SECTIONS 25730-25733 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 25730-25733

25730. The board of supervisors of any county may construct,
acquire, and develop works constructed after September 29, 1981, for
the generation of hydroelectric power, and works constructed after
the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted by the
Statutes of 1982 for the generation of power produced by wind energy,
and transmission lines for the conveyance thereof, and may operate
and maintain the works, or contract for such operation or
maintenance. The construction of the plant or plants and transmission
lines may be financed by any method of financing county works.

25731. The hydroelectric or wind energy plant or plants and
transmission lines constructed pursuant to Section 25730 may be
leased for operation to, or the power generated may be sold to, a
public utility or another public agency engaged in the distribution,
use, or sale of electricity. The power generated may be used by the
county for its own purposes, or for the production or transmission of
water, but shall not be offered for sale directly by the county to
customers other than to a public utility or another public agency.
Any power sold to a public utility or another public agency engaged
in the distribution or sale of electricity shall be marketed at the
bus bar. For purposes of this section, "bus bar" means the high
tension disconnect switch or switches of the hydroelectric or wind
energy works.

25732. The power to construct, acquire, and develop works for the
generation of hydroelectric power and to operate and maintain such
works shall only apply to works constructed, acquired, developed,
operated, and maintained after September 29, 1981. The power to
construct, acquire, and develop works for the generation of wind
energy power and to operate and maintain such works shall only apply
to works constructed, acquired, developed, operated, and maintained
after the effective date of the amendments to this section enacted by
the Statutes of 1982.

25733. The power to construct, acquire, develop, operate, and
maintain works and facilities for the generation of hydroelectric or
wind energy power shall not include, and nothing in this article
shall be interpreted to allow, the acquisition of property already
employed in the generation of hydroelectric or wind energy for public
utility purposes, except by mutual agreement between the county and
the owner and operator of that works or property.