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CA Pub Util Code § 2868 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 9 - Solar Energy Systems|ARTICLE 3 - Independent Solar Energy Producers|Section 2868.

2868.  The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this article:(a) “Electric utility” means an electrical corporation as defined in Section 218, a local publicly owned electric utility as defined in Section 9604, or an electrical cooperative as defined in Section 2776.(b) “Independent solar energy producer” means a corporation or person employing one or more solar energy systems for the generation of electricity for any one or more of the following purposes:(1) Its own use or the use of its tenants.(2) The use of, or sale to, not more than two other entities or persons per generation system solely for use on the real property on which the electricity is generated, or on real property immediately adjacent thereto.(c) “Real property” means a single parcel of land.(d) “Solar energy system” means any configuration of solar energy devices that collects and distributes solar energy for the purpose of generating electricity and that has a single interconnection with the electric utility transmission or distribution network.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 535, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2871 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices|Section 2871.

2871.  As used in this article, “automatic dialing-announcing device” means any automatic equipment which incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called or a random or sequential number generator capable of producing numbers to be called and the capability, working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, to disseminate a prerecorded message to the telephone number called.(Added by renumbering Section 2821 by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 6.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2872.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices|Section 2872.5.

2872.5.  The commission, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, shall open an investigative proceeding to determine whether standardized notification systems and protocol should be utilized by entities that are authorized to use automatic dialing-announcing devices pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 2872, to facilitate notification of affected members of the public of local emergencies. The commission shall not establish standards for notification systems or standard notification protocol unless it determines that the benefits of the standards exceed the costs.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 47. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2873 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices|Section 2873.

2873.  Automatic dialing-announcing devices may be used to place calls over telephone lines only pursuant to a prior agreement between the persons involved, whereby the person called has agreed that he or she consents to receive such calls from the person calling, or as specified in Section 2874.(Added by renumbering Section 2823 by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 8.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2874 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices|Section 2874.

2874.  (a) Whenever telephone calls are placed through the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device, the device may be operated only after an unrecorded, natural voice announcement has been made to the person called by the person calling. The announcement shall do all of the following:(1) State the nature of the call and the name, address, and telephone number of the business or organization being represented, if any.(2) Inquire as to whether the person called consents to hear the prerecorded message of the person calling.(b) The calling person described in subdivision (a) shall disconnect the automatic dialing-announcing device from the telephone line upon the termination of the call by either the person calling or the person called.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 100, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2875 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices|Section 2875.

2875.  No person shall connect any automatic dialing-announcing device to any telephone line without first making written application to the telephone corporation within whose service area telephone calls through the use of such device are proposed to be placed. In such application, the person shall provide information as to the type of automatic dialing-announcing device proposed to be connected, the time of day such telephone calls are proposed to be placed using such device, the anticipated number of calls proposed to be placed during the specified calling period, the average length of a completed call, and such additional information as the corporation or the commission may require. Upon receiving such an application for service, the corporation shall review the furnished information and, if it appears that calling patterns would create a traffic overload condition or the service would be detrimental to the services of other customers of the corporation, it may deny the application or modify the application and grant the application as so modified.(Added by renumbering Section 2825 by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 10.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2875.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices|Section 2875.5.

2875.5.  (a) On and after July 1, 2002, no person operating any automatic equipment that incorporates a storage capability of telephone numbers to be called or a random or sequential number generator capable of producing numbers to be called may make a telephone connection for which no person, acting as an agent or telemarketer, is available for the person called.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the commission shall establish an acceptable error rate for telephone connections made in violation of subdivision (a). The commission shall determine the error rate, if any, before July 1, 2002.(c) The commission may require any person operating equipment as described in subdivision (a) to maintain records of telephone connections made for which no person, acting as an agent or telemarketer, is available for the person called. The commission may require copies of those records to be submitted to the commission.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 696, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2876 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices|Section 2876.

2876.  Any person violating this article is guilty of a civil offense and is subject to either or both of the following penalties:(a) A fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation, levied and enforced by the commission, on complaint or on its own motion, pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 2100) of Part 1.(b) Disconnection of telephone service to the automatic dialing-announcin g device for a period of time which shall be specified by the commission.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 732, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2881.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2881.1.

