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Public Utilities Code - PUC

7,564 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 2701 — Any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any water system within this State, who
• § 27011 — The board shall cause an election to be held in the territory proposed to be annexed on the next established election date not less than 74 days after it has finally approved the terms and conditions
• § 27012 — Notice of election shall be published and shall either state that a copy of the ordinance containing the terms and conditions of annexation at length is on file in the office of the secretary of the d
• § 27013 — The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county electi
• § 27014 — If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were cast in favor of the annexation, the proposition and all of the terms and condit
• § 27015 — If the proposition fails to carry, the result shall be entered upon the minutes of the board.
• § 27016 — If the proposition is defeated by the voters, no annexation proceeding shall be commenced involving the territory or any part thereof until after the expiration of one year.
• § 2702 — Any corporation or association which is organized for the purpose of delivering water solely to its stockholders or members at cost, and which delivers water to others than its stockholders or members
• § 2703 — Any corporation or association which is organized both for the purpose of delivering water to its stockholders or members at cost, and to persons, firms, corporations, municipalities, or other politic
• § 2704 — Any owner of a water supply not otherwise dedicated to public use and primarily used for domestic or industrial purposes by him or for the irrigation of his lands, who (a) sells or delivers the surplu
• § 27041 — In the event the proposition receives the vote of the requisite majority of voters the board shall pass a resolution declaring the territory annexed to the district, and shall cause a certified copy o
• § 2705 — Any corporation or association that is organized for the purposes of delivering water to its stockholders and members at cost, including use of works for conserving, treating, and reclaiming water, an
• § 2705.5 — Any person or corporation, and their lessees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, that maintains a mobilehome park or a multiple unit residential complex and provides, or will provide, wate
• § 2705.6 — (a) (1) A mobilehome park that provides water service only to its tenants from water supplies and facilities that it owns, not otherwise dedicated to public service, is not a water corporation.
• § 2706 — (a) Any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, who sells or delivers water exclusively to a water conservation district organized under th
• § 27061 — Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district without an election in the manner provided in this article.
• § 27062 — A petition describing the territory proposed to be annexed and requesting that proceedings be taken for its annexation shall be signed by all of the owners of the real property described therein, veri
• § 27063 — Proceedings shall thereafter be taken and a hearing held in substantial compliance with the provisions of this chapter relating to the annexation of unincorporated territory except that no election sh
• § 2707 — For the purpose of determining the status of any person, firm, or corporation, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating, or managing any wa
• § 2708 — Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, finds that any water company which is a public utility operating within this State has reached the limit of its capa
• § 2709 — The commission may require any water corporation to file with the commission a statement in writing defining and describing the lands and territory to be supplied by the corporation with water.
• § 27091 — From and after the date of annexation the board shall levy upon all of the property in the territory annexed any taxes, tolls, or charges which are necessary to provide funds for the payment of the in
• § 271 — For each advisory board created pursuant to this chapter all of the following are applicable: (a) The commission shall establish the number of, and qualifications for, persons to serve as members of e
• § 2710 — When it appears from (a) the statement required by Section 2709, (b) the articles of incorporation of any water corporation, or (c) any notice of appropriation of water required by law, that a water c
• § 2711 — Section 2710 does not apply to territory or consumers which have once been served by the corporation.
• § 27111 — The validity of any proceedings for the annexation of any unincorporated territory to any district shall not be contested in any action unless the action is brought within three months after the compl
• § 2712 — “Whether under contract or otherwise” as used in Section 2701 is not to be construed as authorizing a contract by a person or corporation defined in this chapter as a public utility which in anywise d
• § 2713 — (a) No water corporation subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission and the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 201) of this division shall make any charge upon any entity pro
• § 2714 — No water corporation furnishing water for residential use to a tenant shall seek to recover any charges or penalties for the furnishing of water to or for the tenant’s residential use from any subsequ
• § 2715 — (a) A water corporation with more than 10,000 service connections shall maintain on its Internet Web site an archive of all pending, approved, or rejected advice letters for a period of two rate case
• § 2718 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Water System Investment and Consolidation Act of 1997.
• § 2719 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Public water systems are faced with the need to replace or upgrade the public water system infrastructure to meet increasingly stringent st
• § 2720 — (a) The commission shall use the standard of fair market value when establishing the rate base value for the distribution system of a public water system acquired by a water corporation.
• § 2721 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Consolidate” means to join two or more small community water systems, state small water systems, or affected res
• § 2722 — The Consolidation For Safe Drinking Water Fund is hereby created.
