BlackletterCalifornia law

CHAPTER 4. Regulation of Public Utilities [701. - 940.]

Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.

§§ 701–940 · 359 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 701–719 · 30 sections
    • § 701 The commission may supervise and regulate every public utility in the State and may do all things, whether specifically designated in this part or in addition…
    • § 701.1 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that, in addition to other ratepayer protection objectives, a principal goal of electric and natural gas utilities’…
    • § 701.3 Until the commission completes an electric generation procurement methodology that values the environmental and diversity costs and benefits associated with…
    • § 701.4 It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature that state and municipal electric resource acquisition programs recognize and include a value…
    • § 701.5 With respect to financing arrangements which are established after January 1, 1988, no electrical, gas, or telephone corporation, whose rates are set by the…
    • § 701.6 (a) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to include in ratepayer-supported research and development programs, activities that relate to…
    • § 701.8 (a) To ensure that electrical corporations do not operate their transmission and distribution monopolies in a manner that impedes the ability of the San…
    • § 701.10 The policy of the State of California is that rates and charges established by the commission for water service provided by water corporations shall do all of…
    • § 702 Every public utility shall obey and comply with every order, decision, direction, or rule made or prescribed by the commission in the matters specified in this…
    • § 703 The commission may investigate all existing or proposed interstate rates, fares, tolls, charges, and classifications, and all rules and practices in relation…
    • § 704 Except as otherwise provided in this section, no foreign corporation, other than those which by compliance with the laws of this State are entitled to transact…
    • § 705 Whenever in Articles 2 (commencing with Section 726), 3 (commencing with Section 761), and 4 (commencing with Section 791) a hearing by the commission is…
    • § 706 (a) For purposes of this section, “compensation” means any annual salary, bonus, benefits, or other consideration of any value, paid to an officer of an…
    • § 707 (a) Not later than March 1, 2012, the commission shall institute a rulemaking proceeding for the purpose of considering and adopting a code of conduct,…
    • § 708 The commission shall require every electrical, gas, and telephone corporation to prepare and issue to every employee who, in the course of his or her…
    • § 708.3 Whenever a business transaction of an electrical, gas, water corporation with 10,000 or more service connections, or telephone corporation is such that a…
    • § 709 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the policies for telecommunications in California are as follows: (a) To continue our universal service…
    • § 709.2 (a) The commission shall authorize fully open competition for intrastate interexchange telecommunications service, otherwise known as intrastate interLATA, or…
    • § 709.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all telecommunications markets subject to commission jurisdiction be opened to competition not later than January…
    • § 709.6 Not later than January 1, 2000, the commission shall commence a proceeding to consider whether to establish a new regulatory framework that does all of the…
    • § 712 (a) The commission shall convene, and continue until August 26, 2030, an independent peer review panel to conduct an independent review of enhanced seismic…
    • § 712.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that in commission Decision 88-12-083 (December 19, 1988) Re Pacific Gas and Electric Company (30 CPUC.2d 189), the…
    • § 712.5 (a) (1) The commission shall cause an assessment to be completed by no later than July 1, 2018, of the adverse and beneficial economic impacts, and the net…
    • § 712.7 (a) The commission shall approve both of the following: (1) The full funding for the community impact mitigation settlement proposed in Application 16-08-006.…
    • § 712.8 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Current expiration dates” has the same meaning as defined in Section 25548.1 of the…
    • § 713 (a) (1) Golden State Energy may commence an eminent domain action to acquire all or substantially all of Pacific Gas and Electric Company only if the…
    • § 716 (a) If an incumbent local exchange carrier files a forbearance petition with the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to Section 10 of the federal…
    • § 717 (a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to do all of the following: (1) Develop a program no later than January 1, 2017, within the…
    • § 718 (a) The commission shall develop policies, rules, or regulations with a goal of reducing, by January 1, 2024, the statewide level of gas and electric service…
    • § 719 (a) For purposes of this section, terms used in this section shall have the same meaning as those terms are defined in Section 3280. (b) On or before April 1,…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Rates §§ 727–758 · 90 sections
    • § 727 It is the policy of the state that the use of all waterways, ports, and harbors of this state shall be encouraged, and to that end the commission is directed…
    • § 727.5 (a) In establishing rates for water service, the commission shall consider, and may establish, separate charges for costs associated with customer service,…
    • § 728 Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that the rates or classifications, demanded, observed, charged, or collected by any public utility for or in…
    • § 728.1 (a) For purposes of this section, “plant held for future use account” means account number 105 of the Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Public…
    • § 728.2 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the commission shall have no jurisdiction or control over classified telephone directories or commercial advertising…
    • § 728.3 (a) No telephone corporation operating within a service area shall remove any public telephone unless it has posted on the public telephone for not less than…
    • § 728.4 A telephone corporation shall list a telephone number as the number for a facsimile machine in its alphabetical or classified directory only if requested to do…
    • § 728.5 (a) The commission may establish rates or charges for the transportation of passengers and freight by railroads and other transportation companies, except…
    • § 728.7 (a) Prior to authorizing any change in the amount of the payment required of a telephone corporation which provides service between service areas to a…
    • § 729 The commission may, upon a hearing, investigate a single rate, classification, rule, contract, or practice, or any number thereof, or the entire schedule or…
    • § 729.5 A public utility, other than one-way radio paging services, shall not change a group of customers from one rate schedule to another rate schedule, if the…
    • § 730 (a) The commission shall, upon a hearing, determine the kind and character of facilities and the extent of the operation thereof, necessary reasonably and…
    • § 730.3 The commission shall notify every state and local public agency and corporation operating a passenger transit system making a written request for such…
    • § 730.7 In determining reimbursement to railroad corporations for the operation of rail passenger service, the commission shall not exceed that compensation which…
    • § 730.8 Whenever a state agency files with the commission an application for an increase in rates or fares or for any change in the level of service for passenger…
    • § 731 (a) (1) On or before June 30, 2024, the commission, in coordination and consultation with the Department of Community Services and Development and other…
    • § 732 (a) Whenever the commission, after a hearing finds that the rates, fares, or charges in force over two or more common carriers, between any two points in this…
    • § 733 (a) If the common carriers do not agree upon the division between them of the joint rates, fares, or charges established by the commission over through routes,…
