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(a) (1) The department shall procure eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources to satisfy the state agency obligations imposed on the State Water Resources Development System, commonly known as the State Water Project, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 454.53 of the Public Utilities Code.

(2) If the department determines that the full achievement of the state agency obligations imposed on the State Water Resources Development System would require the early termination of an existing contract to procure fossil generation entered before January 1, 2010, and that early termination would result in significant uneconomic costs, the department may defer procuring zero-carbon electricity resource quantities equal to the amount of electricity provided under the existing contract until no later than December 31, 2040.

(3) In the event that extraordinary circumstances, catastrophic events, considerable supply chain disruptions and equipment shortages, or threats of significant economic harm render full achievement of the obligations imposed on the State Water Resources Development System pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 454.53 of the Public Utilities Code infeasible, the Governor may adjust the applicable deadline for the department’s compliance to the earliest feasible date, but that date shall be no later than December 31, 2040.

(b) The department may satisfy all or a portion of the obligation on the State Water Resources Development System pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 454.53 of the Public Utilities Code by installing or connecting zero-carbon resources or eligible renewable energy resources behind the meter on State Water Resources Development System property or properties to service its load.

(c) All resources procured pursuant to subdivision (a) after February 1, 2022, shall satisfy both of the following criteria:

(1) The eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources shall either be newly developed as a result of contracting by the department or constitute incremental production from existing resources and reach initial commercial operations on or after January 1, 2023. This requirement may be satisfied if the resource is newly developed by a local publicly owned electric utility with the expectation that the output would be sold to the department in support of the State Water Resources Development System.

(2) The eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources shall be located within California or have a first point of interconnection to a California balancing authority.

(d) In conducting procurement pursuant to subdivision (a), the department shall consider all of the following:

(1) Procurement commitments that may yield maximum long-term employment, stimulate new economic activity, generate local and state tax revenues, and assist with the development of new industries.

(2) Attributes, including resource adequacy, flexibility, and integration value, the ability to provide firm clean electricity, and local air quality benefits.

(3) The results of integrated resource planning modeling conducted by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Section 454.52 of the Public Utilities Code.

(e) The department shall consider doing all of the following to reduce the costs of any procurement made pursuant to this section:

(1) Coordinate with the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to make low-cost financing assistance available to new projects included in any procurement commitments.

(2) Coordinate with other state agencies to identify incentives from existing programs for new projects included in any procurement commitments.

(3) (A) If reasonably expected to provide incremental benefits, secure an ownership stake or royalties for any project or economic activity resulting from a contractual commitment.

(B) (i) Incremental benefits of ownership may include the election by the department of payment of applicable credits pursuant to the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169). If the department elects for direct payment of those applicable credits, those payments shall be deposited directly into the California Water Resources Development Bond Account created pursuant to Section 12935.5.

(ii) Within 10 days of any payments being deposited in the California Water Resources Development Bond Account, described in clause (i), the department shall provide written notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, who shall provide a copy of the notice to the relevant policy committees. The notice shall include the source, purpose, timeliness, and other relevant information as determined by the department.

(f) All resources procured pursuant to this section shall be used first to meet the department’s own electricity needs. A renewable energy credit, as defined in Section 399.12 of the Public Utilities Code, associated with the electricity used to satisfy the obligations of the department and the State Water Resources Development System under this section shall be retired and shall not be transferred or resold.

(g) The department shall enter into an agreement to procure energy from a new energy generation facility only if the seller requires its contractors to use a multicraft project labor agreement, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code, for construction of the facility. Those project labor agreements shall conform to the industry standard agreements recently used for other similar private projects, including side letters for high-voltage transmission and related work.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 53, Sec. 13. (SB 124) Effective July 10, 2023.)

division: 27.5. STATE WATER PROJECT ENERGY PROCUREMENT


kind: section

code: WAT

text: Nothing in this division shall be construed to reduce or modify an electrical corporation’s obligation to serve. The commission shall issue orders it determines are necessary to carry out this section.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 80502 by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 53. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)

chapter: 1. General Provisions

path: 28. WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 2019 > 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) The development and operation of a program as provided in this division is in all respects for the welfare and the benefit of the people of the state, to protect the public peace, health, and safety, and constitutes an essential governmental purpose.

(b) This division shall be liberally construed in a manner so as to effectuate its purposes and objectives.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 80503 by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 54. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)

division: 28. WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 2019


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(a) The powers and responsibilities of the department established pursuant to this division are separate from, and not governed by, the provisions relating to the State Water Resources Development System.

(b) The Department of Water Resources Charge Fund established in Section 80550 and the moneys in that fund are separate and distinct from any other fund and moneys administered by the department.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 22. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)


text:
As used in this division, unless the context otherwise requires, all of the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Account” means the Continuation Account created pursuant to Section 3298 of the Public Utilities Code. This subdivision shall become operative upon all large electrical corporations electing to participate in the account pursuant to Section 3299 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) “Administrator” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3280 of the Public Utilities Code.

(c) “Bonds” means bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued solely for purposes of supporting the Wildfire Fund or the account and other related expenses incurred by the department pursuant to this division, or for reimbursing expenditures from the fund or the Wildfire Fund or the account for those purposes; repaying to the Surplus Money Investment Fund any loans made to the Wildfire Fund; establishing or maintaining reserves in connection with the bonds; costs of issuance of bonds or incidental to their payment or security; capitalized interest; or renewing or refunding any bonds.

(d) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission.

(e) “Electrical corporation” means a large electrical corporation, as defined in Section 3280 of the Public Utilities Code, that participates in the Wildfire Fund or the account, as appropriate.

(f) “Fund” means the Department of Water Resources Charge Fund established by Section 80550.

(g) “Wildfire Fund” means the Wildfire Fund created pursuant to Section 3284 of the Public Utilities Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 81, Sec. 9. (SB 168) Effective July 13, 2026.)


text:
(a) The department may prescribe, adopt, and enforce emergency regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this division. Any emergency regulations prescribed, adopted, or enforced pursuant to this division shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and, for purposes of that chapter, including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption of such regulations is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare.

(b) The provisions of the Government Code and Public Contract Code applicable to state contracts, including, but not limited to, advertising and competitive bidding requirements and prompt payment requirements, apply to contracts entered into under this division, unless the department determines that application of any of those provisions to contracts entered into under this division is detrimental to accomplishing the purposes of this division.


text: All state agencies and other official state organizations, and all persons connected with those agencies and organizations, shall, at the request of the department, give the department assistance or other cooperation in carrying out the purposes of this division.


text:
(a) The department may contract with an electrical corporation or its successor in the performance of related service, as an agent of the department, to provide billing, collection, and other related services on terms and conditions that reasonably compensate the electrical corporation or its successor for its services, and adequately secure payment to the department.

(b) At the request of the department, the commission shall order an electrical corporation or its successor to perform the duties pursuant to a contract described in subdivision (a).

chapter: 2. Powers of the Department

path: 28. WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 2019 > 2. Powers of the Department


text: The commission may issue rules regulating the enforcement of the agency functions pursuant this division, including collection and payment to the department.


text:
(a) (1) The revenue requirement for each year or, with respect to the first year and last year, the pro rata portion of the year, shall be equal to the average annual amount of collections by the department with respect to charges imposed pursuant to the revenue requirements established by the department under Section 80110 for the period from January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2018. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the revenue requirement shall remain in effect until January 1, 2036.

