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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Miscellaneous Regulations › ARTICLE 5 - Women, Minority, Disabled Veteran, and LGBT Business Enterprises › Section 8282.

8282. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Control” means exercising the power to make policy decisions.
(b) “Disabled veteran business enterprise” has the same meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.
(c) “LGBT business enterprise” means a business enterprise that is at least 51-percent owned by a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person or persons; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of those individuals.
(d) “Minority business enterprise” means a business enterprise that is at least 51-percent owned by a minority group or groups; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more minority groups, and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of those individuals. The contracting utility shall presume that minority includes African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Pacific Americans.
(e) To “operate” means to be actively involved in the day-to-day management. It is not enough to merely be an officer or director.
(f) “Renewable energy project” means a project for the development and operation of an eligible renewable energy resource meeting the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1).
(g) “Women business enterprise” means a business enterprise that is at least 51-percent owned by a woman or women; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of those individuals.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 271. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Miscellaneous Regulations › ARTICLE 5 - Women, Minority, Disabled Veteran, and LGBT Business Enterprises › Section 8284.

8284. (a) (1) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of women, minority, and LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts.
(2) The commission shall adopt the Department of General Services’ disabled veteran business enterprise certification eligibility requirements for verifying and determining the eligibility of disabled veteran business enterprises for procurement contracts, and shall not deem eligible those disabled veteran business enterprises that are not certified by the Department of General Services.
(3) In initially adopting criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts pursuant to paragraph (1), the commission shall adopt the LGBT status qualifiers created by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The commission may update these LGBT status qualifiers as appropriate.
(b) The commission shall develop, and require every electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) and their commission-regulated subsidiaries and affiliates to implement, an outreach program to inform and recruit women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises to apply for procurement contracts under this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 703, Sec. 6. (SB 599) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Miscellaneous Regulations › ARTICLE 5 - Women, Minority, Disabled Veteran, and LGBT Business Enterprises › Section 8285.

8285. (a) Any person or corporation, through its directors, officers, or agents, that falsely represents a business as a women, minority, or LGBT business enterprise in the procurement of, or the attempt to procure, contracts from an electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, or telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), or a commission-regulated subsidiary or affiliate subject to this article, or from an electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), but not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment. In the case of a corporation, the fine or imprisonment, or both, shall be imposed on every director, officer, or agent responsible for the false statements.
(b) Any person or corporation, through its directors, officers, or agents, that falsely represents a business as a disabled veteran business enterprise in the procurement of, or the attempt to procure, contracts from an electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, or telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), or a commission-regulated subsidiary or affiliate subject to this article, or from an electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), but not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), shall be punished according to the penalties established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 999.9 of the Military and Veterans Code. In the case of a corporation, the fine or imprisonment, or both, shall be imposed on every director, officer, or agent responsible for the false statements.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 703, Sec. 7. (SB 599) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4 - LAWS RELATING TO UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES › CHAPTER 7 - Miscellaneous Regulations › ARTICLE 5 - Women, Minority, Disabled Veteran, and LGBT Business Enterprises › Section 8286.

8286. (a) In order to facilitate the participation of women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises and small businesses in contract procurement, any corporation subject to this article may consider the following measures to include those businesses in all phases of their contracting:
(1) Timely or progressive payments to those businesses.
(2) An amendment of the performance bond requirements so that bond requirements of electrical, gas, and telephone corporations do not prohibitively burden those businesses from procuring the corporation’s business.
(3) The provision of assistance to those businesses by securing contract payments to those businesses with letters of credit, negotiable securities, or other financing arrangements or measures.
(b) This section does not restrict a corporation’s ability to require a bond.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 703, Sec. 8. (SB 599) 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 1 - Nuclear Powerplant Communities Information › Section 8301.

8301. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nuclear Powerplant Communities Information Act of 1985.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 1 - Nuclear Powerplant Communities Information › Section 8302.