    • § 734 When complaint has been made to the commission concerning a rate for a product or commodity furnished or service performed by a public utility, and the…
    • § 735 If the public utility does not comply with the order for the payment of reparation within the time specified in the order, suit may be instituted in any court…
    • § 736 All complaints for damages resulting from the violation of any of the provisions of Sections 494 or 532 shall either be filed with the commission, or, where…
    • § 737 All complaints for the collection of the lawful tariff charges or any part thereof, of public utilities may be filed in any court of competent jurisdiction…
    • § 737.3 (a) (1) A highway carrier, as defined by subdivision (c), a freight forwarder, a party representing a carrier or freight forwarder, or an assignee of a carrier…
    • § 738 For the purpose of Sections 734 to 737, inclusive, the cause of action shall accrue upon the delivery or tender of delivery of the shipment or the performance…
    • § 738.6 In establishing rates for a public utility operating any portion of its line, plant, or system within a federally designated nonattainment area, the commission…
    • § 739 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Baseline quantity” means a quantity of electricity or gas allocated by the commission for residential customers based on from…
    • § 739.1 (a) The commission shall continue a program of assistance to low-income electricity and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than…
    • § 739.2 (a) The commission’s program of assistance to low-income electric and gas customers shall also include the following facilities, provided the commission finds…
    • § 739.3 (a) Subject to direction and supervision by the commission, each electrical corporation and gas corporation shall develop and implement a program of rate…
    • § 739.4 (a) Any natural gas customer who enrolls in the CARE program after the effective date of this section, but before October 1, 2001, shall receive the same…
    • § 739.5 (a) The commission shall require that, whenever gas or electrical service, or both, is provided by a master-meter customer to users who are tenants of a…
    • § 739.6 The commission shall establish rates using cost allocation principles that fairly and reasonably assign to different customer classes the costs of providing…
    • § 739.7 In establishing residential rates, the commission shall retain an appropriate inverted rate structure. If the commission increases baseline rates pursuant to…
    • § 739.8 (a) Access to an adequate supply of healthful water is a basic necessity of human life, and shall be made available to all residents of California at an…
    • § 739.9 (a) “Fixed charge” means any fixed customer charge, basic service fee, demand differentiated basic service fee, demand charge, or other charge not based on the…
    • § 739.10 The commission shall ensure that errors in estimates of demand elasticity or sales do not result in material over or undercollections of the electrical…
    • § 739.11 (a) For bills issued to customers of gas corporations and electrical corporations in which usage is estimated, it is the intent of the Legislature that, to the…
    • § 739.12 (a) The commission shall continue a program of assistance to residential customers of the state’s three largest electrical corporations consisting of…
    • § 739.13 (a) The commission shall develop a definition of energy affordability. (b) The definition of energy affordability shall establish energy affordability metrics…
    • § 739.15 (a) The commission shall determine in a scoping ruling or other ruling whether an application from an electrical corporation or gas corporation requesting…
    • § 740 For purposes of setting the rates to be charged by every electrical corporation, gas corporation, heat corporation or telephone corporation for the services or…
    • § 740.1 The commission shall consider the following guidelines in evaluating the research, development, and demonstration programs proposed by electrical and gas…
    • § 740.2 The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, State Air Resources Board, electrical corporations, and the motor vehicle industry, shall evaluate…
    • § 740.3 (a) The commission, in cooperation with the Energy Commission, the State Air Resources Board, air quality management districts and air pollution control…
    • § 740.4 (a) The commission shall authorize public utilities to engage in programs to encourage economic development. (b) Reasonable expenses for economic development…
    • § 740.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “21st Century Energy System Decision” means commission Decision 12-12-031 (December 20, 2012), Decision Granting Authority to…
    • § 740.6 (a) The commission may authorize investor-owned gas and electric utilities to match grants provided to nonprofit agencies and local governments to participate…
    • § 740.7 Interruptible service or curtailment programs adopted by the commission shall assure that the programs allow customers to aggregate multiple accounts to meet…
    • § 740.8 As used in Section 740.3 or 740.12, “interests” of ratepayers, short- or long-term, mean direct benefits that are specific to ratepayers, consistent with both…
    • § 740.9 (a) Any optional binding mandatory curtailment program adopted by the commission that exempts customers from Stage 3 rotating outages in exchange for partial…
    • § 740.10 (a) Each public utility electrical corporation shall develop and offer its customers, on or before May 30, 2001, the opportunity to participate, in addition to…
    • § 740.11 In recognition of the fact that agricultural and water supplier customers necessarily have high electricity usage during peak summer demand periods, the…
    • § 740.12 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) Advanced clean vehicles and fuels are needed to reduce petroleum use, to meet air quality…
    • § 740.13 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Charging station” means the removable equipment that provides…
    • § 740.14 (a) By July 30, 2018, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, Public Utilities Commission, Energy Commission, and State Air Resources…
    • § 740.15 (a) The commission shall consider, in an existing proceeding, all of the following: (1) Facilitating the development of technologies that promote grid…
    • § 740.16 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (A) State policy incentivizes and encourages the increased use of electric vehicles, and…
    • § 740.18 (a) The purpose of this section is to require the commission to review, modify, if appropriate, and decide whether to approve, two pending (as of July 1, 2020)…
    • § 740.19 (a) The purpose of this section is to change the commission practice of authorizing the electrical distribution infrastructure located on the utility side of…
    • § 740.20 (a) (1) The commission, the Energy Commission, and the State Air Resources Board shall require that all electric vehicle charging infrastructure and equipment…
    • § 740.21 (a) Each electrical corporation, as part of its distribution planning process, shall consider the fleet data produced by the Energy Commission pursuant to…
    • § 740.23 (a) For purposes of this section, “utility” means an electrical corporation or a gas corporation. (b) As a part of its general rate case, a utility shall…
    • § 741 (a) Every owner or operator of telephones available for public use, other than a telephone corporation, that accept any form of payment which, as part of the…
    • § 741.1 Every nonpublic utility provider of telephone services, including, but not limited to, a hotel, motel, hospital, or university, which imposes charges on users…
    • § 741.2 (a) No nonpublic utility provider of telephone services, including, but not limited to, a hotel, motel, hospital, university, or similar place of temporary…
    • § 741.3 The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt and enforce operating requirements applicable to operator-assisted telephone services, whether furnished by a…
    • § 742 (a) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt and enforce operating requirements for telephones available for public use that accept any form of payment…
    • § 742.1 (a) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt and enforce operating requirements for every corporation or person, other than a telephone corporation,…