(2) The revenue requirement specified in paragraph (1) shall remain in effect until January 1, 2046, if the Public Utilities Commission imposes a nonbypassable charge pursuant to Section 3299.2 of the Public Utilities Code. This paragraph shall become operative upon all large electrical corporations electing to participate in the account pursuant to Section 3299 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) If, pursuant to Section 3289 of the Public Utilities Code, the commission makes a just and reasonable determination with respect to the revenue requirement, then the commission shall enter into an agreement with the department with respect to charges under Section 3289 of the Public Utilities Code with respect to the revenue requirement, and that agreement shall have the force and effect of an irrevocable financing order adopted in accordance with Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 840) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, as determined by the commission. The agreement and financing order shall provide for the administration of the revenue requirement, including provisions to the effect that (1) the department shall notify the commission each year of the annual collections received by the department with respect to the revenue requirement and the amount of any excess or deficiency in collections above or below the revenue requirement and that the commission shall adjust charges in the subsequent year to reflect any such excess or deficiency, and (2) during any revenue requirement period if the department forecasts that the revenue requirement for that period will not be met and that collections will not be sufficient to fund any of the amounts in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 80544, then the department shall notify the commission in writing and the commission shall act within 30 days to increase charges so that the amounts collected during that period are sufficient to meet those obligations. For avoidance of doubt, no such adjustment to charges by the commission shall affect in any respect the commission’s just and reasonable determination with respect to the revenue requirement.

(c) (1) If, pursuant to Section 3299.2 of the Public Utilities Code, the commission makes a just and reasonable determination with respect to the revenue requirement, then the commission shall enter into an agreement with the department with respect to charges under Section 3299.2 of the Public Utilities Code with respect to the revenue requirement, and that agreement shall have the force and effect of an irrevocable financing order adopted in accordance with Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 840) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, as determined by the commission. The agreement and financing order shall provide for the administration of the revenue requirement, including provisions to the effect that: (A) the department shall notify the commission each year of the annual collections received by the department with respect to the revenue requirement and the amount of any excess or deficiency in collections above or below the revenue requirement and that the commission shall adjust charges in the subsequent year to reflect any such excess or deficiency; and (B) during any revenue requirement period, if the department forecasts that the revenue requirement for that period will not be met and that collections will not be sufficient to fund any of the amounts in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, subdivision (a) of Section 80544.5, then the department shall notify the commission in writing and the commission shall act within 30 days to increase charges so that the amounts collected during that period are sufficient to meet those obligations. For avoidance of doubt, no such adjustment to charges by the commission shall affect in any respect the commission’s just and reasonable determination with respect to the revenue requirement.

(2) This subdivision shall become operative upon all large electrical corporations electing to participate in the account pursuant to Section 3299 of the Public Utilities Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 119, Sec. 69. (SB 254) Effective September 19, 2025.)


text: To the extent any moneys are received by an electrical corporation pursuant to Section 80520 in the process of collection, and pending their transfer to the department, those moneys shall be segregated by the electrical corporation on terms and conditions established by the department and shall be held in trust for the department’s exercise of its obligations regarding those moneys until paid over to the department pursuant to the contract or order established pursuant to Section 80520.


text:
(a) The department may do any of the following as may be, in the determination of the department, necessary for the purposes of this division:

(1) Engage the services of private parties to render professional and technical assistance and advice and other services in carrying out the purposes of this division.

(2) Contract for the services of other public agencies.

(3) Engage in such activities or enter into such contracts or arrangements as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the department’s duties and responsibilities pursuant to this division.

(b) Hire personnel necessary and desirable for the timely and successful implementation and administration of the department’s duties and responsibilities pursuant to this division. The State Personnel Board and the Department of Human Resources shall assist the department in expediting that hiring.


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(a) (1) The department may incur indebtedness and issue bonds as evidence thereof solely for purposes of supporting the Wildfire Fund and other related expenses incurred by the department pursuant to this division, provided that bonds authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall not (A) be issued in an amount the debt service on which, to the extent payable from the fund, is estimated by the department to exceed the amounts estimated to be available in the fund for their payment, and (B) mature after January 1, 2036.

(2) If the administrator provides the notification pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3299.1 of the Public Utilities Code, the department may incur indebtedness and issue bonds as evidence thereof solely for purposes of supporting the account and other related expenses incurred by the department pursuant to this division, provided that bonds authorized under this paragraph shall not be issued in an amount the debt service on which, to the extent payable from the account, including the annual contributions and additional contribution pursuant to Section 3299.2 of the Public Utilities Code, is estimated by the department to exceed the amounts estimated to be available in the account for their payment. This paragraph shall become operative upon all large electrical corporations electing to participate in the account pursuant to Section 3299 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) (1) The department may authorize the issuance of bonds pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), excluding any notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds and retired from the proceeds of those bonds, in an aggregate amount up to ten billion five hundred million dollars ($10,500,000,000).

(2) In addition to paragraph (1), if the administrator provides the notification pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3299.1 of the Public Utilities Code, the department may authorize the issuance of bonds pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), excluding any notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds and retired from the proceeds of those bonds, in an aggregate amount up to nine billion dollars ($9,000,000,000). This paragraph shall become operative upon all large electrical corporations electing to participate in the account pursuant to Section 3299 of the Public Utilities Code.

(c) Refunding bonds for any of the following purposes shall not be included in the calculation of the aggregate amount described in subdivision (b):

(1) Refunding bonds to obtain a lower interest rate.

(2) Refunding bonds bearing a variable interest rate with bonds bearing interest at a fixed rate.

(3) Refunding bonds if any nationally recognized rating agency reduces or withdraws, or proposes to reduce or withdraw, the rating assigned to securities that are secured by bond insurance policies, credit or liquidity facilities issued by the provider of a bond insurance policy, or a credit or liquidity facility securing the bonds being refunded.

(d) Before the issuance of bonds in a public offering, the department shall establish a mechanism to ensure the bonds are sold at investment grade ratings and repaid on a timely basis from pledged revenues. This mechanism may include, but is not limited to, an agreement between the department and the commission as described in Section 80524.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this division to the contrary, the department shall not issue any bonds pursuant to this division until the earlier of either of the following:

(1) The date on which the department shall have legally defeased all of its outstanding power supply revenue bonds issued pursuant to Section 80134 and provided written notice to the commission.

(2) The date on which the department shall have paid in full, at maturity, all of its outstanding power supply revenue bonds issued pursuant to Section 80134 and provided written notice to the commission.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 119, Sec. 70. (SB 254) Effective September 19, 2025.)

chapter: 3. Bonds

path: 28. WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 2019 > 3. Bonds


text:
(a) Bonds may be issued by the department, upon authorization by written determination of the director of the department, with the approval of the Director of Finance and the Treasurer, on terms acceptable to and approved by the administrator. The Department of Finance shall notify the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of each house of the Legislature of its written determination. The bonds shall be sold at the prices and in the manner, and on the terms and conditions, as shall be specified in that determination, and the determination may contain or authorize any other provision, condition, or limitation not inconsistent with this division and those provisions as may be deemed reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. Bonds may mature at the time or times, and bear interest at the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable and be determined by reference to an index or such other method, that are specified in the determination. Neither the person executing the determination to issue bonds nor any person executing bonds shall be personally liable therefor or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds.

(b) In the discretion of the department, any bonds may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the department and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having trust powers within or outside the state, or the Treasurer. Notwithstanding any other law, the Treasurer shall not be deemed to have a conflict of interest by reason of acting as the trustee. The department may enter into such contracts or arrangements as it shall deem to be necessary or appropriate for the issuance and further security of the bonds.

(c) Bonds shall be legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, savings and commercial banks, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, for state school funds, pension funds, and for any funds that may be invested in county, school, or municipal bonds.

(d) Notwithstanding that bonds may be payable from a special fund, the bonds shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments for all purposes.

(e) Any bonds, and the transfer of and income derived from those bonds, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state and by the political subdivisions of the state.

(f) Bonds shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, other than the department, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any such political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided for. All bonds shall contain a statement to the following effect: “Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of California is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on this bond.” The issuance of bonds shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.