8302. Every privately owned and publicly owned public utility generating electricity by means of any nuclear powerplant and every privately owned and publicly owned public utility with a nuclear powerplant that is no longer producing electricity but is in the decommissioning process or is still radioactive shall do both of the following:
(a) Provide periodically, as required by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but at least every two years, by mail or by hand delivery, with that information as may be required by the commission to be disseminated to the public, either to all residents within a 10-mile radius of the powerplant or to those persons designated by the commission, whichever is the greater number of persons, a general description of the powerplant, emergency evacuation information, and substantive revisions thereof, and the titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of the federal, state, and local public officials who may be contacted for more detailed information concerning powerplant status and discharges.
(b) Provide, at least twice each year, a copy of the public utility’s “Effluent Monitoring Report” to the county health officer in the county where the nuclear powerplant is located.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1029, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8321.

8321. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Act of 1985.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8322.

8322. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The citizens of California should be protected from exposure to radiation from nuclear facilities.
(b) It is in the best interests of all citizens of California that the costs of electricity generated by nuclear facilities be fairly distributed among present and future California electric customers so that customers are charged only for costs that are reasonably and prudently incurred.
(c) The costs of electricity generated by nuclear facilities, including the costs of their decontamination and decommissioning, should be reduced to the lowest level consistent with public health and safety.
(d) The ultimate costs of the decommissioning of nuclear facilities are of significant magnitude, and introduce an element of financial risk to both electric customers and investors unless prudent provision is made for defraying those costs.
(e) In order to reduce both risk and ultimate costs for all of its citizens, the State of California should establish a comprehensive framework for timely payment of the costs of decommissioning, and provide for allocation of risks and costs among the respective interests.
(f) The principal considerations in establishing a state policy respecting the economic aspects of decommissioning are as follows:
(1) Assuring that the funds required for decommissioning are available at the time and in the amount required for protection of the public.
(2) Minimizing the cost to electric customers of an acceptable level of assurance.
(3) Structuring payments for decommissioning so that electric customers and investors are treated equitably over time so that customers are charged only for costs that are reasonably and prudently incurred.
(g) Decommissioning nuclear facilities causes electric utility employees to become unemployed through no fault of their own, and these employees are entitled to reasonable job protection the costs of which are properly includable in the costs of decommissioning.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8323.

8323. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to protect electric customers, both present and future, from the risks of unreasonable costs associated with ownership and operation of nuclear powerplants. To that end, the commission or board with respect to each electric utility owning or operating a nuclear powerplant, shall develop regulations and guidelines that promote realism in estimating costs, provide periodic review procedures that create maximum incentives for accurate cost estimations, and provide for decommissioning cost controls.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8324.

8324. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
(a) “Board” means the board of directors or other governing body of a publicly owned public utility owning or operating a nuclear power plant.
(b) “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission.
(c) “Electrical utility” includes both an electrical corporation subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission and a publicly owned public utility subject to the jurisdiction and control of its board, in either case owning or operating nuclear facilities for the generation of electricity.
(d) “Decommissioning” means to remove nuclear facilities safely from service and to reduce residual radioactivity to a level that permits release of the property for unrestricted use and termination of license, or as otherwise defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its successor. Decommissioning includes other activities and costs, if any, which may be included in Internal Revenue Service regulations implementing Section 468A of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
(e) “Nuclear facilities” means the site, building and contents, and equipment associated with any activity licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or as may be otherwise defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its successor.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8325.