    • § 742.3 The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt and enforce an operating requirement for coin-activated and credit card-activated telephones available for public…
    • § 742.5 (a) No telephone corporation which operates within a service area shall provide billing and collection services for either of the following: (1) Any telephone…
    • § 743 (a) As used in this section, “steel producer” means a producer of steel products in California which in 1981 or any subsequent year produced at least 75,000…
    • § 743.3 (a) Beginning January 15, 2002, and at least once monthly thereafter, an electrical corporation shall notify each air pollution control district and air…
    • § 744 (a) As used in this section, “agricultural producer” means any person or corporation whose principal purpose is the agrarian production of food or fiber. (b)…
    • § 744.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public Utilities Commission shall, as soon as is practicable after the operative date of the act adding…
    • § 745 (a) For purposes of this section, “time-variant pricing” includes time-of-use rates, critical peak pricing, and real-time pricing, but does not include…
    • § 746 The commission shall determine the appropriate ratemaking treatment for incentive compensation paid to officers or employees of an electrical corporation or…
    • § 747 It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission reduce rates for electricity and natural gas to the lowest amount possible.
    • § 748.1 Except for Golden State Energy, an electrical corporation or gas corporation shall not recover, through a rate approved by the commission, a fine or penalty.
    • § 748.2 (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), an electrical corporation or gas corporation shall not recover, through a rate approved by the commission, costs…
    • § 748.3 (a) For purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Above-the-line account” means an account that contains expenses that a utility…
    • § 748.5 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), the commission shall require revenues, including any accrued interest, received by an electrical…
    • § 748.5.5 (a) A local publicly owned electric utility that receives an allowance allocation in addition to the allowance totals specified in Section 95892 of Title 17 of…
    • § 748.6 Beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2019, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commission shall annually allocate fifty…
    • § 749 Public utilities shall develop programs in cooperation with local school districts in reducing their electricity and gas bills through conservation and…
    • § 749.5 (a) For the purposes of this section, “public school” means a public school, including a charter school, maintaining a kindergarten, or any of the grades 1 to…
    • § 750 The commission shall develop formal procedures to consider safety in a rate case application by an electrical corporation or gas corporation. The procedures…
    • § 751 (a) This section applies only to those public utilities over which the commission exercises its authority to fix rates and only to the extent the revenue…
    • § 755 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that: (1) An electrical, gas, or water corporation that offers customers credit card or debit card payment options, may…
    • § 755.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 755, the commission shall allow a water corporation with 10,000 or more service connections to recover the reasonable expenses…
    • § 758 (a) The commission shall allow an electrical corporation to recover in rates amounts assessed to the utility pursuant to Section 8610.5 of the Government Code.…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Equipment, Practices, and Facilities §§ 761–788 · 61 sections
    • § 761 Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that the rules, practices, equipment, appliances, facilities, or service of any public utility, or the methods…
    • § 761.3 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 216 and subdivision (c) of Section 218.5, the commission shall implement and enforce standards for the…
    • § 761.5 (a) Where the commission determines that it would be cost-effective, the commission shall authorize electrical and gas corporations to participate in a…
    • § 762 Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that additions, extensions, repairs, or improvements to, or changes in, the existing plant, equipment,…
    • § 762.5 The commission, as a basis for making any order pursuant to the provisions of Section 762 relating to location of structures, shall give consideration to, and…
    • § 763 (a) Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that any railroad corporation or street railroad corporation does not run a sufficient number of trains or…
    • § 764 (a) An electrical corporation that has a contract for private fire safety and prevention, mitigation, or maintenance services, shall only use those services…
    • § 764.5 (a) A fire protection district may require an electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility to notify the fire protection district at least…
    • § 765 (a) When the federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) submits a safety recommendation letter concerning rail safety to the commission, the…
    • § 765.5 (a) The purpose of this section is to provide that the commission takes all appropriate action necessary to ensure the safe operation of railroads in this…
    • § 765.9 Federal funds available to the commission for rail safety inspection and enforcement purposes shall be allocated to eligible passenger and freight rail…
    • § 766 Whenever the commission, after a hearing finds that a physical connection can reasonably be made between the lines of two or more telephone corporations or two…
    • § 766.5 The commission shall investigate the practices of every telephone corporation in billing its subscribers for telephone calls, including, but not limited to,…
    • § 767 Whenever the commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint of a public utility affected, finds that public convenience and necessity…
    • § 767.5 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Public utility” includes any person, firm, or corporation, except a publicly owned public utility, which owns or controls, or…
    • § 767.7 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The Legislature has encouraged, and continues to encourage, the rapid and economic development…
    • § 768 The commission may, after a hearing, require every public utility to construct, maintain, and operate its line, plant, system, equipment, apparatus, tracks,…
    • § 768.5 The commission may, after a hearing, by general or special orders, rules, or otherwise, require every cable television corporation to construct, maintain, and…
    • § 768.6 (a) The commission shall establish standards for disaster and emergency preparedness plans within an existing proceeding, including, but not limited to, use of…
    • § 769 (a) For purposes of this section, “distributed resources” means distributed renewable generation resources, energy efficiency, energy storage, electric…
    • § 769.2 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1720 of the Labor Code, construction of a renewable electrical generation facility, and…
    • § 769.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Community choice aggregator” has the same meaning as defined in Section 331.1. (2)…
    • § 769.5 (a) The commission may establish an expedited distribution grid interconnection dispute resolution process with the goal of resolving disputes over…
    • § 770 The commission may after hearing: (a) Ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards, classifications, regulations, practices, measurements, or service to be…
    • § 771 The commissioners and their officers and employees may enter upon any premises occupied by any public utility, for the purpose of making the examinations and…
    • § 772 Any consumer or user of any product, commodity, or service of a public utility may have any appliance used in the measurement thereof tested upon paying the…
    • § 773 Section 4200 of the Government Code shall not apply to a public utility under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California.
