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CA Pub Util Code § 2726 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 3 - Private and Mutual Water Service Law|Section 2726.

2726.  As used in this chapter, “private irrigation plant” means a water system which is not operated by a mutual water company or by a public utility as defined in Part 1 (commencing with Section 201) or in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 2701).(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 169.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2727 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 3 - Private and Mutual Water Service Law|Section 2727.

2727.  In order to increase the output of agricultural products in this State during the time the United States is a party to war or to a state of war, the owner of any private irrigation plant may deliver water to others, or any mutual water company may deliver water to others than its stockholders or members, with or without compensation, without becoming a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2728 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 3 - Private and Mutual Water Service Law|Section 2728.

2728.  The delivery of water pursuant to Section 2727 is subject to the following restrictions:(a) Until a mutual water company fills the water orders of its stockholders or members pursuant to its constitution, bylaws, or rules, it shall not deliver water to others.(b) The temporary service authorized by Section 2727 shall not continue for more than six months after the war need has ceased.(c) Before any temporary service of water is made a statement shall be filed with the commission stating the private irrigation plant or mutual water company rendering the service, the party receiving it, the land irrigated, and the rate, if any, charged for the service.(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 72.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2729 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 3 - Private and Mutual Water Service Law|Section 2729.

2729.  A mutual water company may exercise the power of eminent domain for water, water rights, canals, ditches, dams, poundings, flumes, aqueducts, and pipes for irrigation of lands furnished with water by such company.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2771 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2771.

2771.  The commission shall establish priorities among the types or categories of customers of every electrical corporation and every gas corporation, and among the uses of electricity or gas by such customers. The commission shall determine which of such customers and uses provide the most important public benefits and serve the greatest public need and shall categorize all other customers and uses in order of descending priority based upon these standards. The commission shall establish no such priority after the effective date of this chapter which would cause any reduction in the transmission of gas to California pursuant to any federal rule, order, or regulation.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 757.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2772 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2772.

2772.  In establishing the priorities pursuant to Section 2771, the commission shall include, but not be limited to, a consideration of all the following:(a) A determination of the customers and uses of electricity and gas, in descending order of priority, that provide the most important public benefits and serve the greatest public need.(b) A determination of the customers and uses of electricity and gas that are not included under subdivision (a).(c) A determination of the economic, social, and other effects of a temporary discontinuance in electrical or gas service to the customers or for the uses determined in accordance with subdivision (a) or (b).(d) A determination of the potential effect of extreme temperatures on the health and safety of residential customers. In making this determination, the commission shall do all of the following:(1) Consult with appropriate medical experts and review appropriate literature and research.(2) Consider whether providing priority to customers experiencing extreme temperatures would result in increased outage frequency and duration for remaining customers and its effect on the health and safety of those remaining customers.(3) To the extent the commission determines it is in the public interest to provide priority to customers that experience extreme temperatures, it shall provide that priority only when temperatures are extreme.(4) Consider whether alternative measures are appropriate, including, but not limited to, reducing the duration of the outage or imposing the outage earlier or later in the day.(e) A determination of unacceptable jeopardy or imminent danger to public health and safety that creates substantial likelihood of severe health risk requiring medical attention.(f) Any curtailment or allocation rules, orders, or regulations issued by any agency of the federal government.(g) The commission shall also consider the effect of providing a high priority to some customers on those customers who do not receive a high priority.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 447, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2773 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2773.

2773.  The commission may establish as many priorities of use for a customer as that customer has uses of gas or electricity.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 757.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2773.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2773.5.

2773.5.  Notwithstanding any rule, order, or decision of the commission to the contrary, industrial or commercial gas customers shall not be required to maintain any alternative fuel capability with respect to equipment which uses gas to generate steam for enhanced crude oil recovery or which uses gas for purposes of cogeneration. Nothing in this section shall require the commission to assign these industrial customers any higher gas priority as a result of the elimination of this alternative fuel requirement.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 534, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2774 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2774.

2774.  In the event any electrical or gas corporation experiences any shortage of capacity or capability in the generation, production, or transmission of electricity or gas and is unable to obtain electricity or gas from any other source so that the corporation is unable to meet all demands by its customers, the commission shall, to the extent practicable, order that service be temporarily reduced by an amount that reflects the priorities established pursuant to this chapter, for the duration of the shortage. The commission may, to the extent permitted by federal law or regulation, require electrical or gas corporations to mutually assist each other in dealing with shortages resulting from inadequate fuel supplies, and shall determine the terms, including compensation, under which such assistance shall be provided.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 757.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2774.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2774.1.

