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2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Private Energy Producers › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 2801.

2801. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that in order to promote the more rapid development of new sources of natural gas and electric energy, to maintain the economic vitality of the state through the continuing production of goods and the employment of its people, and to promote the efficient utilization and distribution of energy, it is desirable and necessary to encourage private energy producers to competitively develop independent sources of natural gas and electric energy not otherwise available to California consumers served by public utilities, to require the transmission by public utilities of such energy for private energy producers under certain conditions, and remove unnecessary barriers to energy transactions involving private energy producers.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Private Energy Producers › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 2802.

2802. “Private energy producer” includes every person, corporation, city, county, district, and public agency of the state generating or producing electricity not generated from conventional sources or natural gas for energy either directly or as a byproduct solely for his or its own use or the use of his or its tenants; or generating or producing electricity, or owning the means thereof, to or for any electrical corporation, heat corporation, state agency, city, county, district, or an association thereof, but not to or for the public for any other purpose. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a private energy producer shall not be found to be a public utility subject to the general jurisdiction of the commission solely because of conducting any activity authorized by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1271.)
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2803. “Interconnection” means the facilities necessary to physically connect the energy source of and the point of use by a private energy producer with the existing transmission facilities of a public utility, and shall include any necessary transformation, compression or other facilities necessary to make such interconnection effective.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
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2804. “Transmission service” means the intrastate transfer of electricity or natural gas by a public utility for any private energy producer between the points of interconnection for use within this state in the service area of the utility.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
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2805. “Conventional power source” means power derived from nuclear energy or the operation of a hydropower facility greater than 30 megawatts or the combustion of fossil fuels, unless cogeneration technology, as defined in Section 25134 of the Public Resources Code, is employed in the production of such power.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1084, Sec. 3.)
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2806. “Fossil fuel” means a mixture of hydrocarbons including coal, petroleum, or natural gas, occurring in and extracted from underground deposits.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
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2807. “Standby charge” means a charge by an electrical corporation for providing standby generation, transmission, and distribution facilities to a private energy producer employing other than a conventional power source for the generation of electricity.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 373, Sec. 1.)
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2811. In order to promote the more efficient use and distribution of natural gas or electric energy and eliminate the necessity for construction of transmission facilities for gas or electricity produced by a private energy producer separate from those which may already exist to serve the same area and are owned and operated by a public utility subject to the jurisdiction and control of the Public Utilities Commission, the commission shall authorize the construction of an interconnection by a private energy producer upon application of such producer if the commission makes the findings required by Sections 2812 and 2812.5. The commission shall render its decision on any application filed pursuant to this chapter within 180 days of receipt of the application or at such later time as may be mutually agreed upon by the commission, the applicant, and the interconnecting public utility.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 987, Sec. 2.)
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2812. Upon application of a private energy producer, and after notice to any affected public utility and hearing thereon, the commission shall authorize such producer to construct an interconnection for the purpose of transporting natural gas, if the commission finds: (1) that such interconnection is in the public interest and for the general public benefit, (2) involves natural gas located within this state in the service area of the public utility, ultimately consumed within this state, and which would otherwise be undeveloped because a public utility is unable or unwilling to purchase it at a price the commission finds to be reasonable, (3) would not cause energy which would likely otherwise be made available to the general public to be diverted to the private energy producer, and (4) that the energy has substantially the equivalent quality and characteristics as the energy in the utility’s transmission system with which the interconnection would be made. The commission shall prescribe such reasonable terms, conditions, and requirements as it deems appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
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2812.5. Upon application of a private energy producer, and after notice to any affected public utility and hearing thereon, the commission shall authorize such producer to construct an interconnection for the purpose of transmitting electricity, if the commission finds:
(1) That no uncompensated burden will be placed upon the utility or utilities furnishing the transmission service.
(2) That furnishing the transmission service will not result in any added costs or any other adverse consequences for the customers of the electrical corporation.
(3) That the facilities proposed in the application will be used to transmit power from other than a conventional power source for generating electrical power.
The commission shall prescribe such reasonable terms, conditions, and requirements as it deems appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
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2813. The private energy producer shall be required to provide and to pay the total cost of the interconnection as well as any costs associated with providing a transmission capacity sufficient to handle that portion of the energy generated by the private energy producer that is over and above the capacity otherwise required by the public utility to service its utility customers and meet other authorized commitments. The public utility shall not be required to construct any additional electric or gas facilities on its system or to acquire any real property by eminent domain or otherwise for such facilities, in order to perform the service contemplated by this chapter unless the cost of such additional facilities or acquisitions are to be borne by the private energy producer.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
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2815. Nothing in this chapter shall require that any private energy producer perform any service or deliver any commodity to the public or any portion thereof, for compensation or otherwise, except as provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
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2816. Every public utility shall keep accurate records of transactions with a private energy producer, and of the use of the public utility’s facilities by the private energy producer, pursuant to an interconnection ordered or approved by the commission and shall render such reports thereon to the commission as the commission may from time to time require. The commission may disapprove any such transaction or use if, after hearing, it finds such transaction or use to be inconsistent with this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 915.)
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2821.5. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Small power producers provide important alternative sources of electrical energy.
(b) The commission is required to approve and establish equitable charges to be paid by electrical corporations which purchase electricity or electrical generating capacity, or both, from qualifying small power producers.
(c) The commission recognized the importance of developing standard offer contracts based on long-run avoided costs in order to encourage the development of qualifying small power producers. On September 7, 1983, in Decision 83-09-054, the commission approved interim standard offer No. 4, which established a long-term power purchase contract.
(d) Many pioneer small power producers operating prior to September 7, 1983, did so under power purchase contracts based on short-term energy prices and long-term capacity prices. When interim standard offer No. 4 was approved, the commission allowed its provisions to be offered to qualified facility projects which had not yet obtained construction financing or otherwise entered a contract and started construction. Pioneer small power producers with existing contracts were not allowed to switch to the new interim standard offer No. 4 until their existing contracts were no longer in effect.
(e) On April 17, 1985, pursuant to Decision 85-04-075, the commission suspended all payment options offered under interim standard offer No. 4 due to the contrasting of excessive energy capacity, and the conclusion that prices were too high.
(f) Many qualifying small power producers who were operating under contracts made prior to September 7, 1983, were thus precluded by the commission from adopting interim standard offer No. 4, and may be required to accept new prices and terms which provide less compensation than the suspended interim standard offer No. 4.
(g) These financially stressed qualifying small power producers assert they were unfairly denied the opportunity to adopt interim standard offer No. 4 by the commission. They also assert that much of the capacity contracted for under the suspended interim standard offer No. 4 will never be constructed. They further allege that they are being forced to close small powerplants which are currently in operation while producers with interim standard offer No. 4 contracts are constructing new plants.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 619, Sec. 1.)