(g) (1) The department may pledge or assign any revenues under any obligation entered into, and rights to receive the same, and moneys on deposit in the fund and income or revenue derived from the investment thereof, as security for the department’s obligations pursuant to this division.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that any pledge of moneys, revenues, or property made by the department shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; that the moneys, revenues, or property so pledged and thereafter collected from retail end use customers, or paid directly or indirectly to or for the account of the department, is hereby made, and shall immediately be, subject to the lien of that pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act; that the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the department irrespective of whether those parties have notice thereof, and that no resolution or instrument by which the pledge or lien created pursuant to this subdivision is expressed, confirmed, or approved need be filed or recorded in order to perfect the pledge or lien. These provisions shall in all respects govern the creation, perfection, priority, and enforcement of any lien created by or under this division.


text:
(a) If, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 80524, the commission makes a just and reasonable determination with respect to that revenue requirement, the department shall, and in any obligation entered into pursuant to this division may covenant to, at least annually, and more frequently as required, allocate or cause to be allocated moneys collected pursuant to this division to provide any of the following:

(1) The amounts necessary to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, bonds issued pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 80540 as and when the bonds shall become due.

(2) The amounts necessary to make payments under any contracts, agreements, or obligations entered into by it pursuant hereto, in the amounts and at the times they shall become due.

(3) Reserves in such amount as may be determined by the department from time to time to be necessary or desirable.

(4) Consistent with Section 3288 of the Public Utilities Code, repayment of loans made from the Surplus Money Investment Fund to the Wildfire Fund.

(5) The administrative costs of the department incurred in administering this division.

(6) After meeting the purposes in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, the transfer of any remaining revenue requirement amount to the Wildfire Fund.

(b) The commission shall not revise the revenue requirement established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 80524 at any time before January 1, 2036. For avoidance of doubt, the revenue requirement established pursuant to that subdivision shall not be imposed and collected until the department has legally defeased or paid at maturity the power supply revenue bonds issued pursuant to Section 80134 and provided written notice thereof to the commission.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 119, Sec. 71. (SB 254) Effective September 19, 2025.)


text:
(a) If, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 80524, the commission makes a just and reasonable determination with respect to that revenue requirement, the department shall, and in any obligation entered into pursuant to this division may covenant to, at least annually, and more frequently as required, allocate or cause to be allocated moneys collected pursuant to this division to provide any of the following:

(1) The amounts necessary to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, bonds issued pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 80540 as and when the bonds shall become due.

(2) The amounts necessary to make payments under any contracts, agreements, or obligations entered into by it pursuant hereto, in the amounts and at the times they shall become due.

(3) Reserves in such amount as may be determined by the department from time to time to be necessary or desirable.

(4) The administrative costs of the department incurred in administering this division.

(5) After meeting the purposes in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, the transfer of any remaining revenue requirement amount to the account.

(b) The commission shall not revise the revenue requirement established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 80524 at any time before January 1, 2046. For avoidance of doubt, the revenue requirement established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 80524 shall not be imposed and collected until the department has legally defeased or paid at maturity the bonds issued pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 80540 and provided written notice thereof to the commission.

(c) This section shall become inoperative if a large electrical corporation elects not to participate pursuant to Section 3299 of the Public Utilities Code and is repealed on January 1 of the year following the notification by the commission pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 3299 of the Public Utilities Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 119, Sec. 72. (SB 254) Effective September 19, 2025. Conditionally inoperative on date prescribed by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1 following inoperative date.)


text:
(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Department of Water Resources Charge Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the department and shall be available for the purposes of this division.

(b) All revenues payable to the department under this division, including proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 80540), shall be deposited in the fund. Notwithstanding any other law, interest accruing on the moneys in the fund shall be deposited in the fund and shall be used for purposes of this division. Payments from the fund may be made only for the following purposes:

(1) Payment of any bonds or other contractual obligations authorized by this division.

(2) The expenses incurred by the department in administering this division.

(3) Consistent with Section 3288 of the Public Utilities Code, repayment of principal of, and interest on, loans made from the Surplus Money Investment Fund to the Wildfire Fund. Repayment of loans made from the Surplus Money Investment Fund shall be made as soon as practicable.

(4) The transfers to the Wildfire Fund.

(c) Obligations authorized by this division shall be payable solely from the fund. Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state are or may be pledged for any payment under any obligation authorized by this division.

(d) While any obligations of the department incurred under this division remain outstanding and not fully performed or discharged, the rights, powers, duties, and existence of the department and the commission shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will affect adversely the interests and rights of the holders of or parties to those obligations. The department may include this pledge and undertaking of the state in the department’s obligations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 57. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)

path: 28. WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY ACT OF 2019 > 4. Department of Water Resources Charge Fund


text:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) California is a leader in driving the affordable and equitable transition to a clean reliable energy system and economy. However, the impacts of climate change are occurring sooner and with more intensity and frequency than previously anticipated.

(2) Extreme events from climate change, including heat waves, wildfires, and drought, combined with other factors, such as supply chain disruptions, are jeopardizing California’s ability to build out the electrical infrastructure needed to maintain affordability and reliability.

(3) As California transitions to a clean energy future and contends with climate impacts and other challenges, sufficient capacity of new and existing generation assets will be required to maintain reliability during extreme events.

(4) California must ensure electricity reliability during this period of heightened risk, which includes extraordinary near-term measures and substantive changes to mid-term energy policy, while also ensuring the multifaceted California electrical grid is best positioned to sustainably and equitably achieve California’s clean energy future, climate targets, and air quality requirements.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that:

(1) The enactment of this division further the purposes of Chapter 8.9 (commencing with Section 25790) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code. The development and operation of a program as provided in this division is in all respects for the welfare and the benefit of the people of the state, to protect public peace, health, and safety, and constitutes an essential governmental purpose. This division shall be liberally construed in a manner so as to effectuate its purposes and objectives.

(2) The powers and responsibilities of the department established under this division are not governed by the provisions related to the State Water Resources Development System pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 12930) of Part 6 of Division 6, and this division should not constitute a limitation on, or modification of, the department’s authority pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 12930) of Part 6 of Division 6.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 61, Sec. 13. (AB 205) Effective June 30, 2022.)

chapter: 1. General Provisions and Definitions

path: 29. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY STRATEGIC RELIABILITY RESERVE PROGRAM > 1. General Provisions and Definitions


text: This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve Program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 53, Sec. 14. (SB 124) Effective July 10, 2023.)

division: 29. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY STRATEGIC RELIABILITY RESERVE PROGRAM


text:
For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:

(a) “California balancing authority” has the same meaning set forth in Section 399.12 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.

(c) “Load-serving entity” has the same meaning as defined in Section 380 of the Public Utilities Code.

(d) “Local publicly owned electric utility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code.


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(a) The department, in consultation with the commission, shall implement projects, purchases, and contracts to carry out the purposes of Chapter 8.9 (commencing with Section 25790) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, including, but not limited to, the Distributed Electricity Backup Assets Program and the Demand Side Grid Support Program.

(b) (1) In furtherance of subdivision (a) and notwithstanding any other law, the department may construct, own and operate, or contract for the construction and operation of, contract for the purchase of electricity from, or finance through loans, reimbursement agreements, or other contracts actions to secure resources for summer reliability or to preserve the option to extend the life of only the following facilities:

(A) Extension of the operating life of existing nonnuclear generating facilities planned for retirement.

(B) New emergency and temporary power generators of five megawatts or more. If a generator is operated using diesel fuel, the department shall not operate it after July 31, 2023.

(C) New energy storage systems that are located outside of the coastal zone and the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, of 20 megawatts or more, that are capable of discharging for at least two hours.

(D) Generation facilities that are located outside of the coastal zone and the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission and use clean, zero-emission fuel technology of any size to produce electricity.

(E) Supporting the development of zero-emission generation capacity with a point of interconnection at a California balancing authority, with the majority of its capacity contracted for by a load-serving entity that has a service area primarily in California, with an operational date no later than December 31, 2024. For purposes of this subparagraph, only a facility with a net qualifying capacity of at least 50 percent of its nameplate capacity, as estimated at 8:00 p.m. on a date in September, shall be eligible.