• § 2725 — As used in this chapter, “mutual water company” means any private corporation or association organized for the purposes of delivering water to its stockholders and members at cost, including use of wo
• § 27251 — Any territory contained within a district not being served by any transit facilities of the district and not included within the boundaries of any incorporated city and not benefited in any manner by
• § 27252 — The petition shall describe the territory sought to be excluded and shall set forth that the territory is not benefited in any manner by the district or by its continued inclusion therein, and shall p
• § 27253 — The petition shall be filed with the secretary of the district and shall be accompanied by a deposit with the secretary of the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to meet the expenses of advertising and
• § 27254 — Upon the filing of the petition the secretary shall cause it to be set for hearing at a regular or adjourned regular meeting of the board and shall cause a notice of the filing thereof to be published
• § 27255 — Any landowner or taxpayer within the district may appear at the hearing either in behalf of or in opposition to the granting of the petition.
• § 27256 — The petition shall come on for hearing before the board at the time and place specified in the notice of hearing.
• § 27257 — If upon the hearing the board determines that it is for the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition or some portion thereof be excluded from the district, or if it appe
• § 27258 — A copy of the order of exclusion certified by the secretary of the district shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands are situated.
• § 27259 — From and after the making of the order of exclusion and the record thereof the lands excluded are no longer included in the district.
• § 2726 — As used in this chapter, “private irrigation plant” means a water system which is not operated by a mutual water company or by a public utility as defined in Part 1 (commencing with Section 201) or in
• § 2727 — In order to increase the output of agricultural products in this State during the time the United States is a party to war or to a state of war, the owner of any private irrigation plant may deliver w
• § 2728 — The delivery of water pursuant to Section 2727 is subject to the following restrictions: (a) Until a mutual water company fills the water orders of its stockholders or members pursuant to its constitu
• § 27281 — If the city to which any territory included in any district has been annexed already provides transit service in the territory annexed, or if any territory in any district is annexed to a city, not a
• § 27282 — The petition shall contain the information prescribed for petitions for exclusion under Article 1 of this chapter, a deposit for expenses shall be made as therein provided, and thereafter all proceedi
• § 27283 — If an order of exclusion is granted, the board and the governing body of the city shall by contract provide for the payment by the city of the proportion of the taxes and bonded indebtedness for which
• § 27284 — The order of exclusion does not invalidate in any manner any taxes or assessments theretofore levied or assessed against the lands excluded nor relieve the property excluded from any outstanding bonds
• § 2729 — A mutual water company may exercise the power of eminent domain for water, water rights, canals, ditches, dams, poundings, flumes, aqueducts, and pipes for irrigation of lands furnished with water by
• § 27291 — The provisions of this article are alternative to any other provisions for the exclusion of territory from the district.
• § 27292 — Any time after the defeat of a bond issue by the voters of the district any city or unincorporated territory, a majority of whose voters voting on a district bond issue proposition voted against said
• § 27293 — The petition or resolution shall state the reasons for the proposed exclusion and that the area will not be benefited by inclusion in the district, shall define the boundaries of the area proposed to
• § 27294 — (a) If the exclusion is initiated by a city council or a board of supervisors, such legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the proposal to adopt the resolution.
• § 27295 — Within 60 days after the receipt of a petition for exclusion, the board shall hear the petition or resolution at a regular or adjourned meeting of the board.
• § 27296 — Any landowner or taxpayer within the district may appear at the hearing, either in behalf of or in opposition to the granting of the petition or resolution.
• § 27297 — The petition or resolution shall be heard by the board at the time and place specified in the notice of the hearing.
• § 27298 — If, upon the hearing the board determines that it is in the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition or resolution, or some portion of them, be excluded from the distric
• § 27299 — In the event that the board shall not make the order excluding all of the area proposed to be excluded within 10 days after the hearing on the petition or resolution for exclusion, the board shall wit
• § 273 — Each advisory board created pursuant to this chapter shall do both of the following: (a) Submit an annual budget to the commission.
• § 27300 — In the event that a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the exclusion, the board, upon completion of the canvass, shall make an order excluding the area from the district.
• § 27301 — A copy of the order of exclusion, certified by the secretary of the district, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands are situated.
• § 27302 — Subsequent to the making and recording of the order of exclusion, the lands excluded shall no longer be a part of the district.
• § 274 — The commission may on its own order, whenever it determines it to be necessary, conduct audits or reviews of the revenues required to be collected and submitted to the commission for each of the funds
• § 27401 — One or more special transit service districts may be created within the boundaries of a district pursuant to this chapter.
