California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 7 - California Water Commission › Chapter 1 - Water Storage Investment Program › Article 4 - Conditional Eligibility and Funding Process › Section 6011 - Commission Maximum Conditional Eligibility Determination

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The Commission shall determine a maximum conditional
					 eligibility amount for projects based on ranking, as determined by this
					 section. The maximum conditional eligibility amount is a "not to exceed" amount
					 of potential funding, contingent on the applicant meeting the conditions of
					 section 6013 necessary for the commission
					 to make a funding allocation. The total sum of maximum conditional eligibility
					 amounts shall not exceed the available funding amount.
(a) Staff shall provide to the Commission all
				  component scores including appealed public benefit ratio, pursuant to section
				  6008, and technical review
				  comments for the Commission's deliberation. The Commission and public shall
				  have a minimum of 30 days to consider the information before any Commission
				  meeting regarding decisions on application component scores.
(b) The Commission shall review the component
				  scores and approve or make adjustments to the public benefit ratio and
				  non-monetized public benefits, resiliency, and implementation risk, as follows:
(1) Public benefit ratio and non-monetized
				  public benefits (maximum point value of 4). The Commission shall consider the
				  technical review comments regarding non-monetized public benefits and evaluate
				  whether point contributions from non-monetized benefits is consistent. If the
				  Commission determined it is not consistent, the Commission may change the
				  non-monetized public benefit score as described in section
				  6011(b)(4).
(2) Implementation Risk (maximum point value
				  of 15). The Commission shall consider the technical review comments for
				  implementation risk and evaluate if the review comments are consistent with the
				  implementation risk score assigned by reviewers. If the Commission determines
				  it is not consistent, the Commission may change the component score as
				  described in section
				  6011(b)(4).
(3) Resiliency (maximum point value of 25).
				  The Commission shall consider the technical review comments for resiliency and
				  evaluate if the review comments and score are consistent. If the Commission
				  determines it is not consistent, the Commission may change the component score
				  as described in section
				  6011(b)(4).
(4) The Commission may adjust a project's
				  component score for items listed in section
				  6011(b)(1) - (3)
				  by plus or minus 25% of the maximum value rounded to the nearest whole number.
				  In all cases of score adjustment, the adjusted component cannot exceed the
				  maximum component score in section
				  6009, Table 5. If the Commission
				  decides that component point adjustments should be made beyond 25%, the
				  Commission shall direct Staff to re-evaluate an application, adjust scores, and
				  substantiate the changes for reconsideration by the Commission.
(5) Staff shall adjust the total expected
				  return for investment scores to reflect the Commission's
				  decisions.