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CA Pub Util Code § 2787 (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 2787.

2787.  As an alternative to the provisions of Section 2786, an electrical or gas corporation may conclude financial arrangements with one or more lending institutions in this state engaged in making home improvement loans to provide loans to customers for purposes of home insulation pursuant to this chapter. The corporation may provide for payment of the loan balance by the customer through the corporation’s regular bill for public utility services. Any such financial arrangements shall include all of the following provisions:(a) The amount financed shall be 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.(b) Provision that the corporation shall not be liable to the lending institution in the event of the customer’s default.(c) Provision that approval of the customer’s credit shall be at the option of the lending institution.Notwithstanding any language contained in this section, acceptable credit cards may be utilized in lieu of the above provisions.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 930.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2788 (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 2788.

2788.  The commission shall allow for purposes of setting the rates of any electrical or gas corporation participating in a home insulation assistance and financing program all expenses which the commission finds are reasonably related to the implementation and administration of the program, including commercial advertising. The commission may disapprove any such advertising or promotion which the commission finds is not reasonably designed to promote the success of the home insulation financial assistance program.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 930.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2789 (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 2789.

2789.  Notwithstanding any provision of this part, the commission may permit or require any electrical or gas corporation subject to its jurisdiction to institute energy conservation programs for its customers, including related financial assistance at terms found reasonable by the commission. Such terms may include any provision of this chapter. This chapter shall not apply to solar water heating systems or active solar space conditioning systems. The commission shall initiate appropriate actions to secure exemptions or waivers which may be required under federal law. Nothing in this chapter shall expand, limit, or contract the general powers of the commission contained in this part or the authority of the commission regarding the terms and conditions of service by a utility. Any work requiring a license pursuant to Chapter 9 of Division 3 (commencing with Section 7000) of the Business and Professions Code which is performed pursuant to such an energy conservation program shall be performed by a licensed contractor.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1064.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2790 (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 2790.

2790.  (a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to perform home weatherization services for low-income customers, as determined by the commission under subdivision (a) of Section 739.1, if the commission determines that a significant need for those services exists in the corporation’s service territory, taking into consideration both the cost-effectiveness of the services and the policy of reducing the hardships facing low-income households.(b) (1) For purposes of this section, “weatherization” may include, where feasible, any of the following measures for any dwelling unit:(A) Attic insulation.(B) Caulking.(C) Weatherstripping.(D) Low-flow showerhead.(E) Waterheater blanket.(F) Door and building envelope repairs that reduce air infiltration.(2) The commission shall direct an electrical or gas corporation to provide as many of these measures as are feasible for each eligible low-income dwelling unit.(c) “Weatherization” may also include other building conservation measures, energy management technology, energy-efficient appliances, and energy education programs determined by the commission to be feasible, taking into consideration for all measures both the cost-effectiveness of the measures as a whole and the policy of reducing energy-related hardships facing low-income households.(d) Weatherization programs shall use the needs assessment pursuant to Section 382.1 to maximize efficiency of delivery.(e) For purposes of this section, “energy management technology” may include a product, service, or software that allows a customer to better understand and manage electricity or gas use in the customer’s home.(f) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2022, and, as of January 1, 2023, is repealed.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 248, Sec. 1. (SB 756) Effective January 1, 2022. Inoperative July 1, 2022, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2023, by its own provisions. See later operative version as added by Sec. 2 of Stats. 2021, Ch 248.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2790 (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 2790.

2790.  (a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to perform home weatherization services for low-income customers if the commission determines that a significant need for those services exists in the corporation’s service territory, taking into consideration both the cost-effectiveness of the services and the policy of reducing the hardships facing low-income households.(b) (1) For purposes of this section, “weatherization” may include, where feasible, any of the following measures for any dwelling unit:(A) Attic insulation.(B) Caulking.(C) Weatherstripping.(D) Low-flow showerhead.(E) Waterheater blanket.(F) Door and building envelope repairs that reduce air infiltration.(2) The commission shall direct an electrical or gas corporation to provide as many of these measures as are feasible for each eligible low-income dwelling unit.(c) For purposes of this section, “weatherization” may also include other building conservation measures, energy management technology, energy-efficient appliances, and energy education programs determined by the commission to be feasible, taking into consideration for all measures both the cost-effectiveness of the measures as a whole and the policy of reducing energy-related hardships facing low-income households.(d) Weatherization programs shall use the needs assessment pursuant to Section 382.1 to maximize efficiency of delivery.(e) For purposes of this section, “energy management technology” may include a product, service, or software that allows a customer to better understand and manage electricity or gas use in the customer’s home.(f) (1) For purposes of this section, “low-income customers” means persons and families whose household income is at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level.(2) The commission shall not increase the authorized budgets for the Energy Savings Assistance Program based on the expansion of income eligibility made under paragraph (1).(g) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2022.(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 248, Sec. 2. (SB 756) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative July 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2791 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership|Section 2791.