2774.1.  (a) (1) The commission shall require an electrical corporation to include in an annual reliability report, required pursuant to Decision 96-09-045, as amended, or a decision that supersedes Decision 96-09-045, information on the reliability of service to end use customers that identifies, but is not limited to, the frequency and duration of interruptions in services. This information shall indicate areas with both the most frequent and longest outages, using local areas determined by the commission. The commission, in consultation with the electrical corporation, shall ensure that the geographical boundaries of local areas do not split up circuits for reporting purposes, if the electrical corporation aggregates data by circuits. The information shall be sufficiently aggregated to both maintain electrical system security, and be of use and relevance to affected customers of the electrical corporation.(2) Before July 1, 2014, the commission shall determine the local areas for the purposes of paragraph (1).(3) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall apply to annual reports due after July 1, 2014.(4) The electrical corporation shall conspicuously post on its Internet Web site the annual report required pursuant to Decision 96-09-045, as amended, or a decision that supersedes Decision 96-09-045.(b) (1) The commission shall use the information contained in an electrical corporation’s annual reliability report to require cost-effective remediation of reliability deficiencies if the report, or more than one report, identifies repeated deficiencies in the same local area as determined by the commission pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). In requiring cost-effective remediation, the commission shall consult with the electrical corporation and consider mitigating factors that may impede an electrical corporation from implementing required cost-effective remediation, including, but not limited to, local permitting matters or other events or conditions or public policy considerations that may present higher priority safety or reliability issues.(2) The commission may suspend the requirements of paragraph (1) if the commission finds that expenditures by the electrical corporation to comply with that paragraph are not justified or that the remediation measures undertaken by the electrical corporation are not effective at improving reliability.(c) (1) The commission may order an electrical corporation to make more frequent trend analyses of local area service reliability and to make those analyses publicly available. (2) The information made publicly available shall provide sufficient confidentiality for purposes of protecting electrical system security.(3) The commission may make those analyses publicly available.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 578, Sec. 1. (AB 66) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2774.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2774.5.

2774.5.  An electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility shall immediately notify the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Emergency Services, and the sheriff and any affected chief of police of the specific area within their respective law enforcement jurisdictions that will sustain a planned loss of power as soon as the planned loss becomes known as to when and where that power loss will occur. The notification shall include common geographical boundaries, grid or block numbers of the affected area, and the next anticipated power loss area designated by the electrical corporation or public entity during rotating blackouts.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 495. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2774.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2774.6.

2774.6.  The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall develop a program for residential and commercial customer air-conditioning load control, as an element of each electrical corporation’s tariffed service offerings paid for with electrical service rates. The goal of the program shall be to contribute to the adequacy of electricity supply and to help customers reduce their electrical service bills in a cost-effective manner. The program may include peak load reduction programs for residential and commercial air-conditioning systems, if the commission determines that the inclusion would be cost effective.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 35. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2775 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2775.

2775.  No electrical or gas corporation which reduces or discontinues service in accordance with any order of the commission issued pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any damages to any person or property resulting from such reduction or discontinuance.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 757.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2775.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2775.6.

2775.6.  Every request for the recovery in rates of any costs or liability incurred by a gas corporation and resulting from any violation of Section 25421 of the Health and Safety Code, or of any costs, damages, penalties, or other liabilities incurred in connection with the sale of landfill gas containing chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity shall be reviewed by the commission for the purposes of establishing rates for the gas corporation. If the commission finds that the gas corporation, on or after January 1, 1989, knowingly and intentionally violated Section 25421 of the Health and Safety Code, the costs and liability shall be disallowed by the commission for purposes of determining rates.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 160. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2775.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations|Section 2775.7.

2775.7.  (a) (1) If the commission determines that a moratorium on new natural gas service connections is necessary to prevent substantial and imminent harm or to ensure gas system reliability, the commission shall state the necessity for the action in a report provided to all of the following entities:(A) The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy.(B) The Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications.(C) All affected gas corporations.(2) The commission shall include in the report to the policy committees of the Legislature specified in paragraph (1) factual findings supporting the need to propose a moratorium on new natural gas service connections. The report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(A) The number of pending gas service connection applications with each affected gas corporation.(B) The estimated gas load deferred under the proposed moratorium.(C) The system constraints that led to the proposed moratorium.(D) Alternative actions considered to address the proposed need for a moratorium, including increasing or restoring natural gas transmission and storage infrastructure, and the reason those actions were not taken or were insufficient.(E) The process for a customer to request an exemption from the moratorium.(b) When a gas corporation receives notification from the commission that an action is pending to suspend new gas service connections, the gas corporation shall immediately notify any known potential or current customers that may experience a service impact as a result of the proposed suspension.(c) The commission shall, at the yearly informational hearings pursuant to Section 321.6, present to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications the status of natural gas service connections and efforts to provide natural gas supply.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 481, Sec. 1. (AB 1879) Effective September 18, 2018.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2776 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 5 - Electrical Cooperatives|Section 2776.

