DIVISION 4.1. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES [8301. - 8550.]
Heading of Division 4.1 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 2.
§§ 8301–8550 · 58 sections
CHAPTER 1. Nuclear Powerplant Communities Information §§ 8301–8302 · 2 sections
CHAPTER 1.5. Worksite Automated External Defibrillators § 8310 · 1 section
- § 8310 (a) Each utility, and independent contractor or subcontractor of a utility, shall do both of the following: (1) Have an automated external defibrillator (AED)…
CHAPTER 2. Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities §§ 8321–8330 · 10 sections
- § 8321 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Act of 1985.
- § 8322 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The citizens of California should be protected from exposure to radiation from nuclear…
- § 8323 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to protect electric customers, both present and future, from the risks of unreasonable costs…
- § 8324 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Board” means the board of directors or…
- § 8325 (a) Each electrical corporation owning, in whole or in part, or operating nuclear facilities, located in California or elsewhere, shall establish an externally…
- § 8326 (a) Each electrical utility owning, in whole or in part, or operating a nuclear facility, located in California or elsewhere, shall provide a decommissioning…
- § 8327 The commission or the board shall review, in conjunction with each proceeding of the electrical utility held for the purpose of considering changes in…
- § 8328 The expenses associated with decommissioning of nuclear facilities shall be paid from the funds established pursuant to Section 8325. If the money in the funds…
- § 8329 The commission or the board shall, for purposes of establishing rates or charges, review and approve the estimated service life and estimated retirement date…
- § 8330 Every electrical utility involved in decommissioning, closure, or removal of nuclear facilities, shall provide assistance in finding comparable alternative…
CHAPTER 3. Greenhouse Gases Emission Performance Standard for Baseload Electrical Generating Resources §§ 8340–8341 · 2 sections
- § 8340 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Baseload generation” means electricity generation from a powerplant that is…
- § 8341 (a) No load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility may enter into a long-term financial commitment unless any baseload generation supplied…
CHAPTER 3.5. Air Pollution Performance Standard for New Generation § 8350 · 1 section
- § 8350 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Load-serving entity” has the same meaning as that term is defined in…
CHAPTER 4. Smart Grid Systems §§ 8360–8369 · 8 sections
- § 8360 It is the policy of the state to modernize the state’s electrical transmission and distribution system to maintain safe, reliable, efficient, and secure…
- § 8361 For purposes of this chapter, “ISO” means the Independent System Operator operating pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 345) of Chapter 2.3 of Part…
- § 8362 (a) By July 1, 2010, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the ISO, and other key stakeholders shall determine the requirements for a…
- § 8363 This chapter shall be implemented in a manner that does not compromise customer or worker safety or the integrity or reliability of the electrical transmission…
- § 8364 (a) By July 1, 2011, each electrical corporation shall develop and submit a smart grid deployment plan to the commission for approval. (b) This section does…
- § 8366 Smart grid technology may be deployed in a manner to maximize the benefit and minimize the cost to ratepayers and to achieve the benefits of smart grid…
- § 8368 The commission may modify or adjust the requirements of this chapter for any electrical corporation with fewer than 100,000 service connections, as individual…
- § 8369 Each local publicly owned electric utility with more than 100,000 service connections, shall, by July 1, 2011, develop a smart grid deployment plan, that is…
CHAPTER 4.5. Microgrids §§ 8370–8372 · 4 sections
- § 8370 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Customer” means a customer of a local publicly owned electric utility or of a large…
- § 8371 The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission and the Independent System Operator, shall take all of the following actions by December 1, 2020, to…
- § 8371.5 Nothing in this chapter shall discourage or prohibit the development or ownership of a microgrid by an electrical corporation.