(2) In furtherance of subdivision (a) of Section 80700, the department may reimburse electrical corporations, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, for the value of imported energy or import capacity products that are (A) delivered or capable of being delivered between July 1, 2022, and on or before October 31, 2023, and (B) are procured at above-market costs or in excess of procurement authorizations set by the Public Utilities Commission and above the requirements needed to serve its bundled customers in support of summer electric service reliability.

(c) Facilities, except those new energy storage systems described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) that charge from the electrical grid but do not otherwise use any form of fossil fuel or fuel derived from fossil fuels, constructed and owned by the department or under a contract with the department pursuant to this division that use any form of fossil fuel shall only operate as necessary to respond to extreme events, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 25790.5 of the Public Resources Code, and shall not operate at any other time.

(d) Facilities constructed by the department or under a contract with the department pursuant to this division shall not constitute State Water Resources Development System facilities under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 12930) of Part 6 of Division 6.

(e) (1) The department shall consult with the commission, the Public Utilities Commission, the Independent System Operator or other applicable California balancing authorities, and the State Air Resources Board in carrying out the purposes of this division.

(2) Beginning October 1, 2022, and at least every three months thereafter, the department shall provide an update on the investments made and being considered into the strategic reliability reserve at a commission business meeting. The President of the Public Utilities Commission or the president’s designee and the President of the Independent System Operator or the president’s designee shall attend the presentation.

(3) The department shall prioritize investments that do not compete with generating facilities already planned for development and disclosed by load-serving entities or local publicly owned electric utilities.

(4) In fulfilling the requirements of this division to achieve electricity reliability, the department shall prioritize investments in feasible, cost-effective zero-emission resources, and then feasible, cost-effective conventional resources.

(f) The department shall develop, execute, and implement contracts covering power generation, operation and maintenance, fuel management, site leases, power settlements, invoice verification, billing, and other associated items. The department shall also enter into contracts for external services to provide specialized expertise.

(g) (1) Contracts entered into pursuant to this division, amendments to those contracts during their terms, or contracts for services reasonably related to those contracts, and entered on or before December 31, 2023, shall not be subject to competitive bidding or any other state contracting requirements, shall not require the review, consent, or approval of the Department of General Services or any other state department or agency, and are not subject to the requirements of the State Contracting Manual, the Public Contract Code, or the personal services contracting requirements of Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(2) This subdivision shall not apply to any contract, grant, or loan entered into for purposes of this chapter that does not directly contribute to electrical grid reliability by October 31, 2027.

(3) This subdivision is inoperative December 1, 2026.

(h) For contracts entered into pursuant to this division, amendments to those contracts during their terms, or contracts for services reasonably related to those contracts, and executed after December 31, 2023, Sections 10295, 10297, and 10340 of the Public Contact Code do not apply to a contract that meets the conditions established by the department for those contracts.

(i) For contracts entered into pursuant to this division by the department after October 31, 2022, the department shall notify the commission through an investment plan of the terms, costs, and scope at a commission business meeting and the commission shall consider the investment plan for approval in a meeting held consistent with the terms of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 25200) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code. No less than 10 days after the commission approves the investment plan, the executive director of the commission shall give written notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the action.

(j) A contract entered into, or an approval granted by the department pursuant to this division is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) and regulations adopted pursuant to that act.

(k) Facilities constructed by the department or under a contract with the department pursuant to this division shall comply with both of the following:

(1) Regulations issued by the State Air Resources Board pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 38530) of Division 25.5 of the Health and Safety Code, including the requirement to disclose emissions of greenhouse gases from facilities.

(2) Regulations issued by the State Air Resources Board pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 38570) of Division 25.5 of the Health and Safety Code, including the requirement to comply with any market-based compliance mechanism established by the State Air Resources Board.

(l) The department may adopt guidelines to implement this division. The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) does not apply to any regulation or guidelines adopted by the department pursuant to this division.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 15, Sec. 8. (SB 127) Effective June 27, 2025.)

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text: The department, in consultation with the commission, shall recover all of the costs it incurs pursuant to this chapter from the Department of Water Resources Electricity Supply Reliability Reserve Fund established pursuant to Section 80720. The department and its customers shall not bear any of the costs associated with carrying out the purposes of Chapter 8.9 (commencing with Section 25790) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, and those costs shall not be included in the prices, rates, and charges for water and electricity under the water supply contracts executed pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 12930) of Part 6 of Division 6.

chapter: 2. Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve Agreements


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The department may do any of the following as necessary, as determined by the department, for purposes of this division:

(a) Engage the services of private parties to render professional and technical assistance and advice and other services in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Contract for the services of other public agencies.

(c) Engage in activities or enter into contracts or arrangements as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the department’s duties and responsibilities pursuant to this division.

(d) Hire personnel necessary and desirable for the timely and successful implementation and administration of the department’s duties and responsibilities pursuant to this division. The State Personnel Board and the Department of Human Resources shall assist the department in expediting that hiring.


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(a) (1) On and before June 30, 2027, if the Department of Water Resources determines that resources it procured through the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve Program were used in a given month to meet a load-serving entity’s identified reliability need, the Public Utilities Commission shall annually assess a capacity payment on each load-serving entity that during that same month fails to meet its system resource adequacy requirements pursuant to Section 380 of the Public Utilities Code. The capacity payment is not a penalty and does not prohibit the Public Utilities Commission from assessing a penalty on a load-serving entity for a failure to comply with any resource adequacy requirement.

(2) If a load-serving entity fails to comply with its system resource adequacy requirements pursuant to Section 380 in a month when resources procured by the Department of Water Resources through the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve Program are used to meet the load-serving entity’s identified reliability need and a penalty is assessed by the commission on the load-serving entity for that failure, then, on and before June 30, 2027, both of the following requirements shall apply:

(A) If the penalty is less than the capacity payment, the capacity payment shall be reduced by the amount of the penalty and the penalty shall be deposited into the Load-Serving Entity Capacity Payment Account.

(B) If the penalty is more than the capacity payment, then an amount of the penalty equal to the otherwise applicable capacity payment shall be deposited into the Load-Serving Entity Capacity Payment Account.

(3) The annual capacity payment shall be remitted to the Load-Serving Entity Capacity Payment Account by a load-serving entity that was assessed a capacity payment pursuant to paragraph (1) within 30 days of the commission notifying the load-serving entity.

(b) The Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with the commission, shall determine a capacity payment unit cost in kilowatt per month for load-serving entities that is based on the monthly cost of the resources procured using moneys from the Department of Water Resources Electricity Supply Reliability Reserve Fund, including the Load-Serving Entity Capacity Payment Account, with the total costs weighted two-thirds for June through September and one-third for the remaining eight months, and this unit cost shall be multiplied by the amount of kilowatts that the load-serving entity was deficient in its system resource adequacy requirements during the same month the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve Program resources were used, based on the resource adequacy program rules, requirements, and resource counting conventions in place at the time of the deficiency, after crediting the deficient load-serving entity with its share of any reliability resources procured by other entities on its behalf. The Public Utilities Commission may make any further adjustments to the capacity values of any nonperforming resources included in a load-serving entity’s portfolio when determining the amount of this deficiency. Any adjustments made by the Public Utilities Commission shall align with any adjustments made by the commission as authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 80714.

(c) This section shall become operative on January 31, 2024.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 12. (AB 1373) Effective October 7, 2023. Operative January 31, 2024, by its own provisions.)


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(a) (1) Upon the submission of the report pursuant to subdivision (d) and on and before June 30, 2027, if the Department of Water Resources determines that resources it procured through the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve Program were used in a given month to meet an identified reliability need, the executive director of the commission shall annually assess a capacity payment on each local publicly owned electric utility in the Independent System Operator balancing area that during that same month fails to meet its minimum planning reserve margin.

(2) The annual capacity payment shall be remitted to the Local Publicly Owned Electric Utility Capacity Payment Account by a local publicly owned electric utility that was assessed a capacity payment pursuant to paragraph (1) within 30 days of the executive director notifying the local publicly owned electric utility.