8325. (a) Each electrical corporation owning, in whole or in part, or operating nuclear facilities, located in California or elsewhere, shall establish an externally managed, segregated fund for the purposes of this chapter. In addition, each electrical corporation may establish other funds, as appropriate, for payment of decommissioning costs of nuclear facilities.
(b) The externally managed, segregated fund established pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be a fund which qualifies for a tax deduction pursuant to Section 468A of the United States Internal Revenue Code, and applicable regulations of the Internal Revenue Service adopted pursuant thereto, if that tax treatment is determined by the commission to be in the best long-term interests of the customers of the electrical utility.
(c) The commission shall authorize an electrical corporation to collect sufficient revenues in rates to make the maximum contributions to the fund established pursuant to Section 468A of the United States Internal Revenue Code and applicable regulations, that are deductible for federal and state income tax purposes, and to otherwise recover the revenue requirements associated with reasonable and prudent decommissioning costs of the nuclear facilities for purposes of making contributions into other funds established pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an electrical utility, which is a publicly owned public utility subject to the jurisdiction and control of its board, shall establish and may manage a separate fund for purposes of this chapter. The board shall provide that the amounts of all payments into this fund are recoverable through the utility’s electric rates.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8326.

8326. (a) Each electrical utility owning, in whole or in part, or operating a nuclear facility, located in California or elsewhere, shall provide a decommissioning cost estimate to the commission or the board for all nuclear facilities which shall include all of the following:
(1) An estimate of costs of decommissioning.
(2) A description of changes in regulation, technology, and economics affecting the estimate of costs.
(3) A description of additions and deletions to nuclear facilities.
(4) Upon request of the commission or the board, other information required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding decommissioning costs.
(b) The decommissioning costs estimate study shall be periodically revised in accordance with procedures adopted by the commission or the board pursuant to Section 8327.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8327.

8327. The commission or the board shall review, in conjunction with each proceeding of the electrical utility held for the purpose of considering changes in electrical rates or charges, the decommissioning costs estimate for the electrical utility in order to ensure that the estimate takes account of the changes in the technology and regulation of decommissioning, the operating experience of each nuclear facility, and the changes in the general economy. The review shall specifically include all cost estimates, the basis for the cost estimates, and all assumptions about the remaining useful life of the nuclear facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8328.

8328. The expenses associated with decommissioning of nuclear facilities shall be paid from the funds established pursuant to Section 8325. If the money in the funds is insufficient for payment of all decommissioning costs, the commission or the board shall determine whether the costs incurred in excess of the money in the funds are reasonable in amount and prudently incurred. If the commission or the board determines that the excess costs are reasonable in amount and prudently incurred, the commission or the board shall authorize these costs to be charged to the customers of the electric utility.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8329.

8329. The commission or the board shall, for purposes of establishing rates or charges, review and approve the estimated service life and estimated retirement date of all nuclear facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 2 - Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities › Section 8330.

8330. Every electrical utility involved in decommissioning, closure, or removal of nuclear facilities, shall provide assistance in finding comparable alternative employment opportunities for its employees who become unemployed as the result of decommissioning, closure, or removal. The commission or the board shall authorize the electrical utility to collect sufficient revenue through electric rates and charges to recover the cost, if any, of compliance with this section.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1560, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 3 - Greenhouse Gases Emission Performance Standard for Baseload Electrical Generating Resources › Section 8340.

8340. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Baseload generation” means electricity generation from a powerplant that is designed and intended to provide electricity at an annualized plant capacity factor of at least 60 percent.
(b) “Combined-cycle natural gas” with respect to a powerplant means the powerplant employs a combination of one or more gas turbines and steam turbines in which electricity is produced in the steam turbine from otherwise lost waste heat exiting from one or more of the gas turbines.
(c) “Electric service provider” means an “electric service provider” as defined in Section 218.3, but does not include corporations or persons employing cogeneration technology or producing electricity from other than a conventional power source consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 218.
(d) “Greenhouse gases” means those gases listed in Section 38505 of the Health and Safety Code.
(e) “Load-serving entity” means every electrical corporation, electric service provider, or community choice aggregator serving end-use customers in the state.
(f) “Long-term financial commitment” means either a new ownership investment in baseload generation or a new or renewed contract with a term of five or more years, which includes procurement of baseload generation.
(g) “Output-based methodology” means a greenhouse gases emission performance standard that is expressed in pounds of greenhouse gases emitted per megawatthour and factoring in the useful thermal energy employed for purposes other than the generation of electricity.
(h) “Plant capacity factor” means the ratio of the electricity produced during a given time period, measured in kilowatthours, to the electricity the unit could have produced if it had been operated at its rated capacity during that period, expressed in kilowatthours.
(i) “Powerplant” means a facility for the generation of electricity, and includes one or more generating units at the same location.
(j) “Zero- or low-carbon generating resource” means an electrical generating resource that will generate electricity while producing emissions of greenhouse gases at a rate substantially below the greenhouse gases emission performance standard, as determined by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 3.5 - Air Pollution Performance Standard for New Generation › Section 8350.

