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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 6 - Wildfire Mitigation › Section 8388.

8388. An electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, or community choice aggregator with a contract to procure electricity generated from biomass pursuant to Section 399.20.3, commission Resolution E-4770 (March 17, 2016), or commission Resolution E-4805 (October 13, 2016), and expires or expired on or before December 31, 2028, shall seek to amend the contract to include, or seek approval for a new contract that includes, an expiration date five years later than the expiration date in the contract that was operative in 2022, so long as the contract extension follows the feedstock requirement of subdivision (b) of Section 399.20.3. This section shall not apply to facilities located in federal severe or extreme nonattainment areas for particulate matter or ozone.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 364, Sec. 2. (SB 1109) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 7 - Designated Water System Administration › Section 8390.

8390. A privately owned public utility may serve as an administrator for purposes of Section 116686 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 120, Sec. 10. (SB 200) Effective July 24, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 1 - Low-Income Weatherization Programs › Section 9500.

9500. (a) Each publicly owned electric and gas utility that provides the energy for space heating for low-income customers shall also provide home weatherization services for those customers if a significant need for those services exists in the utility’s service territory, as determined by the utility, taking into consideration both the cost-effectiveness of the services and the public policy of reducing financial hardships facing low-income households. Publicly owned utilities shall not have to duplicate low-income home weatherization services provided by gas and electrical corporations serving the same service territory.
(b) (1) For purposes of this section, “weatherization” includes, 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 which reduce air infiltration.
(2) Each publicly owned electric and gas utility shall provide as many of these measures as it determines to be feasible and cost-effective for each eligible low-income dwelling unit.
(c) “Weatherization” may also include other building conservation measures, energy-efficient appliances, and energy education programs determined by the utility to be feasible, taking into consideration both the cost-effectiveness of the measures and the public policy of reducing the financial hardships facing low-income households.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 1 - Low-Income Weatherization Programs › Section 9501.

9501. Each publicly owned electric and gas utility shall develop and implement its low-income home weatherization program, in consultation with gas and electrical corporations and the Department of Economic Opportunity, to avoid duplication and to ensure the most efficient use of public and private resources. For ratemaking purposes, gas and electrical corporation expenditures for consultation and coordination shall be recoverable from ratepayers, subject to the Public Utilities Commission’s authority to determine the reasonableness of the amount of the expenditures.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 809, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 1 - Low-Income Weatherization Programs › Section 9503.

9503. Upon the completion and promulgation of regulations pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 25943 of the Public Resources Code, each governing body of a local publicly owned electric utility, as defined in Section 224.3, shall be responsible for implementing an energy efficiency program that recognizes the intent of the Legislature to encourage energy savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions in existing residential and nonresidential buildings, while taking into consideration the effect of the program on rates, reliability, and financial resources.
(Added by renumbering Section 385.2 by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 4. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 1 - Low-Income Weatherization Programs › Section 9505.

9505. (a) By March 15, 2013, and by March 15 of each year thereafter, each local publicly owned electric utility shall report to the Energy Commission and to its customers all of the following:
(1) Its investments in energy efficiency and demand reduction programs.
(2) A description of each energy efficiency and demand reduction program, program expenditures, the cost-effectiveness of each program, and expected and actual energy efficiency savings and demand reduction results that reflect the intent of the Legislature to encourage energy savings and reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases resulting from providing service to existing residential and nonresidential buildings, while taking into consideration the effect of the program on rates, reliability, and financial resources.
(3) The sources for funding of its energy efficiency and demand reduction programs.
(4) The methodologies and input assumptions used to determine the cost-effectiveness of its energy efficiency and demand reduction programs.
(5) A comparison of the local publicly owned electric utility’s annual targets established pursuant to subdivision (b) and the local publicly owned electric utility’s reported electricity efficiency savings and demand reductions.
(b) By March 15, 2013, and by March 15 of every fourth year thereafter, each local publicly owned electric utility shall identify all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and shall establish annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction for the next 10-year period, consistent with the annual targets established by the Energy Commission pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 25310 of the Public Resources Code. A local publicly owned electric utility’s determination of potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings shall be made without regard to previous minimum investments undertaken pursuant to Section 385. A local publicly owned electric utility shall treat investments made to achieve energy efficiency savings and demand reduction targets as procurement investments.
(c) Within 60 days of establishing annual targets pursuant to subdivision (b), each local publicly owned electric utility shall report those targets to the Energy Commission, and the basis for establishing those targets.
(d) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall make available to its customers and to the Energy Commission the results of any independent evaluation that measures and verifies the energy efficiency savings and the reduction in energy demand achieved by its energy efficiency and demand reduction programs.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 547, Sec. 33. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 1 - Low-Income Weatherization Programs › Section 9506.