(b) Upon the submission of the report pursuant to subdivision (d), the commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, shall determine a capacity payment unit cost in kilowatt per month for local publicly owned electric utilities that is based on the monthly cost of the resources procured using moneys from the Department of Water Resources Electricity Supply Reliability Reserve Fund, including the Local Publicly Owned Electric Utility Capacity Payment Account, with the total costs weighted two-thirds for June through September and one-third for the remaining eight months, and this unit cost shall be multiplied by the amount of kilowatts that the local publicly owned electric utility was deficient in its minimum planning reserve margin during the same month the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve Program resources were used using the same resource counting conventions applied by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 80713, after crediting the deficient local publicly owned electric utilities with their share of any reliability resources procured by other entities on their behalf. The commission may make any further adjustments to the capacity values of any nonperforming resources included in a local publicly owned electric utility’s portfolio when determining the amount of this deficiency. Any adjustments made by the commission shall align with any adjustments made by the Public Utilities Commission as authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 80713.

(c) Upon the submission of the report pursuant to subdivision (d), the commission may adopt regulations to implement this section.

(d) On or before January 31, 2024, the commission, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission, shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature that includes an assessment of whether each local publicly owned electric utility exceeded, met, or failed to meet its minimum planning reserve margin for 2023 and the system resource adequacy requirements from June 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023, inclusive, that the Public Utilities Commission established for load-serving entities pursuant to Section 380 of the Public Utilities Code and adopted in Public Utilities Commission Decision 22-06-050 (June 23, 2022) Decision Adopting Local Capacity Obligations for 2023–2025, Flexible Capacity Obligations for 2023, and Reform Track Framework.

(e) For purposes of this section, “minimum planning reserve margin” means a local publicly owned electric utility’s planning reserve margin, as described in Section 9620 of the Public Utilities Code, unless the local publicly owned electric utility revises that planning reserve margin based on recommendations from the commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 25704.5 of the Public Resources Code, in which case “minimum planning reserve margin” means the local publicly owned electric utility’s revised minimum planning reserve margin.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 13. (AB 1373) Effective October 7, 2023.)


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(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Department of Water Resources Electricity Supply Reliability Reserve Fund.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, and shall be available for the purposes of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 80710).

(c) Obligations authorized and expenses incurred by the department in administering this division shall be payable solely from the fund.

(d) Except as specified in subdivisions (h) and (i), all revenues payable to the department for activities undertaken by the department under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 80710) shall be deposited into the fund.

(e) The fund shall be separate and distinct from any other fund and moneys administered by the department and any interest earned on the moneys in the fund shall be used solely for purposes of this division.

(f) When fixed assets procured under the authority of this division are sold or otherwise disposed of, the revenue from the sale or disposition, including any gain or loss, measured by the difference between book value and selling price, shall be deposited into the fund and available to the department for purposes of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 80710). Any remaining revenue from the sale or other disposition of fixed assets procured under the authority of this division shall be returned to the General Fund once all obligations of the department are satisfied after the wind down of this division and the closure of the fund. While any obligation of the department incurred under this division remains outstanding and not fully performed or discharged, the rights, powers, duties, and existence of the department shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will adversely affect the interests and rights of the holders of or parties to those obligations.

(g) (1) For activities undertaken by the department pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 80710), the department may obtain applicable credits pursuant to the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169). If the department elects for direct payment of those applicable credits, those payments shall be deposited directly into the fund.

(2) Within 10 days of any payments being deposited into the fund, described in paragraph (1), the department shall provide written notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, who shall provide a copy of the notice to the relevant policy committees. The notice shall include the source, purpose, timeliness, and other relevant information as determined by the department.

(3) Use of the payments shall be consistent with all of the following:

(A) The payments shall be expended for a purpose that is consistent with state law.

(B) Acceptance of the payments does not impose on the state any requirement to commit or expend new state funds for any program or purpose.

(C) The need exists to expend the payments during the 2023–24 fiscal year.

(D) The use of the payments shall be consistent with the priorities described in subdivision (a) of Section 38590.1 of the Health and Safety Code.

(h) (1) The Load-Serving Entity Capacity Payment Account is hereby established in the Department of Water Resources Electricity Supply Reliability Reserve Fund.

(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the Load-Serving Entity Capacity Payment Account shall be available for purposes of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 80710).

(3) All revenues payable to the department pursuant to Section 80713 shall be deposited into the Load-Serving Entity Capacity Payment Account.

(i) (1) The Local Publicly Owned Electric Utility Capacity Payment Account is hereby established in the Department of Water Resources Electricity Supply Reliability Reserve Fund.

(2) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the Local Publicly Owned Electric Utility Capacity Payment Account shall be available for purposes of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 80710).

(3) All revenues payable to the department pursuant to Section 80714 shall be deposited into the Local Publicly Owned Electric Utility Capacity Payment Account.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 14. (AB 1373) Effective October 7, 2023.)

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(a) Beginning on January 31, 2023, and every May 1, August 1, and December 1 annually thereafter, the department shall issue a written report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, detailing the actions undertaken by the department in the period since the previous report was submitted pursuant to this division and up until that date, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Amount of funds expended.

(2) Purpose of funds expended.

(3) Status of actions funded.

(4) For new and expanded resources, the amount by megawatt, resource type, operational date, and expected lifetime of that capacity.

(5) The frequency at which resources funded by the department have been used and the extent to which they complied with the requirements of this chapter.

(6) In consultation with the state board, estimate or provide the best available information on the emissions of greenhouse gases, criteria air pollutants, and toxic air contaminants emitted by the resources funded by the department over the period since the previous report.

(7) Summary of contracts, grants, and loans issued pursuant to this division.

(b) Each report submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee at the same time and in the same manner as reports submitted pursuant to Section 25795 of the Public Resources Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 353, Sec. 40. (AB 1533) Effective January 1, 2025.)

chapter: 4. Miscellaneous

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text: This division does not reduce or modify an electrical corporation’s obligation to serve.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 15. (AB 1373) Effective October 7, 2023.)

path: 29.5. ELIGIBLE ENERGY RESOURCE CENTRAL PROCUREMENT > 1. General Provisions


text: The commission shall issue orders it determines are necessary to carry out this division.

division: 29.5. ELIGIBLE ENERGY RESOURCE CENTRAL PROCUREMENT


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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) California has significantly reduced the emissions of greenhouse gases from its electricity sector by fostering the development of renewable and zero-carbon energy resources through the establishment of ambitious goals and policies. These efforts have fundamentally transformed the state’s portfolio of energy resources and the day-to-day operations of the state’s electrical system.

(2) The state has enabled the expansion of electrical retail choice for customers served in electrical corporation service territory, bringing new market entrants and innovation to California’s evolving retail electricity market.

(3) The state’s electrical system also faces the risk of increased disruption due to more frequent and intense extreme weather events fueled by a rapidly changing climate.

(4) For California to achieve its long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, while maintaining a reliable electrical system and providing customers with greater choice in electricity retail providers, the state must establish a new, limited central procurement function within the department that enables the development of a more diverse portfolio of renewable and zero-carbon energy resources.

(b) In enacting this division, it is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:

(1) Create a central procurement function within the department that would only be exercised if, pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 454.52 of the Public Utilities Code, the commission determines that there is a need for the procurement of additional eligible energy resources and requests the department to procure those resources and, in response to that request, the department elects to exercise that central procurement function to procure those resources pursuant to this division.

(2) If the department exercises that central procurement function, as described in paragraph (1), provide an opportunity for local publicly owned electric utilities to elect for the department to procure eligible energy resources on their behalf pursuant to Section 80822.

(3) Prohibit the department from recovering funds pursuant to a nonbypassable charge on the ratepayers of a load-serving entity for purposes other than providing for the department’s acquisition costs for eligible energy resources, including transmission, scheduling, financing, program administration, and other related costs, pursuant to Section 80821.

