(a) An applicant shall submit to the authority an application providing a detailed description of the loan program to finance the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, or energy or water efficiency improvements on real property, a detailed description of the transactional activities associated with the loan issuance, including all transactional costs, and other information deemed necessary by the authority.

(b) The authority shall ensure that all improvements financed by the program meet quality assurance standards developed by the authority in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. The standards shall include contractor certification and third-party inspection of an appropriate portion of completed projects to ensure project performance and consumer protection.

Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 26072

  • Authority: means the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority established pursuant to Section 26004, and any board, commission, department, or officer succeeding to the functions of the authority, or to which the powers conferred upon the authority by this division shall be given. See California Public Resources Code 26003
  • Project: means a land, building, improvement to the land or building, rehabilitation, work, property, or structure, real or personal, stationary or mobile, including, but not limited to, machinery and equipment utilized in the state, whether or not in existence or under construction, that utilizes, or is designed to utilize, an alternative source, or that is utilized for the design, technology transfer, manufacture, production, assembly, distribution, or service of advanced transportation technologies or alternative source components. See California Public Resources Code 26003
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 677, Sec. 33. (SB 1128) Effective January 1, 2013.)