8350. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Load-serving entity” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 8340.
(2) “Long-term financial commitment” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 8340.
(3) “New electrical generating facility” means an electrical generating unit for which all legally required permits have been received after January 1, 2011. If an electrical generating unit is added to an existing powerplant after January 1, 2011, only the incremental capacity from that unit added after January 1, 2011, is a new electrical generating facility.
(4) “Shared pollution area” means an airshed encompassing a portion of California and a portion of an adjacent state or country, as determined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) A load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility shall not enter into, and the commission shall not approve for an electrical corporation, a long-term financial commitment with or for a new electrical generating facility constructed in California or in a shared pollution area if that facility does not meet the following requirements:
(1) If the new electrical generating facility is in California, the facility meets best available control technology (BACT) standards, to control air pollution emissions from the operation of the facility, and complies with air pollution control district or air quality management district rules and regulations, and state and federal law.
(2) If the new electrical generating facility is outside of California in a shared pollution area, the facility meets best available control technology (BACT) standards, to control air pollution emissions from the operation of the facility, that apply in the air basin in California adjacent to the facility.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 422, Sec. 1. (AB 2037) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Smart Grid Systems › Section 8360.

8360. It is the policy of the state to modernize the state’s electrical transmission and distribution system to maintain safe, reliable, efficient, and secure electrical service, with infrastructure that can meet future growth in demand and achieve all of the following, which together characterize a smart grid:
(a) Increased use of cost-effective digital information and control technology to improve reliability, security, and efficiency of the electric grid.
(b) Dynamic optimization of grid operations and resources, including appropriate consideration for asset management and utilization of related grid operations and resources, with cost-effective full cyber security.
(c) Deployment and integration of cost-effective distributed resources and generation, including renewable resources.
(d) Development and incorporation of cost-effective demand response, demand-side resources, and energy-efficient resources.
(e) Deployment of cost-effective smart technologies, including real time, automated, interactive technologies that optimize the physical operation of appliances and consumer devices for metering, communications concerning grid operations and status, and distribution automation.
(f) Integration of cost-effective smart appliances and consumer devices.
(g) Deployment and integration of cost-effective advanced electricity storage and peak-shaving technologies, including plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles, and thermal-storage air-conditioning.
(h) Provide consumers with timely information and control options.
(i) Develop standards for communication and interoperability of appliances and equipment connected to the electric grid, including the infrastructure serving the grid.
(j) Identification and lowering of unreasonable or unnecessary barriers to adoption of smart grid technologies, practices, and services.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Smart Grid Systems › Section 8361.

8361. For purposes of this chapter, “ISO” means the Independent System Operator operating pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 345) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Smart Grid Systems › Section 8362.

8362. (a) By July 1, 2010, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the ISO, and other key stakeholders shall determine the requirements for a smart grid deployment plan consistent with Section 8360 and federal law, including the provisions of Title XIII (commencing with Section 1301) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140). The commission shall institute a rulemaking or expand the scope of an existing rulemaking to adopt standards and protocols to ensure functionality and interoperability developed by public and private entities, including, but not limited to, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gridwise Architecture Council, the International Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the National Electric Reliability Organization recognized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. An adopted smart grid deployment plan may provide for deployment of cost-effective smart grid products, technologies, and services by entities other than electrical corporations. The smart grid technologies and services shall improve overall efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of electrical system operations, planning, and maintenance.
(b) This section does not require or authorize the commission to delay action on an application by an electrical corporation that is submitted prior to the commission determining the requirements for a smart grid deployment plan.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Smart Grid Systems › Section 8363.