• § 27402 — Resolutions shall first be passed by the legislative bodies of half or more, but of not less than two, of the public agencies, within all or any part of the area which would be included in the propose
• § 27403 — As an alternative to the instigation of the formation of a special transit service district by resolutions, a petition may be filed with the secretary of a district signed by voters within the propose
• § 27404 — The petition shall declare that the public interest or necessity demands the creation of a special transit service district within the area of the district described in the petition.
• § 27405 — The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures on the petition with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official and shall certify to the board as to the suffi
• § 27406 — The board may initiate proceedings for the creation of a special transit service district within the area of the district by passing a resolution declaring that the public interest or necessity demand
• § 27411 — Within 60 days after receipt of the resolutions of the public agencies or receipt of the certification of the sufficiency of a petition by the secretary of the district, or the passage of the resoluti
• § 27412 — The notice of hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district.
• § 27413 — The time fixed for the hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the notice.
• § 27414 — At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the creation of the special transit service district or to the inclusion of his proper
• § 27415 — The board may reduce or enlarge the boundaries of the proposed special transit service district, but the boundaries of the proposed special transit service district shall be within the boundaries of t
• § 27416 — The board shall not approve the creation of a special transit service district containing territory in addition to the territory included in the resolutions or petitions filed with the secretary of th
• § 27417 — If no protests are filed, or if the protests filed are overruled and denied by the board, the board shall by resolution approve the creation of the special transit service district either as originall
• § 27421 — Any public agency included, or partly included, within the boundaries of a special transit service district may, by a resolution adopted by its legislative body, adopted within 30 days after the adopt
• § 27422 — Instead of the procedure by resolution of a public agency, a petition may be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by voters within any public agency, or portion thereof, included within th
• § 27423 — The petition may include one or more documents, but each document shall contain the affidavit of the party who circulated it, certifying that each name affixed thereto is the true signature of the per
• § 27424 — The secretary of the district shall compare the signatures with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official and shall certify to the board as to the sufficiency or insuff
• § 27425 — The filing of a resolution pursuant to Section 27421, or of a petition pursuant to Section 27422, shall stay the effective creation of the special transit service district within the public agency or
• § 27426 — The board shall call the election required by Sections 27421 and 27422 to be held on the next established election date not less than 74 days after the petition or resolution is filed with the secreta
• § 27427 — The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall
• § 27428 — No person is entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the public agency or portion thereof requesting the election.
• § 27429 — The costs of the election required by this article shall be borne equally by the public agency and the district.
• § 27430 — The question of the creation of a special transit service district, submitted to a vote pursuant to this article, shall be canvassed separately for each public agency or portion thereof in which an el
• § 27441 — A special transit service district has no separate corporate existence, but shall be deemed to be a taxing subdivision of the district, and within each special transit service district the board may l
• § 27451 — At any time after the adoption by the board of the resolution creating a special transit service district, notwithstanding the effective date of the resolution, the board may provide for the submissio
• § 27452 — The proposition for incurring a bonded indebtedness under Section 27451 may be submitted to the voters of any public agency or portion thereof at the same election as a proposition to create the speci
• § 27453 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing at Section 26201) shall substantially govern as to all matters pertaining to the issuance of bonds under this arti
• § 27454 — The favorable vote of a majority of all the voters voting on the proposition to authorize the issuance of bonds at the election or elections held pursuant to Sections 27451 or 27452 within the special
• § 27455 — Only the property in the special transit service district shall be taxable for the payment of the principal and interest on special transit service district bonds.
• § 27456 — Any proceeding denying the validity of the creation of any special transit service district, or of any bonds authorized by the voters thereof, pursuant to this part, shall be brought within three mont
• § 27461 — Any public agency or portion thereof within the boundaries of a district, hereafter referred to collectively as “territory,” not included within the boundaries of a special transit service district, m
• § 27462 — The board shall, by resolution, determine that the annexation of the territory will facilitate the acquisition or operation of transit facilities for the special transit service district, describe the
• § 27463 — Any public agency or portion thereof included as part of the territory to be annexed to a special transit service district pursuant to this article may, by resolution of its legislative body, or a pet
• § 27464 — Except as otherwise provided herein, Article 3 (commencing at Section 27421) shall govern the procedure for the submitting of the annexation proposition to the voters of any public agency or portion t
• § 27465 — The terms and conditions for the annexation of territory to a special transit service district may provide (among other things) for the payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed, in addition
• § 27466 — Notice fixing the time and place for hearing on the question of the annexation of territory to a special transit service district shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation publishe
• § 27467 — The time for hearing shall be not less than 20 nor more than 60 days from the date of the publication of the notice.