    • § 774 No water corporation which has undertaken to provide fire protection service, nor any employee of such corporation acting in the course and scope of his…
    • § 775 Whenever an electric or gas corporation sells fuel oil which is, or is reasonably expected to be, useful in the performance of its public utility function, at…
    • § 776 (a) The commission shall, upon making the determination pursuant to subdivision (c), develop and implement performance reliability standards for all backup…
    • § 776.2 (a) For purposes of this section, “telecommunications service” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2892.1, but does not include voice communication…
    • § 776.5 (a) In preparation for receiving notifications regarding the deenergization of electrical lines pursuant to Section 8386 or 8387, a facilities-based mobile…
    • § 777 (a) This section applies if there is a landlord-tenant relationship between the residential occupants and the owner, manager, or operator of the dwelling. (b)…
    • § 777.1 (a) If an electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation furnishes residential service to residential occupants through a master meter in a multiunit residential…
    • § 778 The commission shall adopt rules and regulations, which shall become effective on July 1, 1977, relating to safety appliances and procedures for rail transit…
    • § 779 (a) No electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation may terminate residential service for nonpayment of a delinquent account unless the corporation first gives…
    • § 779.1 (a) Every electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation shall allow every residential customer at least 19 days from the date of mailing its bill for services,…
    • § 779.2 (a) No electrical, gas, heat, telephone, or water corporation may terminate residential service for nonpayment of any delinquent account or other indebtedness…
    • § 779.3 (a) A gas or electrical corporation shall not disconnect service for nonpayment by a residential customer receiving a medical baseline allowance pursuant to…
    • § 779.4 (a) For purposes of this section, “energy utility” means an electrical corporation, a gas corporation, or an entity that is both an electrical corporation and…
    • § 779.5 The decision of an electrical, gas, heat, telephone, or water corporation to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the corporation…
    • § 779.6 (a) An electrical or gas corporation shall restore service to a residential customer whose service was previously terminated for nonpayment of delinquent…
    • § 779.7 (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission shall, in a new or existing proceeding, determine whether to direct electrical and gas corporations to take into…
    • § 780 No electrical, gas, heat, or water corporation shall, by reason of delinquency in the payment of its charges, terminate service on any Saturday, Sunday, legal…
    • § 780.5 The commission shall require every residential unit in an apartment house or similar multiunit residential structure, condominium, and mobilehome park for…
    • § 781 (a) (1) Each water corporation with 500 or more service connections that is not subject to the requirements of Section 525, 526, 527, or 528 of the Water Code…
    • § 781.5 The commission may require a water corporation that furnishes potable water for residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional use through less than 500…
    • § 782 In order to encourage the development of geothermal resources in the State of California, the commission may, upon a complaint by a geothermal energy producer,…
    • § 783 (a) The commission shall continue to enforce the rules governing the extension of service by gas and electrical corporations to new residential, commercial,…
    • § 783.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Disadvantaged community” means a San Joaquin Valley community that…
    • § 784 For each gas corporation, the commission shall adopt pipeline access rules that ensure that each gas corporation provides nondiscriminatory open access to its…
    • § 784.1 (a) The Legislature requests that the California Council on Science and Technology undertake and complete a study analyzing the regional and gas corporation…
    • § 784.2 Before the exhaustion of the funds made available pursuant to the monetary incentive program for biomethane projects adopted in Decision 15-06-029 (June 11,…
    • § 785 To the extent consistent with federal law and regulation and contractual obligations regarding other available gas, the commission shall, in consultation with…
    • § 785.1 (a) The commission shall require, after a hearing, every gas corporation to revise its transportation tariffs and conditions of service to eliminate all…
    • § 785.2 The commission shall investigate, as part of the rate proceeding for any gas corporation, impediments to the in-state production and storage of natural gas.…
    • § 785.5 (a) The commission shall require every gas corporation to adopt and pursue purchasing and procurement practices which assure its customers the lowest rates…
    • § 785.7 (a) No gas corporation shall charge, directly or indirectly, a higher rate for the transportation of gas produced in this state than for the transportation of…
    • § 786 (a) On or before March 1, 1984, and annually thereafter, every telephone corporation operating within a service area shall issue to each of its residential…
    • § 787 (a) Any public utility, or its contractor, to whom an excavation permit has been issued by any local agency for the installation, removal, maintenance, or…
    • § 788 (a) This section applies only to a telephone corporation that is a provider of local exchange service. (b) On or before March 1, 1992, and annually thereafter,…
  4. ARTICLE 3.5. Water Utility Infrastructure, Plant and Facilities §§ 789–790.1 · 4 sections
    • § 789 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Water Utility Infrastructure Improvement Act of 1995.