8363. This chapter shall be implemented in a manner that does not compromise customer or worker safety or the integrity or reliability of the electrical transmission and distribution system in this state.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Smart Grid Systems › Section 8364.

8364. (a) By July 1, 2011, each electrical corporation shall develop and submit a smart grid deployment plan to the commission for approval.
(b) This section does not require or authorize the commission to delay action on an application by an electrical corporation that is submitted prior to the commission’s approval of the electrical corporation’s timely filed smart grid deployment plan.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Smart Grid Systems › Section 8366.

8366. Smart grid technology may be deployed in a manner to maximize the benefit and minimize the cost to ratepayers and to achieve the benefits of smart grid technology. The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the ISO, and electrical corporations, shall evaluate the impact of deployment on major initiatives and policies including:
(a) Implementation of new advanced metering initiatives.
(b) Achievement of the renewables portfolio standard program requirements and the need to operate the smart grid of the future with a substantial increased percentage of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources.
(c) Achievement of state goals for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases as set forth in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 and other state directives.
(d) Achievement of the energy efficiency and demand response goals as required by Sections 454.5 and 454.55 and other state directives.
(e) Modernizing the aging utility grid infrastructure.
(f) Meeting the future energy growth needs of the state with new and innovative technologies and methods that utilize the existing assets more efficiently, result in a less environmentally adverse net impact on the state, meet stringent costs versus benefit assessments, and provide the ratepayers with new options in meeting their individual energy needs.
(g) Implementation of technology to improve worker safety, protection, and productivity.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Smart Grid Systems › Section 8368.

8368. The commission may modify or adjust the requirements of this chapter for any electrical corporation with fewer than 100,000 service connections, as individual circumstances merit.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4 - Smart Grid Systems › Section 8369.

8369. Each local publicly owned electric utility with more than 100,000 service connections, shall, by July 1, 2011, develop a smart grid deployment plan, that is consistent with federal law, including the provisions of Title XIII (commencing with Section 1301) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140).
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 327, Sec. 1. (SB 17) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Microgrids › Section 8370.

8370. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Customer” means a customer of a local publicly owned electric utility or of a large electrical corporation. A person or entity is a customer of a large electrical corporation if the customer is physically located within the service territory of the large electrical corporation and receives bundled service, distribution service, or transmission service from the large electrical corporation.
(b) “Distributed energy resource” means an electric generation or storage technology that complies with the emissions standards adopted by the State Air Resources Board pursuant to the distributed generation certification program requirements of Section 94203 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, or any successor regulation.
(c) “Large electrical corporation” means an electrical corporation with more than 100,000 service connections in California.
(d) “Microgrid” means an interconnected system of loads and energy resources, including, but not limited to, distributed energy resources, energy storage, demand response tools, or other management, forecasting, and analytical tools, appropriately sized to meet customer needs, within a clearly defined electrical boundary that can act as a single, controllable entity, and can connect to, disconnect from, or run in parallel with, larger portions of the electrical grid, or can be managed and isolated to withstand larger disturbances and maintain electrical supply to connected critical infrastructure.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 566, Sec. 2. (SB 1339) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Microgrids › Section 8371.