9506. (a) A local publicly owned electric utility shall report to the Energy Commission regarding the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the governing board pursuant to paragraph (2) of, and report any modifications made to those targets as a result of a reevaluation undertaken pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 2836.
(b) By January 1, 2017, a local publicly owned electric utility shall submit a report to the Energy Commission demonstrating that it has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the governing board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2836.
(c) By January 1, 2021, a local publicly owned electric utility shall submit a report to the Energy Commission demonstrating that it has complied with the energy storage system procurement targets and policies adopted by the governing board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2836.
(d) The Energy Commission shall ensure that a copy of each report or plan required by subdivisions (b) and (c), with any confidential information redacted, is available on the Energy Commission’s Internet Web site, or on an Internet Web site maintained by the local publicly owned electric utility that can be accessed from the Energy Commission’s Internet Web site.
(e) A summary of the reports required by this section shall be included as part of each integrated energy policy report required pursuant to Section 25302 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 181. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 1 - Low-Income Weatherization Programs › Section 9507.

9507. (a) For purposes of this section, “eligible renewable energy resource” and “renewables portfolio standard” have the same meanings as for the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1).
(b) Every local publicly owned electric utility shall annually disclose, to end-use customers, all of the following:
(1) Its electricity sources for the previous calendar year, consistent with information provided to the Energy Commission pursuant to Section 398.4.
(2) The utility’s progress toward attaining the renewables portfolio standard established pursuant to Section 399.30.
(3) Expenditures for development of eligible renewable energy resources, including a description of programs, sources of funding, expected results, and actual results.
(c) A local publicly owned electric utility shall, on an annual basis, make available to its customers information relating to the utility’s solar initiative program established pursuant to Section 2854, including the rated generating capacity of installed solar energy systems receiving monetary incentives through the utility’s program, the total number of solar energy systems installed, the total number of applications for the utility’s program, the amount of monetary incentives awarded, and the contribution toward the program goals of the California Solar Initiative (Article 1 (commencing with Section 2851) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1).
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 14. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 1 - Low-Income Weatherization Programs › Section 9508.

9508. (a) In developing the rules and procedures specified in this section and in Section 9507, the Energy Commission shall seek to minimize the reporting burden and cost of reporting that it imposes on local publicly owned electric utilities.
(b) A local publicly owned electric utility shall annually submit to the Energy Commission documentation regarding eligible renewable energy resources procurement contracts that it executed during the prior year, as follows:
(1) A description of the eligible renewable energy resource, including the duration of the contract or electricity purchase agreement.
(2) A description and identification of the electrical generating facility providing the eligible renewable energy resource under the contract.
(3) An estimate of the percentage increase in the utility’s total retail sales of electricity from eligible renewable energy resources that will result from the contract.
(c) A local publicly owned electric utility shall annually submit to the Energy Commission documentation regarding the utility’s progress toward attaining the renewables portfolio standard established pursuant to Section 399.30.
(d) A local publicly owned electric utility shall, on an annual basis, make available to the Legislature and the Energy Commission information relating to the utility’s solar initiative program established pursuant to Section 2854, including the rated generating capacity of installed solar energy systems receiving monetary incentives through the utility’s program, the total number of solar energy systems installed, the total number of applications for the utility’s program, the amount of monetary incentives awarded, and the contribution toward the program goals of the California Solar Initiative (Article 1 (commencing with Section 2851) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 of Division 1).
(e) For the purposes of this section, “eligible renewable energy resource,” “renewables portfolio standard,” and “procure” have the same meanings as these terms have in the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1).
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 677, Sec. 8. (SB 1393) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 1 - Low-Income Weatherization Programs › Section 9508.5.

9508.5. A local publicly owned electric utility serving end-use customers shall, upon request, provide the Energy Commission with any information the Energy Commission determines is necessary to evaluate the progress made by the local publicly owned electric utility in meeting the requirements of Section 9620.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 16. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9510.

