Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 18, § 905 - Assessment of Electric Generation Facilities

Current through Register 2021 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 24, 2021

(a) Commencing with the assessment for the lien date for the 2003 assessment year, an electric generation facility shall be state assessed property for purposes of article XIII, section 19 of the California Constitution if: (1) the facility has a generating capacity of 50 megawatts or more; and (2) is owned or used by a company which is an electrical corporation as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of section 218 of the Public Utilities Code; or, the facility is owned or used by a company which is a state assessee for reasons other than its ownership of the electric generation facility or its ownership of pipelines, flumes, canals, ditches, or aqueducts lying within two or more counties.

(b) "Electric generation facility" does not include a qualifying small power production facility or a qualifying cogeneration facility within the meaning of Sections 201 and 210 of Title II of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. §§796(17), (18) and 824a-3 ) and the regulations adopted for those sections under that act by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( 18 C.F.R. 292.101 - 292.602 ).

(c) For purposes of this section, "company" means:

(1) A person as defined in Revenue and Taxation Code section 19;

(2) A separate division or other functional unit of a business enterprise which is created and maintained to operate any electric generation facility, where the business enterprise is engaged in a primary business other than generating, transmitting, distributing or selling electricity to the public.

(d) If an electric generation facility is operated by a separate division or other functional unit of a business enterprise, as described in this rule, the business enterprise must maintain accounting and other records sufficient to distinguish the costs and revenues of the separate division or unit from other divisions and units of the business enterprise.

(e) As adopted on September 1, 1999 and effective November 27, 1999, this rule is applicable to define electric generation facilities subject to state assessment to and including December 30, 2002. As amended on November 28, 2001, and filed with the Secretary of State on May 14, 2002, this rule is applicable to define electric generation facilities subject to state assessment as of December 31, 2002 and thereafter.

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Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 18, § 905

Note: Authority cited: Section 15606(c), Government Code. Reference: California Constitution, article XIII, section 19; and Sections 118, 721 and 722.5, Revenue and Taxation Code.

1. New section filed 10-28-99; operative 11-27-99 (Register 99, No. 44). For prior history, see Register 96, No. 1.
2. Amendment of section heading, section and Note filed 5-14-2002; operative 6-13-2002 (Register 2002, No. 20).