A district may, by using any water or water supplies furnished to the district or used by the district, construct, maintain, and operate plants for the generation of hydroelectric power from that water and transmission lines for the conveyance thereof. The plants so constructed shall be operated in a manner consistent with the district’s storage, transmission, and distribution of water.

Construction of the plants and transmission lines may be financed by the issuance of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds or any other method of financing district works as provided in this division.

Terms Used In California Water Code 35570

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1054, Sec. 2.)

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