Facilities Siting Division
Power Plant Siting
- Main Licensing Page
- List of all projects
- Status of all Projects
- Renewable Energy Facilities
- CEC/BLM Solar MOU
- BLM/DOE Solar PEIS
- Database of California Power Plants
- Energy Facility Maps
- Distributed Generation
- AB 1632 Nuclear Assessment
- Siting Data Adequacy Forms
Power Plant Compliance
Information For Developers
Information For Public
Environmental Protection
- Environmental Programs
- Once-Through Cooling
- Avian Guidelines for Wind Project Development
- Greenhouse Gasses
Engineering and Transmission
- Transmission Line Initiatives and Programs
- Strategic Transmission Investment Plan (PDF file)
- SB 1059 Transmission Corridors Designation
- 2005 EPAct Section 368 Federal Energy Corridors
- Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI)
Special Projects
Siting Division Reports & Publications
Calendar
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Energy Facilities Siting Division
The mission of the Energy Facilities Siting Division is to ensure that needed energy facilities are authorized in an expeditious, safe and environmentally acceptable manner. In addition, the division prepares environmental documentation for the Commission as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). To attain its objectives, the division maintains a staff of experts in more than 20 environmental and engineering disciplines. The division's range of technical expertise allows it to perform balanced, totally independent evaluations of complex and controversial projects.
Prior to 1975, utilities were required to go through a multi-year process to obtain permits from numerous federal, state and local agencies before constructing new power plants. The Legislature established the California Energy Commission in 1975 and mandated a comprehensive siting process for new power plants. The Legislature gave the Energy Commission the statutory authority to license thermal power plants of 50 megawatts or greater along with the transmission lines, fuel supply lines, and related facilities to serve them.
The division is organized into five offices and one unit:
- Power Plant Siting and Compliance Office
- Environmental Protection Office
- Engineering and Corridor Designation Office
- Strategic Transmission Planning Office
- Administration and Special Projects Office
- Dockets Unit
Special Siting Division Meetings and Workshops
No Siting Division Meetings at this time.
Note: Meetings for specific power plants licensing cases are located on that specific plant's webpage. Go to: www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/all_projects.html for a list of current projects before the Commission.
Developer's Guides
- California Energy Commission Staff Cooling Water Management Program Guidelines for Wet and Hybrid Cooling Towers at Power Plants - Draft Guidelines, publication # CEC-700-2005-025. (Acrobat PDF file, 10 pages, 199 kilobytes)
- Energy Facility Licensing Process: Water Supply information Staff Report / Draft, December 11, 2000. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 6 pages, 30 kilobytes)
- Energy Facility Licensing Process: Developers Guide of Practices and Procedures Staff Report / Draft, December 7, 2000. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 70 pages, 195 kilobytes)
- SECTION 1769 COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS (Link to new page to be provided) Fact sheet on Post-certification Amendments and Changes to Power Plant Licenses
Reports, Brochures and Fact Sheets
- Title 20 California Code of Regulations
- Siting Division Reports
- Final Power Plant Decisions and Commission Siting Regulations
- Search All Commission Reports
- Fact Sheet - Summary of Power Plant Projects, 1998-Present (PDF file, 2 pages, 14 kilobytes)
Other Reports
- State Auditor's 2007 Report on Solar Energy Siting (Posted: May 29, 2008, Acrobat PDF file, 53 pages, 1.44 megabytes)
- State Auditor's Report on Energy Commission Siting Process (Posted: August 24, 2001, Acrobat PDF file, 46 pages, 543 kilobytes)