§ 25500 In accordance with the provisions of this division, the commission …
§ 25500.1 (a) The owner of a proposed solar thermal powerplant, for which …
§ 25500.5 The commission shall certify sufficient sites and related facilities …
§ 25501 This chapter does not apply to any site or related facility for which …
§ 25501.7 Any person proposing to construct a facility or a site to which …
§ 25502 Each person proposing to construct a thermal powerplant or electric …
§ 25502.3 Except as provided in Section 25501.7, any person proposing to …
§ 25503 Each notice of intention to file an application shall contain at …
§ 25504 The notice of intention shall include a statement by the applicant …
§ 25504.5 An applicant may, in the notice, propose a site to be approved which …
§ 25505 Upon receipt of a notice, the commission shall cause a summary of the …
§ 25506 The commission shall request the appropriate local, regional, state, …
§ 25506.5 The commission shall request the Public Utilities Commission, for …
§ 25507 (a) If any alternative site and related facility proposed in the …
§ 25508 The commission shall cooperate with, and render advice to, the …
§ 25509 Within 45 days of the filing of the notice, the commission shall …
§ 25509.5 No sooner than 15 days after the conclusion of the presentations …
§ 25510 After the conclusion of such hearings, and no later than 150 days …
§ 25511 The commission shall review the factors related to safety and …
§ 25512 The summary and hearing order shall be based upon the record of the …
§ 25512.5 Within 15 days of the publication of the summary and hearing order, a …
§ 25513 No earlier than 30 days after distribution of the summary and hearing …
§ 25513.3 Notwithstanding Sections 11425.30 and 11430.10 of the Government …
§ 25514 After conclusion of the hearings held pursuant to Section 25513 and …
§ 25514.3 In specifying any modifications, conditions, or criteria pursuant to …
§ 25514.5 In considering the acceptability of a site proposed to accommodate …
§ 25515 No later than 30 days after the final report is distributed, a …
§ 25516 The approval of the notice by the commission shall be based upon …
§ 25516.1 If a site and related facility found to be acceptable by the …
§ 25516.5 On a notice which proposes an expanded ultimate electric generating …
§ 25516.6 (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, the …
§ 25517 Except as provided in Section 25501, no construction of any thermal …
§ 25518 The Public Utilities Commission shall issue no certificate of public …
§ 25518.5 Nothing in this division shall preclude the concurrent initiation of …
§ 25519 (a) In order to obtain certification for a site and related …
§ 25519.5 (a) If the site and related facilities specified in the …
§ 25520 The application shall contain all of the following information and …
§ 25520.5 (a) In reviewing an application for an additional facility at a …
§ 25521 No earlier than 90 nor later than 240 days after the date of the …
§ 25522 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 25520.5, …
§ 25523 The commission shall prepare a written decision after the public …
§ 25524 (a) “Qualified applicant” for purposes of this section means an …
§ 25524.1 (a) Except for the existing Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 owned by …
§ 25524.2 Except for the existing Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 owned by Pacific …
§ 25524.5 The commission shall not certify any facility which adds generating …
§ 25525 The commission may not certify a facility contained in the …
§ 25526 (a) The commission shall not approve as a site for a facility …
§ 25527 The following areas of the state shall not be approved as a site for …
§ 25528 (a) The commission shall require, as a condition of …
§ 25529 When a facility is proposed to be located in the coastal zone or any …
§ 25530 The commission may order a reconsideration of all or part of a …
§ 25531 (a) The decisions of the commission on any application for …
§ 25532 The commission shall establish a monitoring system to assure that any …
§ 25534 (a) The commission may, after one or more hearings, amend the …
§ 25534.1 (a) The executive director of the commission may issue a …
§ 25534.2 (a) Within 30 days after service of an order issued under …
§ 25535 Such reasonable and direct costs as the applicant incurs to comply …
§ 25537 Upon approval of an application, the commission shall forward to the …
§ 25538 Upon receiving the commission’s request for review under subdivision …
§ 25539 In reviewing notices and applications for certification of …
§ 25540 If a person proposes to construct a geothermal powerplant and related …
§ 25540.1 The commission shall determine, within 30 days after the receipt of a …
§ 25540.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law:(a) If an applicant …
§ 25540.3 (a) An applicant for a geothermal powerplant may propose a site …
§ 25540.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law:(a) The decision of …
§ 25540.5 The commission may, at the petition of a county which has adopted a …
§ 25540.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no notice of …
§ 25541 The commission may exempt from this chapter thermal powerplants with …
§ 25541.1 It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the development of …
§ 25541.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Resources …
§ 25542 In the case of any site and related facility or facilities for which …
§ 25543 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to improve the process …

