There is in the General Fund in the State Treasury the Energy Resources Programs Account.
Chapter 9State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Accounts
Section § 25801
This law establishes a specific account called the Energy Resources Programs Account within the General Fund of California's State Treasury. This account is likely used for funding energy-related programs and initiatives.
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Section § 25802
If you're planning to build a power plant and submit your intent to a commission, you must pay a fee based on how much electricity the plant can produce. This is one cent per kilowatt of the plant's capacity, but you only pay this for one site - the one with the most capacity. The fee can't be less than $1,000 or more than $25,000.
For any other kind of facility, the required fee is $5,000, also only for one site.
Each person who submits to the commission a notice of intent for any proposed generating facility shall accompany the notice with a fee of one cent ($0.01) per kilowatt of net electric capacity of the proposed generation facility. Such fee shall only be paid on one of the alternate proposed facility sites which has the highest electrical designed capacity. In no event shall such fee be less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
For any other facility, the notice shall be accompanied by a fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000). Such fee shall only be paid on one of the alternate proposed facility sites.
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Section § 25803
This law states that any money collected by the commission under Section 25802 must be sent to the State Treasurer and deposited into a specific account. These funds can only be used for the activities described in this division, and only when the Legislature approves these expenditures as part of the state budget.
All funds received by the commission pursuant to Section 25802, shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in the account. All funds in the account shall be expended for purposes of carrying out the provisions of this division, when appropriated by the Legislature in the Budget Act.
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Section § 25804
This section clarifies that whenever you see the term 'State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Special Account' in this legal division or any other law, it should instead be understood as 'Energy Resources Programs Account.'
All references in this division or any other provision of law to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Special Account shall be deemed references to the Energy Resources Programs Account.
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Section § 25806
If you apply for certification to set up an energy facility in California, you need to pay the cost of the application process. Initially, you'll need to deposit $750,000, and any extra costs will be charged to you annually.
Once certified, you'll also pay a $70,000 yearly fee, starting with the facility's certification date and then by July 1 each year. These fees are adjusted each year based on governmental price changes.
All fees are collected into a special fund used to process certifications and monitor compliance. If you want to amend an existing certified project, you pay a $5,000 fee and any extra processing costs afterward. However, ownership changes don't require this fee.
(a)CA Public Resources Code § 25806(a) A person who submits to the commission an application for certification under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 25500) or Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 25545) shall pay all costs incurred by the commission in processing the application and shall submit with the application a nonrefundable deposit of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000). For the actual costs incurred by the commission in excess of the deposit, the commission shall provide invoices, at least annually, to the applicant who shall timely remit the additional fees to the commission.
(b)CA Public Resources Code § 25806(b) A person who receives certification of a site and related facility pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 25500) or Chapter 6.2 (commencing with Section 25545) shall pay an annual fee of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000). For a facility certified on or after January 1, 2004, the first payment of the annual fee is due on the date the commission adopts the final decision. All subsequent payments are due by July 1 of each year that the facility retains its certification. The fiscal year for the annual fee is July 1 to June 30, inclusive.
(c)CA Public Resources Code § 25806(c) The deposit required pursuant to subdivision (a) and the fees described in subdivisions (b) and (e) shall be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services, as published by the United States Department of Commerce.
(d)CA Public Resources Code § 25806(d) The Energy Facility License and Compliance Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. All fees received by the commission pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Treasurer for deposit into the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for processing applications for certification and for compliance monitoring.
(e)CA Public Resources Code § 25806(e) A person who submits to the commission a petition to amend an existing project that previously received certification shall submit with the petition a nonrefundable fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000). The commission shall conduct a full accounting of the actual cost of processing the petition to amend, for which the project owner shall reimburse the commission if the costs exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). Any reimbursement and fees received by the commission pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited into the Energy Facility License and Compliance Fund. This subdivision does not apply to a change in ownership or operational control of a project.
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