25696.5. (a) Every California-based energy technology and energy conservation firm awarded direct financial assistance pursuant to Section 25696 shall reimburse the commission for that assistance, when both of the following conditions have been met:
(1) The assistance was substantial and essential for the completion of a specific identifiable project.
(2) The resulting project is producing revenues.
(b) All moneys appropriated for purposes of this chapter and all moneys received by the commission as reimbursement under this section shall be deposited in the Energy Resources Programs Account and shall be available, when appropriated by the Legislature, for the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1514, Sec. 1.)