
2. Amendment of section heading and subsection
						(a), new subsections (c)-(g) and amendment of NOTE filed 3-28-2007; operative
						3-28-2007 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2007, No. 13).
3. Amendment of section heading and section
						filed 12-5-2018; operative 1-1-2019 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2018, No. 49).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  25213,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  25538,
						  25802
						  and
						  25806,
						  Public Resources Code.