• § 27468 — At or before the hearing, any person interested may file with the secretary of the district written objections to the annexation of the territory to the special transit service district or to the incl
• § 27469 — The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the board without further notice other than an order entered upon the minutes of its meeting fixing the time and place of adjournment.
• § 27470 — From and after the date of filing of the resolution with the secretary of the district the annexation of the territory, or portion thereof, to the special transit service district is complete; provide
• § 27471 — From and after the date of annexation any territory annexed to a special transit service district is liable for payment of its proportionate share of any indebtedness then existing and payable by the
• § 27472 — Upon the completion of the annexation of any territory in accordance with law to any city included, or partially included, in a special transit service district, the city clerk shall file with the sec
• § 27473 — If the district shall file its objections in the manner aforesaid to the annexation to a special transit service district of such territory or portion thereof, the territory, or portion thereof, shall
• § 27481 — A special transit service district may be dissolved by resolution of the board if any proposition for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness fails to carry, and if the special transit service district
• § 275 — (a) There is hereby created the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee, which is an advisory board to advise the commission regarding the development, implementation, and administration
• § 275.6 — (a) The commission shall exercise its regulatory authority to maintain the California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund program (CHCF-A program) to provide universal service rate support
• § 27501 — The board of any district which operates no transit facilities, or with exterior boundaries coincident with the boundaries of a single city, may call an election at any time for the purpose of submitt
• § 27502 — The election for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether or not the district shall be dissolved shall be held on the next established election date not less tha
• § 27503 — Notice of any election for dissolution, whether called because of the filing of a petition or ordered by the board without petition, shall be published.
• § 27504 — The ballots for the election shall contain substantially the instructions required to be printed on ballots for use at general state and county electi
• § 27505 — No other notice of the election other than that provided for in this chapter need be given and no sample ballots need be sent to the voters.
• § 27506 — If upon a canvass of the election it is found that a majority of all votes cast on the proposition at the election were in favor of the dissolution, the dissolution shall be deemed carried and approve
• § 27507 — Upon dissolution of any district which has boundaries that are coincident with the corporate limits of a city, the district property wherever situated vests absolutely in the city, and upon the dissol
• § 27508 — If at the time of dissolution there is any outstanding indebtedness of the district the legislative authority of the city, where the limits of the district lie wholly within the corporate limits of a
• § 27509 — In the event that the proposition for dissolution fails to carry, no subsequent election for the dissolution of the district shall be called until after the expiration of one year from the date of the
• § 276 — (a) There is hereby created the California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee, which is an advisory board to advise the commission regarding the development, implementation, and administration
• § 276.5 — (a) The commission shall develop, implement, and maintain a suitable, competitively neutral, and broad-based program to establish a fair and equitable local rate support structure aided by universal s
• § 277 — (a) There is hereby created the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service Trust Administrative Committee, which is an advisory board to advise the commission regarding the development, implementation, and
• § 2771 — The commission shall establish priorities among the types or categories of customers of every electrical corporation and every gas corporation, and among the uses of electricity or gas by such custome
• § 2772 — In establishing the priorities pursuant to Section 2771, the commission shall include, but not be limited to, a consideration of all the following: (a) A determination of the customers and uses of ele
• § 2773 — The commission may establish as many priorities of use for a customer as that customer has uses of gas or electricity.
• § 2773.5 — Notwithstanding any rule, order, or decision of the commission to the contrary, industrial or commercial gas customers shall not be required to maintain any alternative fuel capability with respect to
• § 2774 — In the event any electrical or gas corporation experiences any shortage of capacity or capability in the generation, production, or transmission of electricity or gas and is unable to obtain electrici
• § 2774.1 — (a) (1) The commission shall require an electrical corporation to include in an annual reliability report, required pursuant to Decision 96-09-045, as amended, or a decision that supersedes Decision 9
• § 2774.5 — An electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility shall immediately notify the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Emergency Services, and the sheriff and any
• § 2774.6 — The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall develop a program for residential and commercial customer air-conditioning load control, as an element of each electrical corporation’
• § 2775 — No electrical or gas corporation which reduces or discontinues service in accordance with any order of the commission issued pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any damages to any person or p
• § 2775.5 — (a) If an electrical or gas corporation desires to manufacture, lease, sell, or otherwise own or control any solar energy system, it shall submit to the commission, in such form as the commission may
• § 2775.6 — Every request for the recovery in rates of any costs or liability incurred by a gas corporation and resulting from any violation of Section 25421 of the Health and Safety Code, or of any costs, damage
• § 2775.7 — (a) (1) If the commission determines that a moratorium on new natural gas service connections is necessary to prevent substantial and imminent harm or to ensure gas system reliability, the commission
• § 2776 — As used in this chapter, the term “electrical cooperative” means any private corporation or association organized for the purposes of transmitting or distributing electricity exclusively to its stockh
• § 2777 — The commission shall have no authority to establish rates or regulate the borrowing of money, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness, or the sale, lease, assignment, mortgage, or other disposal or
• § 2778 — Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, every electrical cooperative is subject to Part 1 (commencing with Section 201).
