{"code":"PUC","codeName":"Public Utilities Code","section":"980","citation":"Pub. Util. Code, § 980","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 4.7. Core Transport Agent [980. - 989.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/division-1/part-1/chapter-4.7"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 604, Sec. 4.   (SB 656)   Effective January 1, 2014.","effective":"2014-01-01","html":"<p>As used in this chapter, the following terms mean the following:</p><p>(a) “Core gas customer” has the same meaning as that specified in the tariff of the gas corporation whose territory the customer in question lies within. A core small commercial customer account that is associated with and part of the same business operation as a noncore large commercial customer account is not a “core gas customer” for purposes of this chapter.</p><p>(b) “Core transport agent” means an entity that offers core gas procurement service to customers within the service territory of a gas corporation, but does not include a gas corporation, and does not include a public agency that offers gas service to core and noncore gas customers within its jurisdiction, or within the service territory of a local publicly owned gas utility. “Core transport agent” includes the unregulated affiliates and subsidiaries of a gas corporation.</p><p>(c) “Gas corporation” has the same meaning as that set forth in Section <a href=\"/puc/222\">222</a>.</p>","text":"As used in this chapter, the following terms mean the following: (a) “Core gas customer” has the same meaning as that specified in the tariff of the gas corporation whose territory the customer in question lies within. A core small commercial customer account that is associated with and part of the same business operation as a noncore large commercial customer account is not a “core gas customer” for purposes of this chapter. (b) “Core transport agent” means an entity that offers core gas procurement service to customers within the service territory of a gas corporation, but does not include a gas corporation, and does not include a public agency that offers gas service to core and noncore gas customers within its jurisdiction, or within the service territory of a local publicly owned gas utility. “Core transport agent” includes the unregulated affiliates and subsidiaries of a gas corporation. (c) “Gas corporation” has the same meaning as that set forth in Section 222.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/public-utilities-code/core-transport-agent-980","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}