Terms Used In California Codes > Public Resources Code > Division 15 > Chapter 6 - Power Facility and Site Certification

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Association: includes any lodge, order, beneficial association, fraternal or beneficial society or association, historical, military, or veterans organization, labor union, foundation, or federation, or any other society, organization, or association, or degree, branch, subordinate lodge, or auxiliary thereof. See California Corporations Code 21300
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, and profession. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Corporations Code 14
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Distribution: means a transfer of money or other property from a partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to the partner's transferee. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • executed: when used with respect to the documents filed pursuant to this code or pursuant to regulations adopted under this code, and presented to the Secretary of State, include a document bearing a signature under subdivision (a). See California Corporations Code 17.1
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreign limited liability partnership: means a partnership, other than a limited partnership, formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of another jurisdiction and denominated or registered as a limited liability partnership or registered limited liability partnership under the laws of that jurisdiction (i) in which each partner is a licensed person or a person licensed or authorized to provide professional limited liability partnership services in a jurisdiction or jurisdictions other than this state, (ii) which is licensed under the laws of the state to engage in the practice of architecture, the practice of public accountancy, the practice of engineering, the practice of land surveying, or the practice of law, or (iii) which (I) is related to a registered limited liability partnership that practices public accountancy or, to the extent permitted by the State Bar of California, practices law or is related to a foreign limited liability partnership and (II) provides services related or complementary to the professional limited liability partnership services provided by, or provides services or facilities to, that registered limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Insignia: includes badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, or rosette. See California Corporations Code 21300
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • interested person: means an owner or any other person interested in any of the following:

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  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Notice: includes all papers and orders required to be served in any proceedings before any court, board, or officer, or when required by law to be served independently of such proceeding. See California Government Code 26660
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: means an association of two or more persons to carry on as coowners a business for profit formed under Section 16202, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction, and includes, for all purposes of the laws of this state, a registered limited liability partnership, and excludes any partnership formed under Chapter 4. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Partnership agreement: means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Corporations Code 18
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • Process: includes all writs, warrants, summons, and orders of courts of justice, or judicial officers. See California Government Code 26660
  • Property: means all property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Registered limited liability partnership: means a partnership, other than a limited partnership, formed pursuant to an agreement governed by Article 10 (commencing with Section 16951), that is registered under Section 16953 and (i) each of the partners of which is a licensed person or a person licensed or authorized to provide professional limited liability partnership services in a jurisdiction or jurisdictions other than this state, (ii) is licensed under the laws of the state to engage in the practice of architecture, the practice of public accountancy, the practice of engineering, the practice of land surveying, or the practice of law, or (iii)(I) is related to a registered limited liability partnership that practices public accountancy or, to the extent permitted by the State Bar of California, practices law or is related to a foreign limited liability partnership and (II) provides services related or complementary to the professional limited liability partnership services provided by, or provides services or facilities to, that registered limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Sequester: To separate. Sometimes juries are sequestered from outside influences during their deliberations.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Government Code 12.2
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Education Code 77
  • Statement: means a statement of partnership authority under Section 16303, a statement of denial under Section 16304, a statement of dissociation under Section 16704, a statement of dissolution under Section 16805, a statement of conversion or a certificate of conversion under Section 16906, a statement of merger under Section 16915, or an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
  • Transfer: includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance. See California Corporations Code 16101
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.