{"code":"PUC","codeName":"Public Utilities Code","section":"1617","citation":"Pub. Util. Code, § 1617","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201. - 3299.100.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1"},{"name":"PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201. - 2120.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 8.7. School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program [1600. - 1640.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-8.7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program [1610. - 1618.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-8.7/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 372, Sec. 5.   (AB 841)   Effective January 1, 2021.   Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 1640.","effective":"2021-01-01","html":"<p>The School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program advances the public interest in maximizing cost-effective energy savings and related public benefits, including ensuring that ratepayer investments unlock deeper energy savings and benefit underserved communities. Because the commission’s current cost-effectiveness methodology does not fully take into account indirect and nonmonetary public benefits, that methodology shall not be applied to these projects. Expenditures on the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program shall be found to be cost effective and shall not be considered by the commission when calculating the overall cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency portfolios of electrical corporations or gas corporations.</p>","text":"The School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program advances the public interest in maximizing cost-effective energy savings and related public benefits, including ensuring that ratepayer investments unlock deeper energy savings and benefit underserved communities. Because the commission’s current cost-effectiveness methodology does not fully take into account indirect and nonmonetary public benefits, that methodology shall not be applied to these projects. Expenditures on the School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program shall be found to be cost effective and shall not be considered by the commission when calculating the overall cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency portfolios of electrical corporations or gas corporations.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/school-energy-efficiency-stimulus-program-1617","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}