8371. The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission and the Independent System Operator, shall take all of the following actions by December 1, 2020, to facilitate the commercialization of microgrids for distribution customers of large electrical corporations:
(a) Develop microgrid service standards necessary to meet state and local permitting requirements.
(b) Without shifting costs between ratepayers, develop methods to reduce barriers for microgrid deployment.
(c) Develop guidelines that determine what impact studies are required for microgrids to connect to the electrical corporation grid.
(d) Without shifting costs between ratepayers, develop separate large electrical corporation rates and tariffs, as necessary, to support microgrids, while ensuring that system, public, and worker safety are given the highest priority. The separate rates and tariffs shall not compensate a customer for the use of diesel backup or natural gas generation, except as either of those sources is used pursuant to Section 41514.1 of the Health and Safety Code, or except for natural gas generation that is a distributed energy resource.
(e) Form a working group to codify standards and protocols needed to meet California electrical corporation and Independent System Operator microgrid requirements.
(f) Develop a standard for direct current metering in the commission’s Electric Rule 21 to streamline the interconnection process and lower interconnection costs for direct current microgrid applications.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 248. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Microgrids › Section 8371.5.

8371.5. Nothing in this chapter shall discourage or prohibit the development or ownership of a microgrid by an electrical corporation.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 566, Sec. 2. (SB 1339) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4.5 - Microgrids › Section 8372.

8372. (a) Within 180 days of the first request from a customer or developer to establish a microgrid, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility shall develop and make available a standardized process for the interconnection of a customer-supported microgrid, including separate electrical rates and tariffs, as necessary. The separate rates and tariffs shall not compensate a customer for the use of diesel backup or natural gas generation, except as either of those sources is used pursuant to Section 41514.1 of the Health and Safety Code, or except for natural gas generation that is a distributed energy resource.
(b) The governing board shall ensure the microgrid rates and charges do not shift costs to, or from, a microgrid customer or nonmicrogrid customer, and shall ensure each microgrid and its components comply with the local publicly owned electric utility’s applicable regulatory requirements.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 566, Sec. 2. (SB 1339) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 4.1 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PRIVATELY OWNED AND PUBLICLY OWNED PUBLIC UTILITIES › CHAPTER 4.6 - Notice and Recordation of a Decarbonization Charge › Section 8375.

8375. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish transparency for renters and home buyers regarding the existence of a decarbonization charge associated with a decarbonization upgrade located on a property.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the act of an energy supplier recording a notice of decarbonization charge pursuant to this chapter does not constitute a debt collection.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 834, Sec. 2. (SB 1112) 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 4.6 - Notice and Recordation of a Decarbonization Charge › Section 8376.

8376. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Decarbonization charge” means a charge that is added to the billing for service associated with the electrical meter, or other measuring device, under the control of an energy supplier located at the subscriber property where a decarbonization upgrade is located, and that is collected in order to pay for a decarbonization upgrade.
(b) “Decarbonization upgrade” means all of the following:
(1) A change to a subscriber property that reduces the demand for electricity from an energy supplier.
(2) A change to a subscriber property that allows for storage of energy.
(3) A change to a subscriber property that reduces the use of fossil fuels.
(4) A change to a subscriber property that converts water, wind, or sunlight to usable electricity.
(c) “Energy supplier” means either of the following:
(1) An entity that offers an electricity product for sale to retail consumers in California, including an electrical corporation, local publicly owned electric utility, electric service provider, and community choice aggregator.
(2) Any private corporation or association organized for purposes of transmitting or distributing electricity exclusively to its stockholders or members at cost, including an electrical cooperative.
(d) “Subscriber” means a person or entity that purchases electricity or electrical grid services from an energy supplier and is billed for the electricity or electrical grid services by the energy supplier, either directly or by another entity on behalf of the energy supplier.
(e) “Subscriber property” means residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, or other real property owned, leased, or licensed for occupancy by the subscriber.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 834, Sec. 2. (SB 1112) 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 6 - Wildfire Mitigation › Section 8385.