    • § 789.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Water corporations currently are faced with, and will continue to be faced with, increasing…
    • § 790 (a) Whenever a water corporation sells any real property that was at any time, but is no longer, necessary or useful in the performance of the water…
    • § 790.1 In any proceeding pending after January 1, 1996, the commission shall apply this article in its consideration of any matter concerning the sale by a water…
  5. ARTICLE 4. Books and Accounts §§ 791–799 · 10 sections
    • § 791 Each public utility shall have an office in a county of this State in which its property or some portion thereof is located and shall keep in that office all…
    • § 792 The commission may establish a system of accounts to be kept by the public utilities subject to its jurisdiction, or classify such public utilities and…
    • § 792.5 (a) Whenever the commission authorizes any change in rates reflecting and passing through to customers specific changes in costs, except rates set for common…
    • § 793 The system of accounts and the forms of accounts, records, and memoranda prescribed by the commission for corporations subject to the regulatory authority of…
    • § 794 The commission may, after notice, and hearing if requested within 15 days after receipt of notice, prescribe by order the accounts in which particular outlays…
    • § 795 The commission may, after hearing if requested, require any or all public utilities to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in the form and in…
    • § 796 (a) The commission shall disallow, for purposes of setting the rates to be charged by any electrical, gas, or heat corporation for the services or commodities…
    • § 797 The commission shall periodically audit, or direct that an independent audit be periodically conducted for, all significant transactions, as specified by the…
    • § 798 (a) Whenever the commission finds and determines that any water corporation with more than 2,000 service connections, or an electrical, gas, or telephone…
    • § 799 (a) With respect to all taxes enacted by any local jurisdiction, including any city, county, or city and county, including a chartered city or county, any…
  6. ARTICLE 5. Stocks and Security Transactions §§ 816–830 · 16 sections
    • § 816 The power of public utilities to issue stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership and bonds, notes, and other evidences of…
    • § 816.5 Nothing in this article or in Article 6 (commencing with Section 851) requires a common carrier by railroad subject to the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C.…
    • § 817 A public utility may issue stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of interest or ownership, and bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness…
    • § 818 No public utility may issue stocks and stock certificates, or other evidence of interest or ownership, or bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness…
    • § 819 To enable it to determine whether it will issue the order, the commission may hold a hearing and may make such additional inquiry or investigation, examine…
    • § 820 The commission shall have no power to authorize the capitalization of the right to be a corporation, or the capitalization of any franchise or permit, or the…
    • § 821 Subject to the provisions of this article, any public utility may issue bonds, or other interest bearing securities maturing at periods of more than 12 months…
    • § 822 Pursuant to this part the commission may, upon an application for an order to issue stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, or other securities or to deliver other…
    • § 823 (a) No public utility shall, without the consent of the commission, apply any part of the issue of any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest…
    • § 824 The commission may require public utilities to account for the disposition of the proceeds of all sales of stocks and stock certificates or other evidence of…
    • § 825 All stock and every stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, and every bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness, of a public utility,…
    • § 826 Every public utility which, directly or indirectly issues or causes to be issued, any stock or stock certificate or other evidence of interest or ownership, or…
    • § 827 Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, and every other person is guilty of a felony who does any of the following acts: (a) Knowingly…
    • § 828 No provision of this part, and no act done or performed under or in connection therewith, shall obligate the State to pay or guarantee, in any manner…
    • § 829 (a) This article shall not apply to any person or corporation which transacts no business subject to regulation under this part, except performing services or…
    • § 830 No public utility shall assume any obligation or liability as guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise in respect of the securities of any other person, firm,…
  7. ARTICLE 5.5. Financing of Transition Costs §§ 840–847 · 9 sections
    • § 840 For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Bank” means the California Infrastructure and Economic…
    • § 841 (a) An electrical corporation shall, by June 1, 1997, and may from time to time thereafter apply to the commission for a determination that certain transition…
    • § 842 (a) Financing entities may issue rate reduction bonds upon approval by the commission in the pertinent financing orders. Rate reduction bonds shall be…
    • § 843 (a) A security interest in transition property is valid, is enforceable against the pledgor and third parties, subject to the rights of any third parties…
    • § 844 (a) A transfer of transition property by an electrical corporation to an affiliate or to a financing entity, or by an affiliate of an electrical corporation or…
    • § 845 Any successor to the electrical corporation, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceeding, or pursuant to any merger,…
    • § 846 The authority of the commission to issue financing orders pursuant to Section 841 shall expire on June 30, 2022. The expiration of the authority shall have no…
    • § 846.2 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 841, for any electrical corporation that ended its rate freeze period described in subdivision (a) of Section…
    • § 847 Regulations adopted to implement this article shall not be subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1…
  8. ARTICLE 5.6. Financing Utility Recovery §§ 848–848.8 · 9 sections
    • § 848 For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Consumer” means any individual, governmental body, trust,…
    • § 848.1 (a) No later than 120 days after the effective date of this article, and from time to time thereafter, the recovery corporation shall apply to the commission…
    • § 848.2 (a) The financing entity may issue recovery bonds upon approval by the commission in the pertinent financing orders. Recovery bonds shall be nonrecourse to the…
    • § 848.3 (a) A security interest in recovery property is valid, is enforceable against the pledgor and third parties, subject to the rights of any third parties holding…
    • § 848.4 (a) A transfer of recovery property by the recovery corporation to an affiliate or to a financing entity, or by an affiliate of the recovery corporation or a…
    • § 848.5 Any successor to the recovery corporation, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceeding, or pursuant to any merger, sale,…