- § 8372 (a) Within 180 days of the first request from a customer or developer to establish a microgrid, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility…
CHAPTER 4.6. Notice and Recordation of a Decarbonization Charge §§ 8375–8377 · 3 sections
- § 8375 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish transparency for renters and home buyers regarding the existence of a decarbonization charge associated…
- § 8376 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) (1) “Decarbonization charge” means a charge that is added to the billing for service…
- § 8377 (a) This chapter shall apply to any program or initiative administered by an energy supplier that has all of the following attributes: (1) The program or…
CHAPTER 5. Privacy Protections for Energy Consumption Data §§ 8380–8381 · 2 sections
- § 8380 (a) For purposes of this section, “electrical or gas consumption data” means data about a customer’s electrical or natural gas usage that is made available as…
- § 8381 (a) For purposes of this section, “electrical consumption data” means data about a customer’s electrical usage that is made available as part of an advanced…
CHAPTER 6. Wildfire Mitigation §§ 8385–8389 · 13 sections
- § 8385 (a) For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Deenergization event” means the proactive interruption of electrical service for…
- § 8386 (a) Each electrical corporation shall construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of…
- § 8386.1 The commission may assess penalties on an electrical corporation that fails to comply with its plan. In determining an appropriate amount of the penalty, the…
- § 8386.2 (a) The commission shall require a safety culture assessment of each electrical corporation to be conducted by an independent third-party evaluator. The…
- § 8386.3 (a) (1) (A) The office shall approve or deny each wildfire mitigation plan within nine months of its submission. (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for an…
- § 8386.4 (a) (1) The commission shall consider the cost of implementing each electrical corporation’s plan in its general rate case proceeding and shall approve the…
- § 8386.5 The commission, the office, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to cooperatively develop…
- § 8386.6 (a) All electrical line clearance tree trimmers performing work to comply with the vegetation management requirements in an electrical corporation’s wildfire…
- § 8386.10 (a) The commission shall not allow a large electrical corporation to include in its equity rate base its share, as determined pursuant to the allocation…
- § 8387 (a) Each local publicly owned electric utility and electrical cooperative shall construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equipment in a manner…
- § 8388 (a) An electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, or community choice aggregator with a contract to procure electricity generated from…
- § 8388.5 (a) The commission shall establish an expedited utility distribution infrastructure undergrounding program consistent with this section. (b) Only a large…
- § 8389 (a) The Director of the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety shall issue a certificate to an electrical corporation if the electrical corporation provides…
CHAPTER 7. Designated Water System Administration § 8390 · 1 section
- § 8390 A privately owned public utility may serve as an administrator for purposes of Section 116686 of the Health and Safety Code.
CHAPTER 9. Electrical, Gas, Sewer, and Water Service for New Housing Construction §§ 8400–8401 · 2 sections
- § 8400 As used in this chapter, “utility” means any of the following that furnish electrical, gas, water, or sewer service, or any combination thereof, where the…
- § 8401 (a) On or before January 1, 2026, for new housing construction, each utility shall publicly post both of the following on its internet website: (1) A schedule…
CHAPTER 10. Information Sharing §§ 8410–8412 · 3 sections
- § 8410 For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply: (a) “Electrical corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 218. (b) “Local…
- § 8411 (a) (1) The commission, as it deems necessary for the exchange of aggregated data, may establish any memoranda of understanding or other agreements necessary…
- § 8412 (a) (1) The governing board of each local publicly owned electric utility, as it deems necessary for the exchange of aggregated data, may establish any…
CHAPTER 10. Energy Storage Systems §§ 8500–8504 · 5 sections
- § 8500 For purposes of this chapter, both of the following definitions apply: (a) “Energy storage system” means a stationary electrical energy storage system, as…
- § 8501 An application submitted to a local jurisdiction for an energy storage system shall include the applicant’s certification that, at least 30 days before…
- § 8502 For any application submitted after January 1, 2026, a local jurisdiction shall not approve an energy storage system, unless the local jurisdiction requires,…
- § 8503 (a) For purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Dedicated-use building” has the same meaning as defined in the California…
- § 8504 This chapter does not prevent a local jurisdiction from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with or more protective than this chapter.
CHAPTER 15. Customer Communications § 8550 · 1 section
- § 8550 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each utility shall, on or before March 1, 2026, automatically enroll its customers in alerts for service outages and…