9510. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order to promote wireline and wireless broadband access and adoption, it is in the interest of the state to ensure that local publicly owned electric utilities, including irrigation districts, that own or control utility poles and support structures, including ducts and conduits, make available appropriate space and capacity on and in those structures to cable television corporations, video service providers, and telephone corporations under reasonable rates, terms, and conditions.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the oversight of fees and other requirements imposed by local publicly owned electric utilities as a condition of providing the space or capacity described in subdivision (a) is a matter of statewide interest and concern. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that this part supersedes all conflicting local laws and this part shall apply in charter cities.
(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that local publicly owned electric utilities should provide access to utility poles and support structures with a recovery of actual costs without subsidizing for-profit cable television corporations, video service providers, and telephone corporations.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9510.5.

9510.5. As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Communications service provider” means a cable television corporation, video service provider, or telephone corporation.
(b) “Governing body” means the governing body of a local publicly owned electric utility, including, where applicable, a board appointed by a city council.
(c) “Street light pole” means a pole, arm, or fixture used primarily for street, pedestrian, or security lighting.
(d) “Utility pole” means an electricity or telephone pole, but does not include a street light pole or an electricity pole used solely for the transmission of electricity at 50 kilovolts or higher and not intended for distribution of communications signals or electricity at lower voltages.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9511.5.

9511.5. (a) If a local publicly owned electric utility has the authority pursuant to other law to impose a fee to provide the use described in Section 9511, that fee shall be adopted and levied consistent with the requirements of this part.
(b) The governing body of the local publicly owned electric utility shall determine the fee pursuant to Section 9512.
(c) This part does not grant additional authority to a local publicly owned electric utility to impose a fee that is not otherwise authorized by law.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9512.

9512. (a) (1) An annual fee charged by a local publicly owned electric utility for the use of a utility pole by a communications service provider shall not exceed an amount determined by multiplying the percentage of the total usable space that would be occupied by the attachment by the annual costs of ownership of the pole and its supporting anchor. As used in this paragraph and paragraph (2), “usable space” means the space above the minimum grade level that can be used for the attachment of wires, cables, and associated equipment. It shall be presumed, subject to factual rebuttal, that a single attachment occupies one foot of usable space and that an average utility pole contains 13.5 feet of usable space.
(2) An annual fee charged by a local publicly owned electric utility for use of a support structure by a communications service provider shall not exceed the local publicly owned electric utility’s annual costs of ownership of the percentage of the volume of the capacity of the structure rendered unusable by the equipment of the communications service provider.
(3) As used in this subdivision, the “annual costs of ownership” is the sum of the annual capital costs and annual operation costs of the pole or support structure, which shall be the average costs of all similar utility poles or structures owned or controlled by the local publicly owned electric utility. The basis for the computation of annual capital costs shall be historical capital costs less depreciation. The accounting upon which the historical capital costs are determined shall include a credit for all reimbursed capital costs. Depreciation shall be based upon the average service life of the utility pole or support structure. “Annual cost of ownership” does not include costs for any property not necessary for use by the communications service provider.
(b) A local publicly owned electric utility shall not levy a fee that exceeds the estimated amount required to provide use of the utility pole or support structure for which the annual recurring fee is levied. If the fee creates revenues in excess of actual costs, those revenues shall be used to reduce the fee.
(c) A jointly owned pole is not included within the requirements of this section, if a joint owner other than the local publicly owned electric utility has control of access to the space that would be used by the communications service provider.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9513.

9513. (a) A local publicly owned electric utility may require an additional one-time charge equal to three years of the annual fee described in Section 9512, for attachments reasonably shown to have been made without authorization that are discovered on or after January 1, 2012.
(b) A local publicly owned electric utility may remove an attachment made without authorization, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The owner of the attachment fails to pay the charge described in subdivision (a), if that charge is applicable.
(2) The owner of the attachment does not seek approval to attach pursuant to this part within a reasonable period of time.
(3) The owner of the attachment does not contest that the attachment was made without authorization.
(c) An attachment of a service drop wire is not made without authorization for the purposes of this section, if the owner of the attachment seeks approval to attach pursuant to this part within 45 days of the attachment.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9514.

9514. Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a local publicly owned electric utility from requiring a one-time fee to process a request for attachment, if the one-time fee does not exceed the actual cost of processing the request.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9515.

9515. (a) In the event that it becomes necessary for the local publicly owned electric utility to use space or capacity on or in a support structure occupied by the communications service provider’s equipment, the communications service provider shall either pay all costs for rearrangements necessary to maintain the pole attachment or remove its equipment at its own expense.
(b) If the communications service provider requests a rearrangement of the utility pole or support structure, and the local publicly owned electric utility has the authority to levy fees as described in Section 9511.5, the local publicly owned electric utility may charge a one-time reimbursement fee for the actual costs incurred for the rearrangement.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9517.

