Deputy Director of CEQA, Licensing, and Enforcement

Under the general direction of the Director of the Siting, Transmission and Environmental Protection Division, the Deputy Director is responsible for assisting the Director in all aspects of the division’s deliverables including principal policy-making authority over the development, implementation, compliance, and administration of the state’s power plant program. The power plant program has 4 environmental review categories that are administered through a matrix structure between three branches within the program. These categories include licensing of new facilities, post certification changes to jurisdictional facilities, small power plant exemptions, and divisional grants for pilot projects. Environmental reviews involve evaluating project proposals against the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other laws. The Deputy Director functions in the place of and as an extension of the Director.