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CA Pub Util Code § 7930 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7930.

7930.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The explosive demand for new area codes in California requires more area codes to be established than was envisioned when this chapter and Section 2887 were enacted in 1990.(b) Because of the advent of competition in the local telecommunications market, and a decision by the Federal Communications Commission, new area codes are established by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator in conjunction with the commission and members of the telecommunications industry.(c) In order to eliminate potential confusion for all the parties involved in the process of establishing new area codes, the changes to this chapter enacted in the 1997–98 Regular Session include identifying “providers” in Section 7931.(d) The “providers” specified in Section 7931 include telephone corporations and resellers that are regulated by the commission, and paging companies that are not regulated by the commission. It is necessary to include all of these entities within the term “providers” in order to effectively meet the needs of the state as they relate to the establishment of new area codes. The Legislature does not, however, by including paging companies as “providers” in Section 7931, intend to expand the jurisdiction of the commission over paging companies beyond the requirements of this chapter. The Legislature continues to recognize the status of paging companies as unregulated entities.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 534, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7932 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7932.

7932.  (a) Whenever a provider opens a new area code, it shall do all of the following:(1) If the new area code plan permits seven-digit dialing, provide for a transitional dialing period during which a number in the new area code, or a number in the existing area code, may be reached by dialing either the seven-digit called number, or the area code plus the seven-digit called number.(2) Subsequent to the transitional dialing period provided in paragraph (1), if prefix codes are available, permit callers to reach a recorded announcement, without charge, that will inform the caller of the new area code when the existing area code is dialed.(3) If the new area code plan requires 10-digit dialing within an area code, provide for any transitional dialing period or recorded announcements the commission may order.(b) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) shall no longer be operative if an authorized federal or state agency orders mandatory 10-digit dialing.(Added by renumbering Section 7931 by Stats. 1998, Ch. 534, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7933 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7933.

7933.  The rate structure of any call originating in or made to an area code shall not change with the split of an area code into two or more area codes, regardless of the number of digits dialed.(Added by renumbering Section 7932 by Stats. 1998, Ch. 534, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7934 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7934.

7934.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The number of area codes in this state has more than doubled since 1991.(b) The proliferation of area codes has caused undue hardship on citizens of this state, who have begun to be forced into new area codes after years of having the same telephone number.(c) That proliferation has substantially increased costs to businesses, individuals, and government agencies.(d) New area codes require the replacement of business cards and letterhead stationery, and companies must use employee time contacting their customers to ensure that those customers are able to continue to reach the affected company.(e) The proliferation of area codes has also reduced worker productivity as employees begin using new and unfamiliar area codes.(f) It is the policy of the Legislature that existing area codes should be preserved for as long as possible.(g) It is the further policy of the Legislature that the hardship currently experienced by telecommunications customers as a result of the creation of new area codes should be alleviated.(h) For all of the reasons stated above, it is necessary for the commission, as a public agency, to take all possible measures to protect area codes as a public resource, stop area code proliferation, and review their existing practice of establishing new area code regions and the creation of area code overlays.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. Effective October 10, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7935 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7935.

7935.  (a) The commission shall develop and implement any measures it determines to be available for telephone corporations that possess prefixes to efficiently allocate telephone numbers within those prefixes. The commission shall consider the cost effectiveness of these measures before requiring implementation. Among the measures the commission shall consider are rate center consolidation, allocation of numbers in blocks smaller than 10,000, and unassigned number porting.(b) For the purpose of this section, in accordance with the North American Numbering Plan, a telephone number consists of a three digit area code or number plan area (NPA), a three digit prefix or NXX code, and a four digit line number.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 809, Sec. 3. Effective October 10, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7936 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7936.

7936.  The commission shall direct the North American Numbering Plan Administrator to obtain utilization data for any area code for which a relief plan is proposed, prior to adopting a plan for, or setting a date for, relief.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 809, Sec. 4. Effective October 10, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7938 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7938.

7938.  The commission shall require, as an interim measure until the commission develops procedures for number pooling or adopts utilization standards, that number assignments made by telephone corporations to their customers shall be made first from prefixes that are more than 25 percent in use. A telephone corporation may assign numbers from prefixes with less than 25 percent use only to the extent necessary, if numbers from prefixes that are more than 25 percent in use are not otherwise available.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 809, Sec. 6. Effective October 10, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7939 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7939.