9517. (a) Any person or entity may protest the adoption or imposition of, or increase of, a fee described in this part, or adoption or change in the terms and conditions of access subject to this part, by serving written notice to the governing body of the local publicly owned electric utility within 30 days of the action taken. The written notice shall contain a statement informing the governing body of the factual elements of the dispute and the legal theory forming the basis for the protest.
(b) The filing of protest pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be a basis for the local publicly owned electric utility to withhold approval of the use of a utility pole or support structure.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9518.

9518. (a) A judicial action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside, void, or annul an ordinance, resolution, motion, or contract adopting, or increasing, a fee described in this part, or adopting or changing the terms and conditions of access subject to this part, or an automatic adjustment that results in an increase in the amount of a fee described in this part, shall be commenced within 120 days of the effective date of the ordinance, resolution, motion, contract, or automatic adjustment.
(b) An action by a local publicly owned electric utility or interested person shall be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(c) A person or entity shall not initiate an action or proceeding pursuant to subdivision (a) unless both of the following requirements are met:
(1) The fee or requirement will be directly imposed on the person or entity as a condition for the use of a utility pole or support structure, or the entity is a trade association that represents that person or entity.
(2) At least 30 days before initiating the action or proceeding, the person or entity, or trade association representing that person or entity, requests the local publicly owned electric utility to provide a copy of documents that purport to establish that the fee does not exceed the amount reasonably necessary to cover the cost of the use of the utility pole or support structure, consistent with this part, or that the term and conditions of access or change to the terms and conditions of access are reasonable. The local publicly owned electric utility may charge a fee for the direct costs of copying the documents requested pursuant to this paragraph.
(d) An action to enforce this part shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9519.

9519. (a) A person or entity, or trade association representing that person or entity, may request an audit in order to determine whether a fee described in this part exceeds the amount reasonably necessary to cover the costs to the utility of the use of a utility pole or support structure, consistent with this part. A person or entity making that request shall retain an independent auditor to conduct an audit to determine whether the fee is reasonable, unless an audit has been performed for the same fee within the previous 12 months. The individual or entity requesting the audit shall pay for the direct costs associated with an audit made pursuant to this subdivision.
(b) A person or entity, or trade association representing a person or entity, shall not request an audit unless the fee is directly imposed on the person or entity, or on a member of the trade association, as a condition for the use of the utility pole or support structure.
(c) To the extent that the audit determines that the amount of the fee does not meet the requirements of this part, the local publicly owned electric utility shall adjust the fee accordingly.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.8 - PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITIES › PART 2 - Utility Poles and Support Structures › Section 9520.

9520. (a) Nothing in this part alters the ability of a local publicly owned electric utility to determine who performs work for the local publicly owned electric utility on its facilities.
(b) The use of a utility pole or support structure by a communications service provider shall comply with Public Utilities Commission General Orders 95 and 128 and all other applicable provisions of law.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 580, Sec. 2. (AB 1027) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9601.

9601. (a) Except with respect to supply options of the nature specified in Section 218, with the exception of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of that section, as it existed on December 20, 1995, no person, corporation, electrical corporation, or local publicly owned electric utility or other governmental entity other than a retail customer’s existing electric service provider as of December 20, 1995, shall provide partial or full electric service to a retail customer of a local publicly owned electric utility unless the customer first confirms in writing an obligation to pay, through tariff or otherwise, to the utility currently providing electric service, a nonbypassable generation-related severance fee or transition charge established by the regulatory body for that utility. The severance fee or transition charge shall be paid directly to the local publicly owned utility providing electricity service in the service area in which the consumer is located.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (a) of Section 374, no local publicly owned electric utility or other governmental entity shall provide partial or full electric service to a retail customer of an electrical corporation unless the customer of that electrical corporation first confirms in writing an obligation to pay, through tariff or otherwise, to the electrical corporation currently providing electric service, a nonbypassable generation-related transition charge established by the regulatory body for that electrical corporation. The charge shall be paid directly to the electrical corporation providing electricity in the service area in which the consumer is located.
(c) No local publicly owned electric utility or electrical corporation shall sell electric power to the retail customers of another local publicly owned electric utility or electrical corporation unless the first utility has agreed to allow the second utility to make sales of electric power to the retail customers of the first utility.
(d) This section does not apply to an exchange of customers affected by a local publicly owned electric utility completing a mutually agreeable condemnation process to resolve a fringe area agreement in which there exists a balance of benefits between the customers of the local publicly owned electric utility and the electrical corporation.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 646, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9602.

