{"code":"PUC","codeName":"Public Utilities Code","section":"1701.5","citation":"Pub. Util. Code, § 1701.5","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 9. Hearings and Judicial Review [1701. - 1826.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-9"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Hearings [1701. - 1711.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-9/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 807, Sec. 6.   (SB 215)   Effective January 1, 2017.","effective":"2017-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), in a ratesetting or quasi-legislative case, the commission shall resolve the issues raised in the scoping memo within 18 months of the date the proceeding is initiated, unless the commission makes a written determination that the deadline cannot be met, including findings as to the reason, and issues an order extending the deadline.</p><p>(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may specify in a scoping memo a resolution date later than 18 months from the date the proceeding is initiated, if that scoping memo includes specific reasons for the necessity of a later date and the commissioner assigned to the case approves the date.</p>","text":"(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), in a ratesetting or quasi-legislative case, the commission shall resolve the issues raised in the scoping memo within 18 months of the date the proceeding is initiated, unless the commission makes a written determination that the deadline cannot be met, including findings as to the reason, and issues an order extending the deadline. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission may specify in a scoping memo a resolution date later than 18 months from the date the proceeding is initiated, if that scoping memo includes specific reasons for the necessity of a later date and the commissioner assigned to the case approves the date.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/hearings-1701-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}