7939.  (a) If the commission or an authorized federal agency establishes a process to ensure that telephone numbers can be allocated in blocks smaller than 10,000, the commission shall require that a telephone corporation return to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator blocks of telephone numbers for reassignment, in a quantity determined by the commission.(b) The commission shall direct the North American Numbering Plan Administrator to seek the return of blocks of numbers smaller than 10,000 not in use. The commission, for purposes of this section, shall define “not in use.”(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 809, Sec. 7. Effective October 10, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7940 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7940.

7940.  A telephone corporation doing business in this state that possesses one or more telephone number prefixes, or portions thereof, shall provide to the commission or its agent, upon request, use information pertaining to both those prefixes in use and those prefixes not in use, according to any schedule established by the commission.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 809, Sec. 8. Effective October 10, 1999.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7943 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 3.5 - New Area Codes|Section 7943.

7943.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that when the commission has no reasonable alternative other than to create a new area code, that the commission do so in a way that creates the least inconvenience for customers.(b) The commission shall request that the Federal Communications Commission grant authority for the commission to order telephone corporations to assign telephone numbers dedicated to mobile telephony service and mobile data service, as defined in Section 224.4, to a separate area code and to permit seven digit dialing within that technology-specific area code and the underlying preexisting area code or codes.(c) Before approving any new area code, the commission shall first perform a telephone utilization study and implement all reasonable telephone number conservation measures.(d) If the commission receives the grant of authority set forth in subdivision (b) and determines that further area code relief is needed, the commission shall exercise the authority granted to it in subdivision (b) unless it finds at least one of the following:(1) Exercising the authority granted by subdivision (b) would be more disruptive to the customers where area code relief has been determined to be necessary.(2) Exercising the authority granted by subdivision (b) will not adequately extend the life of the area code where relief has been determined to be necessary.(e) The commission may not implement any authority granted by the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to subdivision (b), in a manner that impairs the ability of a customer to have number portability.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 4 - Injury to Public Utility Property|Section 7951.

7951.  Any person who wilfully and maliciously does any injury to telegraph or telephone or electric power or gas property is liable to the corporation for three times the amount of actual damages sustained thereby, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 4 - Injury to Public Utility Property|Section 7952.

7952.  Any person who injures or destroys, through want of proper care, any necessary or useful facility or equipment of any telegraph, telephone, electrical, or gas corporation, is liable to the corporation for all damages sustained thereby. The measure of damages to the facility or equipment injured or destroyed shall be the cost to repair or replace the property injured or destroyed including direct and allocated costs for labor, materials, supervision, supplies, tools, taxes, transportation, administrative and general expense and other indirect or overhead expenses, less credit, if any, for salvage, as determined by such telegraph, telephone, electrical or gas corporations in conformity with a system of accounts established by the commission. The specifying of the measure of damages for the facility or equipment shall not preclude the recovery of such other damages occasioned thereby as may be authorized by law.Any vessel which, by dragging its anchor, or otherwise, breaks, injures or destroys any underwater cable of a telegraph, telephone or electrical corporation or pipeline of a gas corporation, subjects its owner to liability for the damages sustained thereby.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 709.)
CA Pub Util Code § 7953 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES|CHAPTER 4 - Injury to Public Utility Property|Section 7953.

7953.  No telegraph, telephone, electrical or gas corporation can recover damages for the breaking, injury or destruction of any underwater cable or gas pipeline, unless the corporation has previously placed a marker on the bank of the waters under which the cable or pipeline is placed, indicating the place where the cable or pipeline lies.(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 709.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Nuclear Powerplant Communities Information|Section 8301.

8301.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nuclear Powerplant Communities Information Act of 1985.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 1 - Nuclear Powerplant Communities Information|Section 8302.

8302.  Every privately owned and publicly owned public utility generating electricity by means of any nuclear powerplant and every privately owned and publicly owned public utility with a nuclear powerplant that is no longer producing electricity but is in the decommissioning process or is still radioactive shall do both of the following:(a) Provide periodically, as required by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but at least every two years, by mail or by hand delivery, with that information as may be required by the commission to be disseminated to the public, either to all residents within a 10-mile radius of the powerplant or to those persons designated by the commission, whichever is the greater number of persons, a general description of the powerplant, emergency evacuation information, and substantive revisions thereof, and the titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of the federal, state, and local public officials who may be contacted for more detailed information concerning powerplant status and discharges.(b) Provide, at least twice each year, a copy of the public utility’s “Effluent Monitoring Report” to the county health officer in the county where the nuclear powerplant is located.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1029, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8321 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities|Section 8321.

8321.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Act of 1985.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8322 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities|Section 8322.

