Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, upon the written consent of an authorized public agency official, the proposed arrangements for financing the program pertaining to the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy or water efficiency improvements that are permanently fixed to real property may authorize the property owner to purchase directly the related equipment and materials for the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy or water efficiency improvements and to contract directly for the installation of distributed generation renewable energy sources or energy or water efficiency improvements that are permanently fixed to the property owner’s residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other real property.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 444, Sec. 5. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2010.)

Terms Used In California Streets and Highways Code 5898.21

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Efficiency improvements: means permanent improvements fixed to residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other real property. See California Streets and Highways Code 5898.20
  • public agency: means a city, county, city and county, municipal utility district, community services district, sanitary district, sanitation district, or water district, as defined in §. See California Streets and Highways Code 5898.20
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
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