2776.  As used in this chapter, the term “electrical cooperative” means any private corporation or association organized for the purposes of transmitting or distributing electricity exclusively to its stockholders or members at cost.(Added by renumbering Section 2781 (as added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 451) by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2777 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 5 - Electrical Cooperatives|Section 2777.

2777.  The commission shall have no authority to establish rates or regulate the borrowing of money, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness, or the sale, lease, assignment, mortgage, or other disposal or encumbrance of the property of any electrical cooperative.(Added by renumbering Section 2782 (as added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 451) by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2778 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 5 - Electrical Cooperatives|Section 2778.

2778.  Except as otherwise specified in this chapter, every electrical cooperative is subject to Part 1 (commencing with Section 201).(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 170.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2780 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 5.5 - Electric Microutilities|Section 2780.

2780.  As used in this chapter, the term “electric microutility” means any electrical corporation that is regulated by the commission and organized for the purpose of providing sole-source generation, distribution, and sale of electricity exclusively to a customer base of fewer than 2,000 customers.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 639, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2780.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 5.5 - Electric Microutilities|Section 2780.1.

2780.1.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission consider the legal, administrative, and operational costs that an electric microutility faces if it is named as a respondent in a hearing generally applicable to electrical corporations. The limited resources of a microutility are disproportionately strained by the cost of response.(b) Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission consider the costs described in subdivision (a) before naming an electric microutility as a respondent in a hearing generally applicable to electrical corporations.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 639, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2781 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6 - Home Insulation Assistance and Financing|Section 2781.

2781.  As used in this chapter, the term “electrical corporation” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in Section 218, and the term “gas corporation” shall have the same meaning as prescribed in Section 222.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1202.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2782 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6 - Home Insulation Assistance and Financing|Section 2782.

2782.  The commission shall permit any electrical or gas corporation to institute a home insulation assistance and financing program for its residential customers in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall develop and adopt, by regulation or order, such requirements as it finds are necessary or desirable to implement the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1202.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2783 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6 - Home Insulation Assistance and Financing|Section 2783.

2783.  A home insulation assistance and financing program shall meet the requirements specified in Sections 2784 to 2786, inclusive, and such other requirements as the commission may impose.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1202.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2784 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6 - Home Insulation Assistance and Financing|Section 2784.

2784.  A customer of a participating electrical or gas corporation who is the owner or mortgagor of real property or tenant of such property with a written consent of the owner may apply to the corporation for home insulation assistance and financing. To qualify for financing, such customer must meet the credit criteria as may reasonably be established by the corporation as approved by the commission.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 930.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2785 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6 - Home Insulation Assistance and Financing|Section 2785.

2785.  Upon approval of an application, the corporation shall arrange for a licensed contractor to perform the necessary work. Upon approval of an estimate by the customer and the corporation, the corporation shall direct the work to commence. All attic insulation installations shall meet or exceed requirements applicable at the time of installation or as may be established for existing residential structures, except where such compliance is impossible or impractical in an existing structure and an alternative method or procedure providing satisfactory results is available. The corporation shall arrange for inspection of a representative portion of the work performed pursuant to this chapter. As used in this section, the term “attic” means any air spaces between the ceiling and roof of a residential dwelling which are accessible for the purpose of the installation of insulation.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 930.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2786 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6 - Home Insulation Assistance and Financing|Section 2786.

2786.  An electrical or gas corporation shall provide for payment by a customer for whom home insulation has been installed pursuant to this chapter through such periodic billing procedures as may be established by the corporation. The corporation may require an initial payment toward the insulation services of not greater than 20 percent with the balance due payable in equal installments during a period of 36 months following completion of the work, or at such greater rate of repayment as the customer may elect. Finance charges shall not be greater than the maximum allowable finance charges permitted for retail installment contracts. Acceptable credit cards may be utilized in lieu of these financial arrangements.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 930.)