(4) Prohibit the department from selling any eligible energy resources it acquires pursuant to this division at more than the department’s acquisition costs, including transmission, scheduling, financing, program administration, and other related costs, when selling those resources under a long-term contract.

(5) Pursuant to Section 80821, prohibit the department from pursuing procurement activities, including, if authorized, the issuance of bonds, except upon a finding from the commission that the recovery of costs through charges on customers, the issuance of bonds, and the material terms of such bonds, including interest rates, rating, amortization, and maturity, do not unreasonably increase costs to customers on a net present value basis.

(6) Require the department to prioritize investments that do not compete with the procurement of eligible energy resources already planned for development and disclosed by load-serving entities or local publicly owned electric utilities.


text: The development and operation of a central procurement function program by the department, as provided in this division, is in all respects for the welfare and benefit of the people of the state, to protect the public peace, health, and safety, and constitutes an essential government purpose.


text: This division shall be liberally construed in a manner so as to effectuate its purposes and objectives.


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(a) The powers and responsibilities of the department established pursuant to this division are separate from, and not governed by, the provisions relating to the State Water Resources Development System, including, but not limited to, those powers and responsibilities granted pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 11100) of Division 6 and the California Water Resources Development Bond Act (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 12930) of Part 6 of Division 6).

(b) This division does not subject the department to the jurisdictional authority of the commission or expand the jurisdiction of the commission, including that state water resources development system facilities subject to the California Water Resources Development Bond Act (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 12930) of Part 6 of Division 6) and the department’s other electrical generation projects or power contracts outside of those funded through the fund, remain outside the jurisdiction of the commission.


text: The department may adopt regulations for purposes of administering this division.


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For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Bond” means any bond, note, or other written evidence of indebtedness issued solely for purposes of supporting the fund and other related expenses incurred by the department pursuant to this division, or for reimbursing expenditures from the fund for those purposes, establishing or maintaining reserves in connection with a bond, costs of issuance of a bond or incidental to its payment or security, capitalized interest, or renewing or refunding any bonds.

(b) “California balancing authority” has the same meaning as defined in Section 399.12 of the Public Utilities Code.

(c) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission.

(d) “Electrical corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code.

(e) “Eligible energy resource” means an energy resource eligible to be procured by the Department of Water Resources pursuant to Section 454.52 of the Public Utilities Code that has a first point of interconnection with a California balancing authority.

(f) “Energy Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.

(g) “Fund” means the Eligible Energy Resource Central Procurement Fund established in Section 80830.

(h) “Independent System Operator” means the Independent System Operator described in Article 3 (commencing with Section 345) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code.

(i) “Load-serving entity” has the same meaning as defined in Section 380 of the Public Utilities Code.

(j) “Local publicly owned electric utility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code.

chapter: 2. Definitions

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(a) (1) Consistent with Sections 380, 454.51, 454.52, 454.53, and 454.54 of the Public Utilities Code and this division, if the commission requests the department to procure eligible energy resources, and the department elects to exercise its central procurement function to conduct one or more competitive solicitations or enter into contracts for eligible energy resources pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 454.52 of the Public Utilities Code, the commission, in consultation with the department, shall develop and adopt procedures and requirements that govern competitive procurement by, obligations on, and recovery of costs incurred by the department pursuant to this division.

(2) The commission and the department shall establish a procurement group to advise the department on the procurement undertaken pursuant to this division.

(3) The department shall not enter into new contracts pursuant to this division on or after January 1, 2035.

(b) In evaluating the bids received through a solicitation, the department shall consider all of the following:

(1) For eligible energy resources dependent on the development of a project, that project’s viability, including, but not limited to, developer experience, developer financial strength and creditworthiness sufficient to eliminate financing contingencies, and the status of required permits and licenses, including a commitment to submit a consistency certification provided pursuant to the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1451 et seq.) to the California Coastal Commission for offshore wind energy development projects, to the extent required.

(2) The ability to meet in-service dates offered during the solicitation and the ability to meet those in-service dates without escalation in cost.

(3) The useful life of the project.

(4) The capability to supply energy, capacity, and ancillary services at locations, times of day, and for durations that meet the state’s energy resource needs, as determined by the department and the commission.

(5) The bidder’s economic and local community impact, workforce development needs and opportunities, environmental impact mitigation plan, and equipment acquisition and supply chain investment plan.

(6) A plan to contribute to large-scale, regional, or statewide baseline and ongoing monitoring of coastal waters and wildlife, if applicable.

(7) Any other criteria determined by the commission or the department.

(c) Every bid for the development of an eligible energy resource project selected by the department shall include the bidder’s certification that either of the following are true:

(1) The entirety of the construction of the eligible energy resource project is a public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.

(2) The construction of the eligible energy resource project is not in its entirety a public work for which prevailing wages are required to be paid pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, but all construction workers employed on the project will be paid at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate. If the eligible energy resource project is subject to this paragraph, for those portions of the eligible energy resource project that are not a public work, all of the following requirements shall apply:

(A) The bidder shall ensure that the prevailing wage requirement is included in all contracts for the performance of all construction work.

(B) All contractors and subcontractors shall pay to all construction workers employed in the construction of the eligible energy resource project at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, except that apprentices registered in programs approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may be paid at least the applicable apprentice prevailing rate.

(C) All contractors and subcontractors performing construction work on the eligible energy resource project shall employ apprentices at no less than the ratio required in Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code.

(D) Except as specified in subparagraph (F), all contractors and subcontractors performing construction work shall maintain and verify payroll records pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code, make those records available for inspection and copying pursuant to Section 1776 of the Labor Code, and furnish those payroll records to the Labor Commissioner pursuant to Section 1771.4 of the Labor Code.

(E) Except as specified in subparagraph (F), the obligation of the contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wages and employ apprentices may be enforced by the Labor Commissioner through the issuance of a civil wage and penalty assessment pursuant to Section 1741 of the Labor Code, which may be reviewed pursuant to Section 1742 of the Labor Code, within 18 months after the completion of the project, by an underpaid worker through an administrative complaint or civil action, or by a joint labor-management committee though a civil action pursuant to Section 1771.2 of the Labor Code. If a civil wage and penalty assessment is issued, the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on a bond issued to secure the payment of wages covered by the assessment shall be liable for liquidated damages pursuant to Section 1742.1 of the Labor Code.

(F) Subparagraphs (D) and (E) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing construction work on the eligible energy resource project are subject to a project labor agreement. The project labor agreement shall also include, but not be limited to, all of the following requirements:

(i) Provisions requiring payment of prevailing wages to all construction workers employed in the construction of the eligible energy resource project and for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.

(ii) Targeted hiring provisions, including a targeted hiring plan, on a craft-by-craft basis to address job access for local, disadvantaged, or underrepresented workers, as defined by a relevant local agency.

(iii) Apprenticeship use provisions that commit all parties to increasing the share of work performed by state-registered apprentices above the state-mandated minimum ratio required in Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code.

(iv) Apprenticeship use provisions that commit all parties to hiring and retaining a certain percentage of state-registered apprentices that have completed the multicraft core preapprenticeship training curriculum described in Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

(d) Every bid for the development of an eligible energy resource project selected by the department shall include the bidder’s certification that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform all construction work on the eligible energy resource project, consistent with all of the following requirements:

(1) The bidder shall require in all contracts for the performance of work that every contractor and subcontractor at every tier will individually use a skilled and trained workforce to construct the eligible energy resource project.

(2) Every contractor and subcontractor shall use a skilled and trained workforce to construct the eligible energy resource project.

(3) Except as specified in subdivision (c), contractors and subcontractors that fail to use a skilled and trained workforce shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 2603 of the Public Contract Code. Penalties for a contractor’s or subcontractor’s failure to comply with the requirement to use a skilled and trained workforce may be assessed by the Labor Commissioner within 18 months of completion of the project using the same procedures for issuance of civil wage and penalty assessments pursuant to Section 2603 of the Public Contract Code. Penalties shall be paid to the State Public Works Enforcement Fund.