2881.1.  (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 2881, the commission shall design and implement a program to provide a telecommunications device capable of servicing the needs of the deaf or severely hard of hearing, together with a single party line, at no charge additional to the basic exchange rate, to any subscriber that is an agency of state government and that the commission determines serves a significant portion of the deaf or severely hard-of-hearing population, and to an office located in the State Capitol and selected by the Joint Rules Committee, for purposes of access by the deaf or severely hard of hearing to Members of the Legislature.(b) The commission shall permit providers of equipment and service specified in subdivision (a) to recover costs as they are incurred under this section pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 2881.(c) The commission may direct any telephone corporation subject to its jurisdiction to comply with its determinations pursuant to this section.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 94, Sec. 22. (AB 1709) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2884.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2884.2.

2884.2.  (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), the billing and collection practices of a telephone corporation for services rendered to or for an information service that contains harmful matter, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 313 of the Penal Code, are not subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission, notwithstanding Section 2884, but are a matter for contractual arrangement between the telephone corporation and the information provider.(b) Nothing in subdivision (a) affects the commission’s jurisdiction over billing and collection for any other information service.(c) The commission may, on complaint or on its own motion, after a hearing, find and determine that circumstances including, but not limited to, anticompetitive results, require the exercise of jurisdiction and control by it over those matters removed from its jurisdiction and control by subdivision (a), and may then exercise that jurisdiction and control. (d) Subdivision (a) applies only to that class of information-access telephone service furnished within or between service areas, as defined in Section 230.3, through the use of either a “976” prefix or a “900” access code telephone number, and applies only to billing and collection services in that class of service. (e) The commission may investigate and consider, for purposes of establishing telephone rates, revenues and expenses related to any billing or collection services rendered by a telephone corporation to or for an information provider.(f) A telephone corporation shall, before refusing to provide billing and collection services for any information service, give the information provider of that service and the commission not less than 30 days’ advance notice.(g) If a telephone corporation elects to enter into a contractual arrangement to provide billing and collection services to an information provider, the telephone corporation shall provide those services to the information provider under the same terms, conditions, and rates that the service is offered to all other information providers contracting for the services. The telephone corporation shall provide copies of the contracts to the commission and, on request, to any other interested party. (h) Notwithstanding Section 17024 of the Business and Professions Code, billing and collection services described in subdivision (a) are services subject to Part 2 (commencing with Section 16600) of Division 7 of that code. A person or firm claiming a violation of Section 17045 of that code, with respect to those services, may proceed in accordance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 17070) of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of Division 7 of that code, or pursue any other remedy available under law.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 170, Sec. 1. Effective July 24, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2884.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2884.5.

2884.5.  Notwithstanding Section 2884, the commission shall require that telephone subscriber access to information services providing messages which constitute harmful matter, as defined in Section 313 of the Penal Code, be furnished by an information provider or its agent on a subscription basis only.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective August 26, 1988.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2884.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2884.6.

2884.6.  (a) The commission shall require telephone corporations and providers of information-access telephone services to institute a method of handling subscriber complaints concerning these services, which shall include provision for a waiver of all of the charges for these services for a first occasion of their inadvertent or mistaken use.(b) Every telephone corporation and provider of information-access telephone services providing messages that constitute harmful matter, as defined in Section 313 of the Penal Code, shall provide for a one-time waiver of all subscriber charges associated with a collect call when the call contains harmful matter and the person making or accepting the call is a minor.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 170, Sec. 2. Effective July 24, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2885 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2885.

2885.  The commission shall, on or before July 1, 1987, determine the feasibility of requiring that, whenever a call is placed from a cellular telephone, the person receiving the call receive a notification indicating that the call is being placed from a cellular telephone and that the telephone conversation may not be totally private. The determination of feasibility shall include findings and conclusions on the necessity for, and the costs of, implementing a cellular telephone call notification system and on subscriber reaction to the notification system or systems proposed or employed. If the commission determines, in view of its findings and conclusions, that it is feasible for telephone corporations to implement a cellular telephone call notification system, it shall, by rule or order, require telephone corporations operating cellular telephones to implement that system.(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1101, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2885.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2885.6.