    • § 848.6 The authority of the commission to issue financing orders pursuant to Section 848.1 shall expire on December 31, 2006. The expiration of the authority shall…
    • § 848.7 Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 848.1, the commission shall credit ratepayers, in a manner to be determined by the commission, with the net after…
    • § 848.8 Notwithstanding any other law, regulations adopted to implement this article are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act…
  9. ARTICLE 5.7. Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Securitization Act §§ 849–849.6 · 7 sections
    • § 849 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Ancillary agreement” means a bond insurance policy, letter of credit, reserve…
    • § 849.1 (a) (1) The commission may issue financing orders in accordance with this article to facilitate the recovery, financing, or refinancing of water supply costs.…
    • § 849.2 (a) A qualifying water utility for which a financing order has been issued shall cause the proceeds of any water rate relief bonds issued pursuant to a…
    • § 849.3 (a) Financing entities may issue water rate relief bonds upon approval by the commission in the financing order. Water rate relief bonds shall be nonrecourse…
    • § 849.4 (a) A security interest in water supply property is valid, is enforceable against the pledgor and third parties, is subject to the rights of any third party…
    • § 849.5 (a) A sale, assignment, or transfer of water supply property by a qualifying water utility to an affiliate or to a financing entity, or by an affiliate of a…
    • § 849.6 A successor to the qualified water utility, whether pursuant to bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceeding, or pursuant to merger, sale, or…
  10. ARTICLE 5.8. Catastrophic Wildfire and Ratepayer Protection Financing §§ 850–850.8 · 9 sections
    • § 850 (a) This article applies in any of the following circumstances: (1) If an electrical corporation applies to the commission for recovery of costs and expenses…
    • § 850.1 (a) If an electrical corporation files for recovery of recovery costs and the commission finds some or all of those costs and expenses to be just and…
    • § 850.2 (a) The financing entity may issue recovery bonds upon approval by the commission in a financing order. Recovery bonds shall be nonrecourse to the credit or…
    • § 850.3 (a) A security interest in recovery property is valid, is enforceable against the pledgor and third parties, is subject to the rights of any third parties…
    • § 850.4 (a) A transfer of recovery property by the electrical corporation to an affiliate or to a financing entity, or by an affiliate of the electrical corporation or…
    • § 850.5 Any successor to the electrical corporation, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceeding, or pursuant to any merger,…
    • § 850.6 The authority of the commission to issue financing orders pursuant to Section 850.1 shall expire on December 31, 2035. The expiration of the authority shall…
    • § 850.7 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 850.1, if, subsequent to the issuance of a financing order, an electrical corporation receives additional…
    • § 850.8 This article shall not affect any civil action or proceeding.
  11. ARTICLE 6. Transfer or Encumbrance of Utility Property §§ 851–857 · 9 sections
    • § 851 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a public utility, other than a common carrier by railroad subject to Part A of the Interstate Commerce Act (49…
    • § 852 No public utility, and no subsidiary or affiliate of, or corporation holding a controlling interest in, a public utility, shall purchase or acquire, take or…
    • § 853 (a) This article does not apply to any person or corporation which transacts no business subject to regulation under this part, except performing services or…
    • § 853.2 For a water or sewer system corporation or an entity merging with or acquiring control of a water or sewer system corporation with less than 2,000 service…
    • § 854 (a) A person or corporation, whether or not organized under the laws of this state, shall not directly or indirectly merge, acquire, or control, including…
    • § 854.2 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s electric and gas utilities provide essential services to California residents and…
    • § 854.5 (a) For purposes of this section, a “nonstate entity” means a company, corporation, partnership, firm, or other entity or group of entities, whether organized…
    • § 856 Every officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, or of a subsidiary or affiliate of, or a corporation holding a controlling interest in, a public…
    • § 857 (a) A public utility that owns real property acquired for purposes of obtaining a utility right-of-way, may lease that property to a governmental entity for…
  12. ARTICLE 7. Controversies Concerning Relocation of Utility Improvements § 861 · 1 section
    • § 861 (a) As used in this section, “special law water district” means the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the Yuba-Bear River Basin Authority and, if created…
  13. ARTICLE 8. Universal Telephone Service §§ 871–884.5 · 20 sections
    • § 871 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Moore Universal Telephone Service Act.
    • § 871.5 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The offering of high-quality basic telephone service at affordable rates to the greatest number of…
    • § 871.7 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act, enacted in 1987, was intended to offer high quality…
    • § 873 (a) The commission shall annually do all of the following: (1) Designate a class of lifeline service necessary to meet minimum communications needs. (2) Set…
    • § 874 The lifeline telephone service rates and charges shall be as follows: (a) In a residential subscriber’s service area where measured service is not available,…
    • § 875 (a) In addition to Section 874, every lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be given an allowance, reduced by the amount of any credit or allowance…
    • § 876 The commission shall require every telephone corporation providing telephone service within a service area to file a schedule of rates and charges providing a…
    • § 876.5 (a) The commission, its staff, the lifeline program’s third-party administrator, and lifeline service providers, and their contractors, agents, successors, or…
    • § 877 Nothing in this article precludes the commission from changing any rate established pursuant to Section 873, either specifically or pursuant to any general…
    • § 878 (a) A lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be provided with one lifeline subscription, as defined by the commission, at the subscriber’s principal place…
    • § 878.5 The commission shall adopt a portability freeze rule for the lifeline program by January 15, 2017. The commission shall consider including all of the following…
    • § 878.6 (a) (1) Before March 1, 2022, the commission shall, as part of an existing proceeding, adopt updated rules for the lifeline program establishing a modified…
    • § 879 (a) The commission shall, at least annually, initiate a proceeding to set rates for lifeline telephone service. All telephone corporations providing lifeline…
    • § 879.5 Notwithstanding Section 879, the commission shall issue its initial order adopting required rates and funding requirements not later than October 31, 1987, and…
    • § 880 The commission may determine any question of fact in its administration of this article.