2791.  (a) The owner of a master-metered mobilehome park or manufactured housing community that provides gas or electric service to residents may transfer ownership and operational responsibility to the gas or electric corporation providing service in the area in which the park or community is located pursuant to this chapter, or as the park or community owner and the serving gas or electric corporation mutually agree.(b) Costs, including both costs related to transfer procedures and costs related to construction, related to the transfer of ownership process, whether or not resulting in a transfer of ownership to the serving gas or electric corporation, shall not be passed through to the park or community residents. Costs related to the transfer of ownership process, whether or not resulting in a transfer of ownership to the serving gas or electric corporation, shall not be passed through to the gas or electric corporation, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.(c) Residents of mobilehome parks and manufactured housing communities constructed after January 1, 1997, shall be individually metered and served by gas and electric distribution facilities owned, operated, and maintained by the gas or electric corporation providing the service in the area where the new park or community is located consistent with the commission’s orders regarding unbundling, aggregation, master-metering, and selection of suppliers by residential customers. Each gas and electric corporation shall cooperate with the owner of any park or community constructed after January 1, 1997, to ensure timely and expeditious installation of the gas and electric distribution system and to eliminate any delay in the design, construction, permitting, and operation of the gas and electric system in the park or community.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2792 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership|Section 2792.

2792.  (a) Upon receipt of a written notice of intent to transfer from the mobilehome park or manufactured housing community owner, the gas or electric corporation shall within 90 days do all of the following:(1) Meet with the park or community owner to describe the procedures involved in a transfer of ownership and operation responsibility.(2) Perform a preliminary review of the gas or electric system, or both, in the park or community.(3) Inspect documentation provided by the park or community owner of the construction, operation, and condition of the gas or electric system, or both.(4) Advise the park or community owner concerning the general condition of the plant and equipment, along with a preliminary opinion concerning the extent of construction work or other activity necessary to comply with Section 2794.(5) Offer a preliminary nonbinding estimate of the cost of transfer.(6) Offer the park or community owner a preliminary nonbinding cost estimate to perform an engineering evaluation and estimate the construction work and equipment replacement to be performed by the gas or electric corporation at the owner’s expense.(b) The gas or electric corporation shall develop the cost estimate for the engineering evaluation in good faith using the same methodology as is used for similar projects. The preliminary cost estimate shall be effective for a minimum of 90 days. The gas or electric corporation shall give the owner timely notice of any increase in the estimated cost of the engineering evaluation.(c) During 1997, gas and electric corporations shall make a good faith effort to respond within 90 days to the notice provided in subdivision (a).(d) The gas or electric corporation may charge a fee for the initial inspection not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2794 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership|Section 2794.

2794.  (a) A gas or electric system shall be considered acceptable for transfer if it is in compliance with the following criteria:(1) It is capable of providing the end users a safe and reliable source of gas or electric service.(2) It meets the commission’s general orders, is compatible, and, in the case of new construction, meets the gas or electric corporation’s design and construction standards insofar as they are related to safety and reliability. The parties may waive these requirements by mutual agreement and, where necessary, with commission approval. The deviations as are agreed upon may be reflected in the purchase price.(3) It is capable of serving the customary expected load in the park or community determined in accordance with a site-specific study, studies of comparable parks or communities, industry standards, and the gas or electric corporation’s rules as approved by the commission.(b) As used in this section, “customary expected load” means the anticipated level of service demanded by the dwelling units in the park or community. The park or community owner shall not be responsible for betterments or improvements to the gas or electric corporation’s distribution system facilities or operations that do not benefit the park or community.(c) Satisfaction of the criteria shall not require any particular system architecture or replacement of used and useful equipment, plant, or facilities, except as needed to comply with subdivision (a). Equipment, facilities, or plant that are part of the existing gas or electric system shall be considered compatible unless their presence in the system would cause substantial increase in the frequency or duration of outages in the case of failure or emergency, or they have no remaining useful life. Pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 2793, equipment, facilities, or plant that require special training for the gas or electric corporation’s employees, or require the gas or electric corporation to maintain inventories of nonstandard equipment may be considered compatible, but their presence may be reflected in the appraised value or the cost imposed on the park or community owner.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2795 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership|Section 2795.

2795.  The park or community owner and the gas or electric corporation shall develop a cost for the transfer of the gas or electric system that reflects the factors in Section 2793, indemnity and liability issues, and any other factors as the parties may mutually agree upon, and to which the gas or electric corporation’s ratepayers are indifferent. The parties may agree on a schedule for phasing in facilities to meet expected load increases and betterments, and the costs associated with those activities.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2796 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership|Section 2796.