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 facilities.(b) It is in the best interests of all citizens of California that the costs of electricity generated by nuclear facilities be fairly distributed among present and future California electric customers so that customers are charged only for costs that are reasonably and prudently incurred.(c) The costs of electricity generated by nuclear facilities, including the costs of their decontamination and decommissioning, should be reduced to the lowest level consistent with public health and safety.(d) The ultimate costs of the decommissioning of nuclear facilities are of significant magnitude, and introduce an element of financial risk to both electric customers and investors unless prudent provision is made for defraying those costs.(e) In order to reduce both risk and ultimate costs for all of its citizens, the State of California should establish a comprehensive framework for timely payment of the costs of decommissioning, and provide for allocation of risks and costs among the respective interests.(f) The principal considerations in establishing a state policy respecting the economic aspects of decommissioning are as follows:(1) Assuring that the funds required for decommissioning are available at the time and in the amount required for protection of the public.(2) Minimizing the cost to electric customers of an acceptable level of assurance.(3) Structuring payments for decommissioning so that electric customers and investors are treated equitably over time so that customers are charged only for costs that are reasonably and prudently incurred.(g) Decommissioning nuclear facilities causes electric utility employees to become unemployed through no fault of their own, and these employees are entitled to reasonable job protection the costs of which are properly includable in the costs of decommissioning.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8323 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities|Section 8323.

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 associated with ownership and operation of nuclear powerplants. To that end, the commission or board with respect to each electric utility owning or operating a nuclear powerplant, shall develop regulations and guidelines that promote realism in estimating costs, provide periodic review procedures that create maximum incentives for accurate cost estimations, and provide for decommissioning cost controls.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8324 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities|Section 8324.

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 other governing body of a publicly owned public utility owning or operating a nuclear power plant.(b) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission.(c) “Electrical utility” includes both an electrical corporation subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission and a publicly owned public utility subject to the jurisdiction and control of its board, in either case owning or operating nuclear facilities for the generation of electricity.(d) “Decommissioning” means to remove nuclear facilities safely from service and to reduce residual radioactivity to a level that permits release of the property for unrestricted use and termination of license, or as otherwise defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its successor. Decommissioning includes other activities and costs, if any, which may be included in Internal Revenue Service regulations implementing Section 468A of the United States Internal Revenue Code.(e) “Nuclear facilities” means the site, building and contents, and equipment associated with any activity licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or as may be otherwise defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its successor.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8325 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities|Section 8325.

8325.  (a) Each electrical corporation owning, in whole or in part, or operating nuclear facilities, located in California or elsewhere, shall establish an externally managed, segregated fund for the purposes of this chapter. In addition, each electrical corporation may establish other funds, as appropriate, for payment of decommissioning costs of nuclear facilities.(b) The externally managed, segregated fund established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be a fund which qualifies for a tax deduction pursuant to Section 468A of the United States Internal Revenue Code, and applicable regulations of the Internal Revenue Service adopted pursuant thereto, if that tax treatment is determined by the commission to be in the best long-term interests of the customers of the electrical utility.(c) The commission shall authorize an electrical corporation to collect sufficient revenues in rates to make the maximum contributions to the fund established pursuant to Section 468A of the United States Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations, that are deductible for federal and state income tax purposes, and to otherwise recover the revenue requirements associated with reasonable and prudent decommissioning costs of the nuclear facilities for purposes of making contributions into other funds established pursuant to subdivision (a).(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an electrical utility, which is a publicly owned public utility subject to the jurisdiction and control of its board, shall establish and may manage a separate fund for purposes of this chapter. The board shall provide that the amounts of all payments into this fund are recoverable through the utility’s electric rates.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8326 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities|Section 8326.

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 cost estimate to the commission or the board for all nuclear facilities which shall include all of the following:(1) An estimate of costs of decommissioning.(2) A description of changes in regulation, technology, and economics affecting the estimate of costs.(3) A description of additions and deletions to nuclear facilities.(4) Upon request of the commission or the board, other information required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding decommissioning costs.(b) The decommissioning costs estimate study shall be periodically revised in accordance with procedures adopted by the commission or the board pursuant to Section 8327.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
CA Pub Util Code § 8327 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities|Section 8327.

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 electrical rates or charges, the decommissioning costs estimate for the electrical utility in order to ensure that the estimate takes account of the changes in the technology and regulation of decommissioning, the operating experience of each nuclear facility, and the changes in the general economy. The review shall specifically include all cost estimates, the basis for the cost estimates, and all assumptions about the remaining useful life of the nuclear facilities.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)