    • § 882 (a) The Public Utilities Commission shall, as soon as practicable, open a proceeding or proceedings to, or as part of existing proceedings shall, consider ways…
    • § 883 (a) The commission shall, on or before February 1, 2001, issue an order initiating an investigation and opening a proceeding to examine the current and future…
    • § 884 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any program administered by the commission that addresses the inequality of access to high-speed broadband…
    • § 884.2 The commission may require each internet service provider, as defined in Section 3100 of the Civil Code, to report the following information regarding each…
    • § 884.5 (a) This section shall apply to all customers eligible to receive discounts for telecommunications services under the federal Universal Service E-rate program…
  14. ARTICLE 9. Telephone Prepaid Debit Cards §§ 885–887 · 3 sections
    • § 885 (a) Any entity offering the services of telephone prepaid debit cards is subject to the registration requirements of Section 1013, commencing January 1, 1999,…
    • § 886 Entities that are required to register, but have failed to do so, or entities that are denied registration by the commission, shall not offer the services of…
    • § 887 The commission may enforce the standards and requirements of Section 17538.9 of the Business and Professions Code.
  15. ARTICLE 10. Natural Gas Surcharge §§ 890–900 · 13 sections
    • § 890 (a) On and after January 1, 2001, there shall be imposed a surcharge on all natural gas consumed in this state. The commission shall establish a surcharge to…
    • § 891 (a) “Gas utility” means any public utility gas corporation or interstate pipeline as defined in this section. (b) “Public utility gas corporation” means a…
    • § 892 The revenue from the surcharge imposed pursuant to this article and collected by a public utility gas corporation shall be paid to the State Board of…
    • § 892.1 The surcharges imposed by this part and the amounts thereof required to be collected by public utility gas corporations are due quarterly on or before the last…
    • § 892.2 On or before the last day of the month following each calendar quarter, a return for the preceding quarterly period shall be filed with the State Board of…
    • § 893 The State Board of Equalization shall administer the surcharge imposed pursuant to this article in accordance with the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30…
    • § 894 The State Board of Equalization may collect any unpaid surcharge imposed pursuant to this article.
    • § 895 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the Gas Consumption Surcharge Fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal…
    • § 896 “Consumption” means the use or employment of natural gas. Consumption does not include the use or employment of natural gas to generate power for sale, the…
    • § 897 Nothing in this article impairs the rights and obligations of parties to contracts approved by the commission, as the rights and obligations were interpreted…
    • § 898 Notwithstanding Section 890, a municipality, district, or public agency that offers in published tariffs home weatherization services, rate assistance for…
    • § 899 Sections 890 and 892 do not apply to any gas customer of a municipality, district, or public agency exempted by Section 898 from collecting a surcharge.
    • § 900 The commission shall determine the most efficient and cost-effective way to provide programs pursuant to Sections 739.1, 739.2, and 2790 in a consistent manner…
  16. ARTICLE 11. Reports to the Legislature §§ 910–920 · 52 sections
    • § 910 (a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information: (1) A workplan that describes in clear…
    • § 910.1 (a) The commission shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s timeliness in resolving cases, information on the disposition of…
    • § 910.2 (a) The commission shall report to the Legislature the collections from each class of utility and expenditures, both direct and indirect, for regulatory and…
    • § 910.3 (a) (1) The commission shall provide a report to the Legislature on September 1 of each year, on the progress of activities undertaken by each electrical…
    • § 910.4 By February 1 of each year, the commission shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the…
    • § 910.5 (a) The commission shall submit a report by April 1 of each year to the Legislature on residential and household gas and electric service disconnections that…
    • § 910.6 The commission shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s advocacy efforts to keep transmission rates low for ratepayers through its…
    • § 910.7 The commission shall annually provide the Legislature with an update on the status of its review of public utilities’ balancing accounts pursuant to Section…
    • § 910.8 (a) On or before June 30, 2023, the Low-Income Oversight Board established pursuant to Section 382.1 shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the…
    • § 911 (a) Beginning February 1, 2016, the commission shall annually publish a report that includes all investigations into gas or electric service safety incidents…
    • § 911.1 An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or advisory bulletin concerning gas pipeline safety issued by the federal National…
    • § 911.2 The commission shall report the findings of any risk assessment required by Section 1103 to the Legislature.