9602. (a) After a public hearing, the local regulatory body of each local publicly owned electric utility shall determine whether it will authorize direct transactions between electricity suppliers and end use customers, subject to implementation of the nonbypassable severance fee or transition charge referred to in Section 9603.
(b) If the regulatory body authorizes direct transactions, a phase-in of these transactions shall commence no later than the latter of January 1, 2000, or two years after the start of the phase-in of direct transactions by the electrical corporations pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 365, and shall be completed by the later of December 31, 2010, or two years after the completion of the phase-in by electrical corporations.
(c) The regulatory body shall develop a phase-in schedule at the conclusion of which all customers shall have the right to engage in direct transactions.
(d) Any phase-in of customer eligibility for direct transactions ordered by the regulatory body shall be equitable to all customer classes.
(e) If the regulatory body does not authorize direct access as contemplated in this section, then the publicly owned electric utility shall not be eligible to recover the nonbypassable charge as provided in Section 9603.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. Effective September 24, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9603.

9603. (a) Not less than six months prior to the date of implementation of direct transactions, the regulatory body shall establish the nonbypassable generation-related severance fee or transition charge which shall include, but shall not be limited to, employee related transition costs incurred and projected for severance, out placement, retraining, early retirement, and related expenses for employees directly affected by restructuring.
(b) The regulatory body of a local publicly owned electric utility, prior to adopting any generation related severance fee or transition charge, shall make available for public review the basis for the severance fee or transition charge and shall hold at least one public hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. Effective September 24, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9604.

9604. For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Direct transaction” means a contract between one or more electric generators, marketers, or brokers, public or private, of electric power and one or more retail customers providing for the purchase and sale of electric power and ancillary services.
(b) “Service area” means an area in which, as of December 20, 1995, an investor-owned electric utility or a local publicly owned electric utility was obligated to provide service.
(c) “Severance fee” or “transition charge” for a local publicly owned electric utility shall mean that charge or periodic charge assessed to customers to recover the reasonable uneconomic portion of costs associated with generation-related assets and obligations, nuclear decommissioning, and capitalized energy efficiency investment programs approved prior to August 15, 1996.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9605.

9605. (a) This division and Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 330) of Part 1 of Division 1 do not affect preexisting ratemaking authority of a regulatory body of any local publicly owned electric utility.
(b) This division does not modify or abrogate any agreement, or any rights or obligations in any such agreement, between retail electric service providers relating to service areas.
(c) This division does not limit or affect the statutory rights of a local publicly owned electric utility to negotiate and design rates for existing customers and new customers not choosing to be served by an alternate supplier.
(d) This division does not limit electric supply options within the service territory of a local publicly owned electric utility to the extent the options are of the nature specified in Section 218 as it existed on December 20, 1995, with the exception of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of that section, and the imposition of a severance fee or transition charge on customers electing those options shall be prohibited whether the elections are made before or after the availability of direct transactions within the service area of the local publicly owned electric utility.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 221. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9606.

9606. All city-owned electric utilities shall report on the periodic bill the amount expected to be transferred from the utility to the general fund, and to any special funds, of the city on a no less than annual basis.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 628, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9608.

9608. Sections 454.1 and 9607 of this code and Section 56133 of the Government Code do not apply to an irrigation district with respect to an area to be served by the irrigation district, if all of the following occur:
(a) The irrigation district acquires substantially all the electric distribution facilities and related subtransmission facilities of any electrical corporation that has an obligation to provide electric distribution service within the area to be served by the irrigation district.
(b) The commission approves a service area agreement between the irrigation district and the electrical corporation pursuant to Sections 8101 to 8108, inclusive, which service area agreement provides that the electrical corporation may not provide electric distribution service in the area to be served by the irrigation district and that the irrigation district may not provide electric distribution service in the remainder of the electrical corporation’s service territory.
(c) The commission relieves the electrical corporation of its obligation to serve within the area to be served by the irrigation district.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 176. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9610.