2885.6.  (a) The commission shall require mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.4, carriers to provide the commission, within six months of the effective date of the act that adds this section, and thereafter as requested by the commission, with information, as specified by the commission, concerning service quality and customer complaints.(b) In addition to any other sanctions available, the commission shall have the authority to assess any and all of the following specific penalties for mobile telephony carrier noncompliance with commission rules, practices, and procedures respecting the filing of required periodic information and reports to the commission:(1) The revocation or suspension, on an expedited basis, of temporary tariffing authority granted the carrier.(2) The revocation or suspension, on an expedited basis, of other rate flexibility or promotional program authority granted the carrier.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2886 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2886.

2886.  (a) The commission shall require every telephone corporation furnishing mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.4, to establish a pricing system made available to subscribers that shall distinguish on the billing invoice charges to a subscriber for calls not completed from any other service charge on the billing invoice.(b) The commission shall require that those calls which are not completed shall not be charged more than 50 percent of the charge established for completed subscriber initiated calls.(c) For purposes of this section, a call is not completed when it originates from the mobile telephony service handset and any of the following occurs:(1) The terminating line is busy and the originator receives a busy signal.(2) The terminating line does not answer and the originator receives an audible ring.(3) No radios are available and the originator receives a reorder signal.(4) The mobile telephony switching office cannot connect the call to the public network and the originator receives a reorder signal.(5) The public network cannot complete the call to the terminating number and the originator receives a reorder signal.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2888 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2888.

2888.  The commission shall pursue all available legal remedies to redraw intrastate inter-exchange, also known as local access and transport area, or LATA, boundaries for the purpose of eliminating restrictions that result in discriminatory costs, added inconvenience, and less service for consumers of telecommunications services solely in and between the Counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 941, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2889 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2889.

2889.  (a) An information provider engaged in furnishing any live, recorded, or recorded-interactive audio text through information access telephone service shall provide a (1) delayed timing of information charges and (2) price disclosure message.(b) The telephone corporation shall provide information providers, described in subdivision (a), with a period of a minimum of 12 seconds for a delayed timing of information charges and price disclosure message. If the delayed timing period is exceeded, a consumer shall be billed from the time of the initial connection, and transport charges shall be billed to the information provider from the time of the initial connection. If the consumer disconnects the call within the delayed timing period, no information charge shall be billed to the caller.(c) (1) During the delayed timing period, the information provider shall inform the consumer of all of the following:(A) The name of the programs.(B) The information charge for the call.(C) The date the information was recorded, if the information is a recorded message.(D) That if the caller disconnects the call within the delayed timing period, the consumer will not be charged for the call.(2) This information shall be provided at the beginning of every call and at least three seconds shall be allowed at the end of the message within the delayed timing period for the consumer to hang up without being charged if he or she has not already disconnected the call. The information provider shall provide a tone to indicate the end of the delayed timing period.(d) This section does not apply to audiotex programs with restricted access via personal identification number (PIN) code or special password.(e) As used in this section, “delayed timing of information charges” means a service feature which delays commencement of billing of charges for a minimum of 12 seconds in order to provide the information required by subdivision (c).(f) Every violation of this section is a misdemeanor.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1317, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1991, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1317.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2889.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2889.2.

2889.2.  No telephone corporation or provider of information-access telephone services shall charge the subscribing party for a call made to a telephone number with an “800” prefix, unless the telephone number with an “800” prefix is an information service complying with the presubscription requirements imposed by Federal Communications Commission Docket No. 93–22.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 170, Sec. 3. Effective July 24, 1995.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2889.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 10 - Telephone Corporations|ARTICLE 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services|Section 2889.3.

2889.3.  (a) (1) Before a telephone corporation exits the business of providing interexchange services to all of its customers or to an entire class of its customers, the telephone corporation or any person, firm, or corporation representing the telephone corporation, shall provide those affected customers with a written notice at least 30 days prior to the proposed transfer of those customers to another telephone corporation. The notice shall include all of the following:(A) A straightforward description of the proposed transfer.(B) All applicable rates, terms, and conditions of the new service.(C) A statement of the customer’s right to transfer to another telephone corporation.(D) A toll-free customer service telephone number for the purpose of responding to customers’ questions.(2) Any transfer of customer services shall be effectuated without charge.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply when the telephone corporation has entered into a written contract with the customer and when the change in telephone corporation results in no rate increase for the customer.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 663, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)