• § 278 — (a) (1) Commencing on July 1, 2003, there is hereby created the Telecommunications Access for Deaf and Disabled Administrative Committee, formerly the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Admi
• § 2780 — As used in this chapter, the term “electric microutility” means any electrical corporation that is regulated by the commission and organized for the purpose of providing sole-source generation, distri
• § 2780.1 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission consider the legal, administrative, and operational costs that an electric microutility faces if it is named as a respondent in a hearing ge
• § 2781 — As used in this chapter, the term “electrical corporation” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in Section 218, and the term “gas corporation” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in Section
• § 2782 — The commission shall permit any electrical or gas corporation to institute a home insulation assistance and financing program for its residential customers in accordance with the provisions of this ch
• § 2783 — A home insulation assistance and financing program shall meet the requirements specified in Sections 2784 to 2786, inclusive, and such other requirements as the commission may impose.
• § 2784 — A customer of a participating electrical or gas corporation who is the owner or mortgagor of real property or tenant of such property with a written consent of the owner may apply to the corporation f
• § 2785 — Upon approval of an application, the corporation shall arrange for a licensed contractor to perform the necessary work.
• § 2786 — An electrical or gas corporation shall provide for payment by a customer for whom home insulation has been installed pursuant to this chapter through such periodic billing procedures as may be establi
• § 2787 — As an alternative to the provisions of Section 2786, an electrical or gas corporation may conclude financial arrangements with one or more lending institutions in this state engaged in making home imp
• § 2788 — The commission shall allow for purposes of setting the rates of any electrical or gas corporation participating in a home insulation assistance and financing program all expenses which the commission
• § 2789 — Notwithstanding any provision of this part, the commission may permit or require any electrical or gas corporation subject to its jurisdiction to institute energy conservation programs for its custome
• § 2790 — (a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to perform home weatherization services for low-income customers if the commission determines that a significant need for those servic
• § 2791 — (a) The owner of a master-metered mobilehome park or manufactured housing community that provides gas or electric service to residents may transfer ownership and operational responsibility to the gas
• § 2792 — (a) Upon receipt of a written notice of intent to transfer from the mobilehome park or manufactured housing community owner, the gas or electric corporation shall within 90 days do all of the followin
• § 2793 — (a) Upon receipt from the park or community owner of a deposit representing the gas or electric corporation’s estimated cost of the engineering evaluation, the gas or electric corporation shall, withi
• § 2794 — (a) A gas or electric system shall be considered acceptable for transfer if it is in compliance with the following criteria: (1) It is capable of providing the end users a safe and reliable source of
• § 2795 — The park or community owner and the gas or electric corporation shall develop a cost for the transfer of the gas or electric system that reflects the factors in Section 2793, indemnity and liability i
• § 2796 — (a) During the pendency of a transfer request, the owner of the park or community shall be responsible for the continued maintenance to preserve the integrity of the park or community gas or electric
• § 2797 — The commission shall permit the gas or electric corporation to recover in its revenue requirement and rates all costs to acquire, improve, upgrade, operate, and maintain transferred mobilehome park or
• § 2798 — The commission shall adopt a standard form of agreement for transfer of gas and electric distribution facilities in mobilehome parks and manufactured housing communities that shall be the basis for ex
• § 2799 — (a) The mobilehome park or manufactured housing community owner may, by written notice, stop the transfer process at any time.
• § 280 — (a) The commission shall develop, implement, and administer a program to advance universal service by providing discounted rates to qualifying schools maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12
• § 280.5 — (a) Of the revenues from fees collected pursuant to Section 14666.