2796.  (a) During the pendency of a transfer request, the owner of the park or community shall be responsible for the continued maintenance to preserve the integrity of the park or community gas or electric system and safe and reliable operation of the park or community system in accordance with applicable laws.(b) During the pendency of a transfer request the owner of the park or community shall be liable for injury and damage resulting from operation of the submetered gas and electric system. After transfer the gas or electric corporation shall assume responsibility for operation of the gas or electric system and provision of service to residents of the park or community and shall assume liability for any future injury or damage resulting from operation of the gas or electric system except with respect to defects known to the park or community owner and not disclosed to the gas or electric corporation during the transfer of ownership process.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2797 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership|Section 2797.

2797.  The commission shall permit the gas or electric corporation to recover in its revenue requirement and rates all costs to acquire, improve, upgrade, operate, and maintain transferred mobilehome park or manufactured housing community gas or electric systems.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2798 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership|Section 2798.

2798.  The commission shall adopt a standard form of agreement for transfer of gas and electric distribution facilities in mobilehome parks and manufactured housing communities that shall be the basis for expedited approval of the transfers. The contract shall be based on this chapter, the regulations of the commission, and on gas or electric corporation rules and regulations, as approved by the commission.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2799 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership|Section 2799.

2799.  (a) The mobilehome park or manufactured housing community owner may, by written notice, stop the transfer process at any time. Within 60 days of delivery to the park or community owner of an itemized bill, the owner shall reimburse the gas or electric corporation for all costs incurred through the date notice is provided.(b) At any time during the transfer of ownership process, either party may apply to the commission for informal mediation and resolution of any issue, finding, determination, or delay in the conversion process.(c) If the initiation of the transfer process does not result in a transfer of the park or community owner’s gas or electric system to the gas or electric corporation, all information, data, reports, studies, and proposals shall be retained by the gas or electric corporation for a period of five years or offered to the park or community owner. Prior to disposal of the records, the gas or electric corporation shall offer them to the park or community owner, except that the gas or electric corporation shall not be required to provide proprietary information to the park or community owner.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 424, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2831 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 7.6 - Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program|Section 2831.

2831.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Building operational generating facilities that utilize sources of renewable energy within California, to supply the state’s demand for electricity, provides significant financial, health, environmental, and workforce benefits to the State of California.(b) The California Solar Initiative will achieve its goals, resulting in over 150,000 residential and commercial onsite installations of solar energy systems. However, the California Solar Initiative cannot reach all residents and businesses that want to participate and is limited to only solar energy systems and not other eligible renewable energy resources. A green tariff shared renewables program seeks to build on the success of the California Solar Initiative by expanding access to all eligible renewable energy resources to all ratepayers who are currently unable to access the benefits of onsite generation.(c) There is widespread interest from many large institutional customers, including schools, colleges, universities, local governments, businesses, and the military, for the development of generation facilities that are eligible renewable energy resources to serve more than 33 percent of their energy needs.(d) Public institutions will benefit from a green tariff shared renewables program’s enhanced flexibility to participate in shared generation facilities that are eligible renewable energy resources.(e) Building operational generating facilities that are eligible renewable energy resources creates jobs, reduces emissions of greenhouse gases, and promotes energy independence.(f) Many large energy users in California have pursued onsite electrical generation from eligible renewable energy resources, but cannot achieve their goals due to rooftop or land space limitations, or size limits on net energy metering. The enactment of this chapter will create a mechanism whereby institutional customers, such as military installations, universities, and local governments, as well as commercial customers and groups of individuals, can meet their needs with electrical generation from eligible renewable energy resources.(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that a green tariff shared renewables program be implemented in such a manner that facilitates a large, sustainable market for offsite electrical generation from facilities that are eligible renewable energy resources, while fairly compensating electrical corporations for the services they provide, without affecting nonparticipating ratepayers.(h) It is the further intent of the Legislature that a green tariff shared renewables program be implemented in a manner that ensures nonparticipating ratepayer indifference for the remaining bundled service, direct access, and community choice aggregation customers.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 413, Sec. 1. (SB 43) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Pub Util Code § 2831.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Utilities Code - PUC|DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES|PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES|CHAPTER 7.6 - Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program|Section 2831.5.

2831.5.  (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program.(b) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Eligible renewable energy resource,” “renewable energy credit,” and “renewables portfolio standard” have the same meaning as those terms have for the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1).(2) “Participating utility” means an electrical corporation with 100,000 or more customer accounts in California.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 413, Sec. 1. (SB 43) Effective January 1, 2014.)