(4) For purposes of this subdivision, a bidder shall be considered to be an “awarding body” under Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. Except as specified in paragraph (5), the bidder shall retain records, including copies of monthly reports, that demonstrate compliance with Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code while the eligible energy resource project or contract is being performed and for three years after completion of the eligible energy resource project or contract. The bidder shall submit these records immediately upon request of the commission. When submitted to the commission, these records shall be a public record under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be open to public inspection.

(5) Paragraphs (3) and (4) do not apply if all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the eligible energy resource project are subject to a project labor agreement. The project labor agreement shall also include, but not be limited to, all of the following requirements:

(A) Provisions requiring compliance with the skilled and trained workforce requirement and for enforcement of that obligation through an arbitration procedure.

(B) Targeted hiring provisions, including a targeted hiring plan, on a craft-by-craft basis to address job access for local, disadvantaged, or underrepresented workers, as defined by a local agency.

(C) Apprenticeship use provisions that commit all parties to increasing the share of work performed by state-registered apprentices above the state-mandated minimum ratio required by Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code.

(D) Apprenticeship use provisions that commit all parties to hiring and retaining a certain percentage of state-registered apprentices that have completed the Multi-Craft Core preapprenticeship training curriculum described in Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

(e) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Construction” means any new construction work and subsequent construction and construction maintenance work following initial completion that is contracted out to a contractor in the construction industry, including construction work on a barge, construction staging area, or construction area when being used as a construction work platform and the rigging and hoisting of construction materials directly from a barge, construction staging area, or construction area into the construction process for a construction project. “Construction” does not include the loading and unloading of cargo to and from vessels and the movement of cargo to and from vessels at any port facility to the cargo’s point of rest.

(2) “Project labor agreement” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code.

(3) “Skilled and trained workforce” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2601 of the Public Contract Code.

chapter: 3. Department Powers

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(a) (1) When conducting a solicitation pursuant to Section 80820, the department shall confer with the commission and other parties, including local publicly owned electric utilities that are voluntarily participating pursuant to Section 80822 and load-serving entities, for eligible energy resource procurement activities of an identified scope and duration. The department shall recover costs related to conducting the requested solicitations and all supporting work. Cost recovery may be effectuated, if determined to be just and reasonable by the commission before the procurement, through a nonbypassable charge approval process for load-serving entities and pursuant to Section 80822 for local publicly owned electric utilities.

(2) At the request of the department, the commission may require an electrical corporation to act as the agent of the department or to assist the department in conducting the solicitation, bid evaluation, or contract negotiation for new eligible energy resource procurement. The electrical corporation shall be reimbursed by the department for its reasonable costs, as determined by the commission.

(b) If the department’s costs associated with the procurement of eligible energy resources pursuant to this division, including the costs related to bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 80840), costs related to contracting for eligible energy resources, and other costs to implement and administer this division, will be recovered through a commission proceeding, the commission shall review the procurement undertaken pursuant to this division and, if approved, issue an order governing the recovery of the department’s costs before the consummation of the contract only if both of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The recovery of the department’s costs, including those costs associated with the procurement process, the resulting transactions, and the associated costs, has been found to be just and reasonable and to be in the public interest.

(2) The recovery of the department’s costs, including, if authorized, costs associated with the issuance of bonds and the material terms of those bonds, including, without limitation, interest rates, rating, amortization, and maturity, through charges on customers does not unreasonably increase costs to customers on a net present value basis.

(c) If the commission determines that a nonbypassable charge necessary to fund activities conducted by the department pursuant to this division is just and reasonable, the department shall ensure it has entered into an agreement with the commission for that nonbypassable charge before it begins to incur costs related to a specific activity under this division. If the purpose of the nonbypassable charge is to recover the department’s revenue requirement related to bond issuance debt service, the department shall ensure the agreement has the force and effect of an irrevocable financing order adopted in accordance with Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 840) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code or that the commission has separately issued an irrevocable financing order related to the nonbypassable charge.

(d) Any agreement between the department and the commission under this section shall provide for the administration of the nonbypassable charge, including both of the following requirements:

(1) The department shall notify the commission each year of the annual collections received by the department and the amount of any excess or deficiency in collections above or below the revenue requirement. The commission shall adjust charges in the subsequent year to reflect that excess or deficiency.

(2) During any period, if the department forecasts that the revenue requirement for that period will not be met and that collections will not be sufficient to fund the revenue requirement established pursuant to Section 80842, the department shall notify the commission in writing and the commission shall act within 60 days of receiving that notice to increase the nonbypassable charge so that the amounts collected during that period are sufficient to meet those obligations.

(e) Any agreement between the department and the commission pursuant to this section that is solely for the purpose of imposing a nonbypassable charge to recover the department’s revenue requirement related to bond issuance debt service shall include a provision stating that the commission’s just and reasonable determination with respect to the revenue requirement is in effect for the duration of the bond term.


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(a) Pursuant to Section 80820, the department may establish a schedule and mechanism for a local publicly owned electric utility to voluntarily obtain from the department eligible energy resources to be acquired by the department through its central procurement function on a contract-by-contract basis.

(b) In order to voluntarily participate, a local publicly owned electric utility shall commit to the imposition of a nonbypassable charge on its ratepayers sufficient at all times to fund its participation and on terms and conditions as set forth in Section 80826.


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(a) Load-serving entities shall have a voluntary option to obtain incremental eligible energy resources from the department beyond the amounts allocated to the load-serving entity from procurement pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 80820, subject to the approval of the commission and a specific determination by the commission that sufficient capacity is available to accommodate the request to obtain amounts beyond those allocated to the load-serving entity.

(b) The department, in consultation with the commission, may establish a schedule for load-serving entities to provide advance notice of an intent to obtain incremental eligible energy resources. Any load-serving entity exercising its option to voluntarily participate shall be obligated to impose a nonbypassable charge on its ratepayers sufficient to fund its allocated share of the costs of incremental eligible energy resources for the duration of the contract, as determined by the department and approved by the commission, if applicable.


text: At the request of the department, the commission may order an electrical corporation, or its successor in the performance of a related service, to transmit or provide for the transmission of, and distribute all electricity made available by the department, and, as agent of the department, provide billing, collection, and other related services on terms and conditions that reasonably compensate the electrical corporation for its services and adequately secure payment to the department.


text: The commission may issue rules regulating the enforcement of the agency function pursuant to Section 80823, including the collection of nonbypassable charges and payment into the fund on behalf of the department.


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(a) If the department has executed an agreement with the commission pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 80821, the department may recover its costs, as a revenue requirement, in the amounts sufficient and at the times necessary to fund the revenue requirement established pursuant to Section 80842, and shall advise the commission and each voluntarily participating local publicly owned electric utility, as the department determines to be appropriate and subject to the terms of the agreement.

(b) For purposes of this division and except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a), the commission’s authority as set forth in Section 451 of the Public Utilities Code shall apply.


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(a) A local publicly owned electric utility that voluntarily participates in the department’s central procurement function pursuant to Section 80822 shall enter into an agreement with the department for the revenue requirement to fund its participation and that agreement shall have the force and effect of an irrevocable financing order.

(b) The agreement shall provide for the administration of the revenue requirement, including both of the following:

(1) A requirement that the department annually notify the local publicly owned electric utility of the annual collections received by the department with respect to the revenue requirement and the amount of any excess or deficiency in collections above or below the revenue requirement. The local publicly owned electric utility shall adjust charges in the subsequent year to reflect any such excess or deficiency.