• § 2801 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to promote the more rapid development of new sources of natural gas and electric energy, to maintain the economic vitality of the state through
• § 2802 — “Private energy producer” includes every person, corporation, city, county, district, and public agency of the state generating or producing electricity not generated from conventional sources or natu
• § 2803 — “Interconnection” means the facilities necessary to physically connect the energy source of and the point of use by a private energy producer with the existing transmission facilities of a public util
• § 2804 — “Transmission service” means the intrastate transfer of electricity or natural gas by a public utility for any private energy producer between the points of interconnection for use within this state i
• § 2805 — “Conventional power source” means power derived from nuclear energy or the operation of a hydropower facility greater than 30 megawatts or the combustion of fossil fuels, unless cogeneration technolog
• § 2806 — “Fossil fuel” means a mixture of hydrocarbons including coal, petroleum, or natural gas, occurring in and extracted from underground deposits.
• § 2807 — “Standby charge” means a charge by an electrical corporation for providing standby generation, transmission, and distribution facilities to a private energy producer employing other than a conventiona
• § 281 — (a) The commission shall develop, implement, and administer the California Advanced Services Fund to encourage deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californians that will
• § 281.1 — Beginning January 1, 2022, the commission may impose the surcharge pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 281 to fund the California Advanced Services Fund pursuant to Section 281 unt
• § 281.2 — (a) (1) The Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
• § 281.6 — (a) The commission, in collaboration with relevant state agencies and stakeholders, shall maintain and update a statewide, publicly accessible, and interactive map showing the accessibility of broadba
• § 2811 — In order to promote the more efficient use and distribution of natural gas or electric energy and eliminate the necessity for construction of transmission facilities for gas or electricity produced by
• § 2812 — Upon application of a private energy producer, and after notice to any affected public utility and hearing thereon, the commission shall authorize such producer to construct an interconnection for the
• § 2812.5 — Upon application of a private energy producer, and after notice to any affected public utility and hearing thereon, the commission shall authorize such producer to construct an interconnection for the
• § 2813 — The private energy producer shall be required to provide and to pay the total cost of the interconnection as well as any costs associated with providing a transmission capacity sufficient to handle th
• § 2815 — Nothing in this chapter shall require that any private energy producer perform any service or deliver any commodity to the public or any portion thereof, for compensation or otherwise, except as provi
• § 2816 — Every public utility shall keep accurate records of transactions with a private energy producer, and of the use of the public utility’s facilities by the private energy producer, pursuant to an interc
• § 282 — Any moneys that are deposited in funds created pursuant to this chapter shall not be used by the state for any purpose other than as specified in this chapter.
• § 2821 — (a) The commission shall approve and establish equitable charges to be paid by an electrical corporation which purchases electricity or electrical generating capacity, or both, from any private energy
• § 2821.5 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Small power producers provide important alternative sources of electrical energy.
• § 2822 — The commission shall approve and establish standby charges for electrical corporations.
• § 2823 — The commission shall approve and establish charges for transmission service.
• § 2824 — (a) The commission shall conduct a review of the charges paid by electrical corporations for electricity generated from other than conventional power sources and furnished to such corporations.
• § 2826 — (a) The commission shall establish requirements for the administration of power purchase contracts between electrical corporations and private energy producers.
• § 2826.5 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Benefiting account” means an electricity account, or more than one account, mutually agreed upon by Pacific Gas and E
• § 2827 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a program to provide net energy metering combined with net surplus compensation, co-energy metering, and wind energy co-metering for eligible customer-gener
• § 2827.1 — (a) For purposes of this section, “eligible customer-generator,” “large electrical corporation,” and “renewable electrical generation facility” have the same meanings as defined in Section 2827.
• § 2827.10 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Electrical corporation” means an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218.
• § 2827.7 — Generation eligible for net energy metering that has all local and state permits required to commence construction on or before December 31, 2002, and has completed construction on or before September
• § 2827.8 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the following provisions apply to an eligible customer-generator utilizing wind energy co-metering with a capacity of more than 50 kilowatts, but
• § 2828 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Appropriate TOU tariff” means the Time-of-Use tariff that would be applicable to the City and County of San Francisco
• § 2829 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “EBMUD” means the East Bay Municipal Utility District organized and operating pursuant to Division 6 (commencing
• § 2830 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Benefiting account” means an electricity account, or more than one account, that satisfies any of the following: (A)
• § 2831 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Building operational generating facilities that utilize sources of renewable energy within California, to supply the state’s demand for ele
• § 2831.5 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.
• § 2832 — (a) On or before March 1, 2014, a participating utility shall file with the commission an application requesting approval of a green tariff shared renewables program to implement a program that the ut