SECTIONS 35570-35573 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 35570-35573

35570. A district may, by using any water or water supplies
furnished to the district or used by the district, construct,
maintain, and operate plants for the generation of hydroelectric
power from that water and transmission lines for the conveyance
thereof. The plants so constructed shall be operated in a manner
consistent with the district's storage, transmission, and
distribution of water.
Construction of the plants and transmission lines may be financed
by the issuance of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds or any
other method of financing district works as provided in this
division.

35571. A district may join with any other district engaged in
distributing water in exercising the powers set forth in this
chapter, or may execute joint power agreements with any agency formed
for that purpose.

35572. The hydroelectric plant and transmission lines constructed
pursuant to this chapter may be leased for operation to, or the power
generated may be sold to, a public utility or public agency engaged
in the distribution, use, or sale of electricity.
The power generated may be used by the district for its own
purposes, or for the production or transmission of water, but shall
not be offered for sale directly by the district to customers, other
than a public utility or public agency, for any use other than the
production or transmission of water.

35573. The powers granted by this chapter shall not include, and
nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit, the acquisition
of property or facilities already employed in the generation of
hydroelectric energy, except by mutual agreement with the owner and
operator of the property or facilities.