Cal. Public Utilities Code § 1003

Every electrical and every gas corporation submitting an application to the commission for a certificate authorizing the new construction of any electric plant, line, or extension, or gas plant, line, or extension, not subject to the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 25500) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, shall include all of the following information in the application in addition to any other required information: (a) Preliminary engineering and design information on the project. The design information provided for thermal electric plants shall include preliminary data regarding the operating characteristics of the proposed plant, including, but not limited to, the annual capacity factor, availability factor, and the heat rate for each year of the useful life of the plant, line, or extension. (b) A project implementation plan showing how the project would be contracted for and constructed. This plan shall show how all major tasks would be integrated and shall include a timetable identifying the design, construction, completion, and operation dates for each major component of the plant, line, or extension. (c) An appropriate cost estimate, including preliminary estimates of the costs of financing, construction, and operation, including fuel, maintenance, and dismantling or inactivation after the useful life of the plant, line, or extension. (d) A cost analysis comparing the project with any feasible alternative sources of power. The corporation shall demonstrate the financial impact of the plant, line, or extension construction on the corporation’s ratepayers, stockholders, and on the cost of the corporation’s borrowed capital. The cost analyses shall be performed for the projected useful life of the plant, line, or extension, including dismantling or inactivation after the useful life of the plant, line, or extension. (e) A design and construction management and cost control plan which indicates the contractual and working responsibilities and interrelationships between the corporation’s management and other major parties involved in the project. This plan shall also include a construction progress information system and specific cost controls.