8385. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Compliance period” means a period of approximately one year.
(2) “Deenergization event” means the proactive interruption of electrical service for the purpose of mitigating or avoiding the risk of causing a wildfire.
(3) “Electrical cooperative” has the same meaning as defined in Section 2776.
(4) “Large electrical corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3280.
(5) “Office” means the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, within the Natural Resources Agency.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, the office shall supervise an electrical corporation’s compliance with the requirements of this chapter pursuant to the Public Utilities Act (Part 1 (commencing with Section 201) of Division 1). Nothing in this chapter affects the commission’s authority or jurisdiction over an electrical corporation, electrical cooperative, or local publicly owned electric utility.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 819, Sec. 1. (SB 884) 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 6 - Wildfire Mitigation › Section 8386.1.

8386.1. The commission shall assess penalties on an electrical corporation that fails to substantially comply with its plan. In determining an appropriate amount of the penalty, the commission shall consider all of the following:
(a) The nature and severity of any noncompliance with the plan, including whether the noncompliance resulted in harm.
(b) The extent to which the commission or office has found that the electrical corporation complied with its plans in prior years.
(c) Whether the electrical corporation self-reported the circumstances constituting noncompliance.
(d) Whether the electrical corporation implemented corrective actions with respect to the noncompliance.
(e) Whether the electrical corporation knew or in the exercise of reasonable care should have known of the circumstances constituting noncompliance.
(f) Whether the electrical corporation had previously engaged in conduct of a similar nature that caused significant property damage or injury.
(g) Any other factors established by the commission in a rulemaking proceeding, consistent with this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 79. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021.)
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 8386.2.

8386.2. The commission shall require a safety culture assessment of each electrical corporation to be conducted by an independent third-party evaluator. The commission shall set the schedule for each assessment, including updates to the assessment at least every five years. The electrical corporation shall not seek reimbursement for the costs of the assessment from ratepayers.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 626, Sec. 40. (SB 901) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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 8386.4.

8386.4. (a) At the time of approval of an electrical corporation’s wildfire mitigation plan, the commission shall authorize the electrical corporation to establish a memorandum account to track costs incurred to implement the plan.
(b) (1) The commission shall consider whether the cost of implementing each electrical corporation’s plan is just and reasonable in its general rate case application. Each electrical corporation shall establish a memorandum account to track costs incurred for fire risk mitigation that are not otherwise covered in the electrical corporation’s revenue requirements. The commission shall review the costs in the memorandum accounts and disallow recovery of those costs the commission deems unreasonable.
(2) In lieu of paragraph (1), an electrical corporation may elect to file an application for recovery of the cost of implementing its plan as accounted in the memorandum account at the conclusion of the time period covered by the plan. If the electrical corporation files an application for cost recovery pursuant to this paragraph, the commission shall issue a proposed decision within 12 months of the filing date of the application unless the commission issues an order extending the deadline upon a finding of good cause.
(3) The chief executive officer of an electrical corporation shall certify in each general rate case application that the electrical corporation has not received authorization from the commission to recover the costs in a previous proceeding, including wildfire cost recovery applications.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as a restriction or limitation on Article 1 (commencing with Section 451) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 19. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)
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 8386.5.

8386.5. The commission, the office, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to cooperatively develop consistent approaches and share data related to fire prevention, safety, vegetation management, and energy distribution systems. The commission and the department shall share results from various fire prevention activities, including relevant inspections and fire ignition data.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 81. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021.)
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 8386.6.

8386.6. (a) All electrical line clearance tree trimmers performing work to comply with the vegetation management requirements in an electrical corporation’s wildfire mitigation plan shall be qualified line clearance tree trimmers, or trainees under the direct supervision and instruction of qualified line clearance tree trimmers, as provided in the High-Voltage Electrical Safety Orders (Group 2 (commencing with Section 2700) of Subchapter 5 of Chapter 4 of Division 1 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations) of the Department of Industrial Relations.
(b) All qualified line clearance tree trimmers shall be paid no less than the prevailing wage rate for a first period apprentice electrical utility lineman as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 406, Sec. 2. (SB 247) Effective January 1, 2020.)