(2) During any revenue requirement period, a requirement that, if the department forecasts that the revenue requirement for that period will not be met and that collections will not be sufficient to fund the revenue requirement established pursuant to Section 80842, the department notify the local publicly owned electric utility in writing and the local publicly owned electric utility shall act within 30 days of receiving that notice to increase the charge so that the amount collected during the period is sufficient to meet those obligations.


text: All moneys collected by load-serving entities and local publicly owned electric utilities and remitted to the department for any eligible energy resources acquired and sold pursuant to this division, and all moneys paid directly or indirectly to or for the account of the department for any sale, exchange, transfer, or disposition of eligible energy resources acquired pursuant to this division, shall be deposited into the fund.


text: The department may fix and establish the procedure and charges for the sale or other disposal of eligible energy resources purchased by the department.


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(a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the Eligible Energy Resource Central Procurement Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the department for purposes of this division.

(b) All revenues payable to the department pursuant to this division, including proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 80840), shall be deposited into the fund. Notwithstanding any other law, interest accruing on the moneys in the fund shall be deposited into the fund and shall be used for purposes of this division.

(c) The fund, and the moneys in the fund, are separate and distinct from any other fund and moneys administered by the department.

(d) Payments from the fund may be made only for the following purposes:

(1) Payment of any bonds or other contractual obligations authorized by this division.

(2) The cost of energy and transmission, scheduling, and other related expenses incurred by the department.

(3) The expenses incurred by the department in administering this division, including costs of personnel, contracts, or arrangements to carry out the department’s duties and responsibilities pursuant to this division.

(e) Obligations authorized pursuant to this division shall be payable solely from the fund. Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state are, or may be, pledged for any payment under any obligation authorized by this division.

(f) While any obligations of the department incurred pursuant to this division remain outstanding and not fully performed or discharged, the rights, powers, duties, and existence of the department shall not be diminished or impaired in any manner that will adversely affect the interests and rights of the holders of, or parties to, those obligations. The department may include this pledge and undertaking of the state in the department’s obligations.

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(a) (1) If the department elects to exercise its central procurement function to conduct one or more competitive solicitations or enter into contracts to procure eligible energy resources pursuant to this division, as authorized by paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 454.52 of the Public Utilities Code, due to the timing of cost recovery processes, the department may determine that it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds to support activities for the procurement of eligible energy resources pursuant to this division.

(2) Upon making the determination described in paragraph (1), the department may issue bonds for purposes of financing the procurement of eligible energy resources in support of the fund and other related expenses incurred by the department pursuant to this division, and subsequent to the department having entered into an agreement with the commission regarding a revenue requirement. Bonds shall not be issued in an amount the debt service on which, to the extent payable from the fund, is estimated by the department to exceed the amounts estimated to be available in the fund for the payment of the bonds.

(b) Before the issuance of bonds in a public offering, the department shall ensure the bonds have an investment grade rating from at least one nationally recognized investment ratings firm and the document authorizing the issuance of the bonds shall provide for repayment from pledged revenues.

(c) The commission shall have an opportunity to review the trust agreement or other documents pursuant to which the bonds are issued and revenues are pledged, and shall consult with the department regarding the trust agreement or other documents regarding any relevant considerations of the commission and to ensure its consistency with the revenue requirement agreement between the department and commission.

(d) In addition to any other purposes for which bonds may be issued pursuant to this division, bonds may be issued for the following purposes:

(1) Refunding bonds to obtain a lower interest rate.

(2) Refunding bonds bearing a variable interest rate with bonds bearing interest at a fixed rate.

(3) Refunding bonds if a nationally recognized investment ratings firm reduces or withdraws, or proposes to reduce or withdraw, the rating assigned to securities that are secured by bond insurance policies, credit, or liquidity facilities issued by the provider of a bond insurance policy, or a credit or liquidity facility securing the bonds being refunded.

(4) Refunding bonds issued to preserve a federal income tax exemption or to qualify or maintain other federal income tax benefits.

chapter: 5. Bonds

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(a) Whenever the director determines that the issuance of bonds is necessary or desirable to accomplish the goals set forth in this division, including financing the procurement of eligible energy resources, the director shall issue a written determination authorizing the issuance of bonds by the department. The department, in consultation with the Department of Finance, shall notify the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees of each house of the Legislature of its written determination. The bonds shall be sold in the manner, and on the terms and conditions, specified in that determination, and the determination may contain or authorize any other provision, condition, or limitation not inconsistent with this division and those provisions as may be deemed reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. Bonds may mature at the time or times, and bear interest at the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable and be determined by reference to an index or such other method, and may be federally tax exempt, as specified in the determination. Neither the person executing the determination to issue bonds nor any person executing bonds shall be personally liable therefor or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds.

(b) In the discretion of the department, bonds may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the department and a trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having trust powers within or outside the state, or the Treasurer. Notwithstanding any other law, the Treasurer shall not be deemed to have a conflict of interest by reason of acting as the trustee. The department may enter into contracts or arrangements in connection with the issuance and sale of bonds, or with respect to any outstanding bonds for so long as those bonds remain outstanding, as it shall deem to be necessary or desirable for the issuance and further security of the bonds, including, but not limited to, credit enhancement agreements, dealer agreements, purchase contracts, escrow agreements, and similar arrangements.

(c) Bonds shall be legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of all insurance companies, savings and commercial banks, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, for state school funds, pension funds, and for any funds that may be invested in county, school, or municipal bonds.

(d) Notwithstanding that bonds may be payable from a special fund, the bonds shall be deemed to be negotiable instruments for all purposes.

(e) Any bonds, and the transfer of and income derived from those bonds, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state and by the political subdivisions of the state.

(f) Bonds shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, other than the department, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state or of any such political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the revenues described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (g). All bonds shall contain a statement to the following effect: “Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of California is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on this bond.” The issuance of bonds shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.

(g) (1) The department may pledge and apply all or any part of revenues of any nature whatever accruing to the department, from orders issued, charges imposed, or contracts entered into pursuant to or in furtherance of this division, or the right to receive the same, to the payment or security of any or all of the principal of the bonds or the interest thereon, in the manner and upon terms that the department deems advisable.

(2) (A) It is the intent of the Legislature that any pledge of moneys, revenues, or property made by the department shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made if the commission finds the pledge was just and reasonable, and that the moneys, revenues, or property so pledged and thereafter collected from retail end-use customers, or paid directly or indirectly to or for the account of the department, is hereby made, and shall immediately be, subject to the lien of that pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act.

(B) It is the intent of the Legislature that the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the department irrespective of whether those parties have notice thereof, and that no resolution or instrument by which the pledge or lien created pursuant to this subdivision is expressed, confirmed, or approved need be filed or recorded in order to perfect the pledge or lien.

(C) It is the intent of the Legislature that this paragraph, in all respects, govern the creation, perfection, priority, and enforcement of any lien created pursuant to this division.


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(a) The department shall, and in any obligation entered into pursuant to this division may covenant to, at least annually, and more frequently as required, establish and revise revenue requirements sufficient, together with any moneys deposited into the fund, to provide all of the following:

(1) The amounts necessary to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all bonds as and when the same shall become due.

(2) The amounts necessary to pay for electricity purchased by it and to deliver it to purchasers, including the cost of electricity, transmission, scheduling, and other related expenses incurred by the department, or to make payments under any other contracts, agreements, or obligations entered into by it pursuant to this division, in the amounts and at the times the same shall become due.

(3) Reserves in amount as may be determined by the department from time to time to be necessary or desirable.

(4) The pooled money investment rate on funds advanced for electricity purchases before the receipt of payment for those purchases by the purchasing entity.

(5) The administrative costs of the department and other state agencies, including the costs and fees for professional services, bond issuance and sale, and other miscellaneous costs, incurred in connection with the issuance of bonds or the administration of this division.

(b) The department shall notify the commission of its revenue requirement pursuant to the agreement required pursuant to Section 80821 and that revenue requirement shall be satisfied by the recovery of its costs through a nonbypassable charge.


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(a) On or after January 1, 2035, the department shall not contract under this division for the purchase of electrical power.

(b) This section does not affect the authority of the department to administer contracts entered into before that date or any of the department’s outstanding bond obligations.

chapter: 6. Termination of Authority to Contract

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