    • § 912 A summary of the audits conducted by the commission pursuant to Section 314.5 shall be provided annually to the Legislature. The commission may provide this…
    • § 912.1 The Public Utilities Commission shall conduct an audit of the expenditures of the funds received pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5001) of…
    • § 912.2 On or before April 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall conduct a fiscal and performance audit of the implementation and effectiveness of…
    • § 912.3 Immediately upon completion of an audit of any entity or program created by any order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the commission…
    • § 913 (a) The reporting requirements of this section apply to electrical corporations with at least 1,000,000 retail customers in California and gas corporations…
    • § 913.1 (a) The commission, by May 1, 2010, and by each May 1 thereafter, shall prepare and submit a written report, separate from and in addition to the report…
    • § 913.2 In addition to the information required to be submitted pursuant to Section 913, for each large electrical corporation, as defined in Section 3280, the report…
    • § 913.3 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 454.5 and Section 583, no later than May 1 of each year, the commission shall release to the Legislature for the…
    • § 913.4 In order to evaluate the progress of the state’s electrical corporations in complying with the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16…
    • § 913.5 (a) (1) Before July 1, 2022, and every three years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature on the demand-side management programs…
    • § 913.6 (a) On or before February 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator and the Energy Commission,…
    • § 913.8 On or before July 30, 2020, and by July 30 of every third year thereafter through 2029, the commission shall submit to the Legislature an assessment of the…
    • § 913.9 On or before December 31, 2018, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall, in its annual report prepared pursuant to Section 913, identify and report to…
    • § 913.10 (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, and the…
    • § 913.11 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission, Energy Commission, and State Air Resources Board shall, in consultation with all…
    • § 913.12 On or before December 1, 2024, and biennially thereafter, the commission, in consultation with California balancing authorities, as defined in Section 399.12,…
    • § 913.13 The commission shall annually publish on its internet website and submit to the Legislature a report that includes both of the following: (a) A report on the…
    • § 913.14 (a) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions apply: (1) “Large electrical corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3280.…
    • § 913.15 (a) Within 24 months of establishing a community renewable energy program pursuant to Section 769.3, if applicable, and annually thereafter for the duration of…
    • § 913.17 Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission, Energy Commission, and State…
    • § 913.20 Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, in coordination with the Energy Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the Department of…
    • § 913.21 Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission shall annually submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the types,…
    • § 913.22 (a) The commission may assess the extent to which electrical corporation costs associated with new loads from data centers result in cost shifts to other…
    • § 914 The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by public utilities pursuant to Section 7912, to the Assembly Committee on…
    • § 914.1 The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, in a document that can be made public, information relative to the actions undertaken by the…
    • § 914.2 The commission, in its annual report prepared pursuant to Section 914.1, shall assess whether having telephone corporations provide the name and address of its…
    • § 914.3 By December 31 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report that includes, based on yearend data, on an aggregated…
    • § 914.4 The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by holders of state franchises pursuant to Section 5920, to the Assembly Committee…
    • § 914.6 The commission shall report to the Legislature and the Governor annually on the effectiveness of the program administered pursuant to subdivision (c) of…
    • § 914.7 By April 1, 2019, and by April 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall provide to the Legislature either a report or the biennial fiscal and…
    • § 916 On or before November 30 of each year, the commission shall report to the Legislature on its rail safety activities.
    • § 916.1 The commission shall annually report the results of its investigation pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7661 relative to any incident that results in a…
    • § 916.2 The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, on sites on railroad lines in the state it finds to be hazardous. The report…
    • § 916.3 (a) The commission shall annually report to the Legislature on or before November 30 of each year on its compliance with the requirements of Section 765.5. The…
    • § 916.4 An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or safety advisory pursuant to Section 765 shall be reported annually, in detail, to the…
    • § 916.5 By January 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Legislature a detailed budget for the expenditure of railroad corporation fees for the ensuing…
    • § 918 The commission shall, within 30 days prior to commencement of the regular session of the Legislature, submit to the Governor a full and true report of…
    • § 918.2 The commission and the Department of Insurance shall collaborate on a study of transportation network company insurance to assess whether coverage requirements…
    • § 918.3 (a) The commission and the Department of Insurance shall collaborate on a study of the impacts of the requirements established for uninsured motorist coverage…
    • § 920 (a) (1) Unless expressly directed otherwise, a report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this article is to be submitted in compliance with Section…
  17. ARTICLE 12. Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program §§ 921–921.1 · 2 sections
    • § 921 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant…
    • § 921.1 (a) (1) The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall develop and supervise the administration of the Building Initiative for Low-Emissions…
  18. ARTICLE 13. Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating (TECH) Initiative § 922 · 1 section
    • § 922 (a) (1) The commission shall develop and supervise the administration of the Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating (TECH) Initiative, a statewide market…
  19. ARTICLE 14.5. Powering Up Californians §§ 930–940 · 13 sections
    • § 930 This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Powering Up Californians Act.
    • § 931 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Electrification” means any new, expanded, or change in use of electricity related to the…
    • § 932 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is the policy of the state to reach carbon neutrality no later than 2045 and to maintain…
    • § 933 It is the policy of the state that each electrical corporation does all of the following: (a) Upgrade the state’s electrical distribution systems as needed and…
    • § 933.5 (a) The commission shall determine the criteria for timely service for electric customers to be energized. The criteria shall include, but are not limited to,…
    • § 934 (a) On or before September 30, 2024, the commission shall do both of the following: (1) Establish reasonable average and maximum target energization time…
    • § 935 (a) As part of each annual report, including any updates pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 934, and in each general rate case application, each electrical…
    • § 936 (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 740.21, the commission shall require an electrical corporation to do both of the following: (1) Consider, in its…
    • § 937 (a) The commission shall ensure that each electrical corporation has sufficient and timely recovery of costs to be consistent with the findings and achieve the…
    • § 938 (a) The commission shall require an electrical corporation that requests the use of a ratemaking mechanism, pursuant to Section 937, as a condition of…
    • § 939 The commission may modify or adjust the requirements of this article for any electrical corporation with fewer than 100,000 service connections, as individual…
    • § 939.5 This article shall not apply to an electrical cooperative, as defined in Section 2776.
    • § 940 (a) The commission shall require each electrical corporation to retain an independent third-party auditor, which shall be selected by the commission based on…