9610. Commencing on January 1, 2001, and continuing through December 31, 2025, inclusive, all of the following shall apply:
(a) An electrical corporation may not provide electric transmission or distribution service to retail customers in either of the following areas:
(1) The Modesto Irrigation District electric service area as defined in the August 15, 1940, Purchase of Properties agreement between Modesto Irrigation District and Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
(2) The Mountain House Community Services District as defined in the master specific plan adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Joaquin on November 10, 1994.
(b) (1) Within the purchase zone as described in Exhibit “B” of The Asset Sale Agreement By and Between Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Modesto Irrigation District Dated July 23, 1997, contained in Public Utilities Commission Application Number 97-07-030, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Modesto Irrigation District may each provide electric transmission and distribution service to retail customers. The area described in this subdivision shall be considered to be within both Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s and Modesto Irrigation District’s electric service area.
(2) The Legislature recognizes that electrical corporations and irrigation districts may each construct infrastructure, and that the infrastructure may, in some cases, be duplicative. In those cases, the Legislature encourages irrigation districts and electrical corporations to enter into agreements pursuant to Sections 8101 to 8108, inclusive, where those agreements further the interests of the state as set forth in Section 8101.
(c) Modesto Irrigation District may provide up to 8 megawatts of peak sales to Contra Costa Water District for delivery to its Old River Intake Facility and Rock Slough Pumping Plant.
(d) Except as provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c), Modesto Irrigation District may not provide electric transmission or distribution service to retail customers in the territory of Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 177. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9611.

9611. Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56100) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code does not apply to electric service provided by the Modesto Irrigation District within the geographic areas described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9610.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1042, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9612.

9612. The Legislature finds and declares that the policies stated in Section 8101 to 8108, inclusive, would be furthered and that it would be in the best interests of the state, and not incompatible with the public interest, if an agreement embodying the provisions of Section 9610 were to be approved by the commission. The Legislature hereby encourages the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Modesto Irrigation District to agree on the terms of an agreement embodying the provisions of Section 9610, and encourages the commission to approve that agreement to the extent that the agreement is consistent with the policies of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1042, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9614.

9614. (a) Beginning January 15, 2002, and at least once monthly thereafter, a local publicly owned electric utility shall notify each air pollution control district and air quality management district of the name and address of each entity within the district’s boundaries within the local publicly owned electric utility’s control or service area with whom the utility enters into an interruptible service contract or similar arrangement.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “interruptible service contract or similar arrangement” means any arrangement in which a nonresidential electrical customer agrees to reduce or consider reducing its electrical consumption during periods of peak demand or at the request of the local publicly owned electric utility in exchange for compensation, or for assurances not to be blacked out or other similar nonmonetary assurances.
(c) The local air pollution control district or air quality management district shall maintain in a confidential manner the information received pursuant to this section. However, nothing in this subdivision shall affect the applicability of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code, or of any other similar open records statute or ordinance, to information provided pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 402. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9615.

9615. Each local publicly owned electric utility, in procuring energy to serve the load of its retail end-use customers, shall first acquire all available energy efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 606, Sec. 17. (AB 2227) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9616.

9616. (a) To the extent that doing so is cost effective, a local publicly owned electric utility providing electric service to 250,000 or more customers within the Los Angeles Basin shall maximize the use of demand response, renewable energy resources, and energy efficiency to reduce demand in the area where electrical reliability has been impacted as a result of reductions in gas storage capacity and gas deliverability resulting from the well failure at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility first reported to the commission in October 2015.
(b) For purposes of this section, “Los Angeles Basin” means the area identified as the “Aliso Canyon Delivery Area” on page 11 of the Aliso Canyon Risk Assessment Technical Report, dated April 5, 2016.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 814, Sec. 4. (SB 801) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.9 - RESTRUCTURING OF PUBLICLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES INDUSTRY › Section 9618.

9618. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a local publicly owned electric utility that provides electric service to 250,000 or more customers within the Los Angeles Basin shall make publicly available, upon request of any person, electrical grid data necessary or useful to enable distributed energy resource providers to target solutions that support reliability in the area where electrical reliability has been impacted as a result of reductions in gas storage capacity and gas deliverability resulting from the well failure at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility first reported to the commission in October 2015.
(2) A local publicly owned electric utility shall not make data available pursuant to paragraph (1) that is prohibited from being disclosed pursuant to state or federal law.
(3) The data made available pursuant to this subdivision shall be available pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), commencing within 60 days of the effective date of this section.
(b) For purposes of this section, “Los Angeles Basin” means the area identified as the “Aliso Canyon Delivery Area” on page 11 of the Aliso Canyon Risk Assessment Technical Report, dated April 5, 2016.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 403. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)