Legal Opinion
Cmtys. for a Better Env't v. State Energy Res. Conservation & Dev. Comm'n
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided December 22, 2017No. A141299PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, J.*
*728The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) is the state agency exclusively empowered to license thermal power plants of over 50 megawatts capacity. ( Pub. Resources Code, §§ 25120, 25500, 25517 ; see County of Sonoma v. State Energy Resources Conservation etc. Com. (1985) 40 Cal.3d 361, 364-365, 220 Cal.Rptr. 114, 708 P.2d 693 ( Sonoma ).)1 Indeed, pursuant to section 25500, the Energy Commission possesses "the exclusive power to certify all sites and related facilities in the state, whether a new site and related facility or a change or…
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