California Public Resources Code

§ 25541.1

PRC § 25541.1Div. 15 · Ch. 6

Statute text

It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the development of thermal powerplants using resource recovery (waste-to-energy) technology. Previously enacted incentives for the production of electrical energy from nonfossil fuels in commercially scaled projects have failed to produce the desired results. At the same time, the state faces a growing problem in the environmentally safe disposal of its solid waste. The creation of electricity by a thermal powerplant using resource recovery technology addresses both problems by doing all of the following:

(a)Generating electricity from a nonfossil fuel of an ample, growing supply.

(b)Conserving landfill space, thus reducing waste disposal costs.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 743, Sec. 2.