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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.14.

399.14. (a) (1) An electrical corporation, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1001), and in order to meet its unmet renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements, may apply to the commission for approval to construct, own, and operate an eligible renewable energy resource.
(2) If the proposed eligible renewable energy resource complies with the requirements of subdivision (b), the commission shall approve an application filed pursuant to paragraph (1), until the commission has approved applications for eligible renewable energy resources for the electrical corporation that, when constructed and operating, will provide 8.25 percent of the electrical corporation’s anticipated retail sales by December 31, 2020, and thereafter.
(3) The commission may approve additional applications for eligible renewable energy resources once the commission has approved sufficient applications for eligible renewable energy resources for the electrical corporation that, when constructed and operating, will provide 8.25 percent of the electrical corporation’s anticipated retail sales by December 31, 2020, and thereafter.
(b) The commission shall not approve any application by an electrical corporation pursuant to subdivision (a) unless both of the following conditions are met:
(1) The eligible renewable energy resource utilizes a viable technology at a reasonable cost.
(2) The eligible renewable energy resource provides comparable or superior value to ratepayers when compared to then recent contracts for generation provided by eligible renewable energy resources.
(c) In approving any application by an electrical corporation for approval to construct, own, and operate an eligible renewable energy resource, the commission shall apply traditional cost-of-service ratemaking. When applying traditional cost-of-service ratemaking, the commission, in the certificate authorizing the new construction, shall specify the maximum cost determined to be reasonable and prudent for the construction of the facility and the cost of initial operation of the facility. Upon a filing by the electrical corporation, the commission may authorize an increase in the maximum cost of construction if it determines that the cost has in fact increased, that the cost increase is determined to be reasonable and prudent, and that the present or future public convenience or necessity require construction of the project at the increased cost.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 18. (SB 2 1x) Effective December 10, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.18.

399.18. (a) This section applies to an electrical corporation that as of January 1, 2010, met either of the following conditions:
(1) Served 30,000 or fewer customer accounts in California and had issued at least four solicitations for eligible renewable energy resources prior to June 1, 2010.
(2) Had 1,000 or fewer customer accounts in California and was not connected to any transmission system or to the Independent System Operator.
(b) For an electrical corporation or its successor, electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources may be used for compliance with this article, notwithstanding any procurement content limitation in Section 399.16, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The electrical corporation or its successor participates in, and complies with, the accounting system administered by the Energy Commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 399.25.
(2) The Energy Commission verifies that the electricity generated by the facility is eligible to meet the requirements of Section 399.15.
(3) The electrical corporation continues to satisfy either of the conditions described in subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 547, Sec. 22. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.19.

399.19. (a) The commission shall modify, and extend until December 31, 2026, or until all available program funds are expended, whichever occurs first, the monetary incentive program for biomethane projects adopted in Decision 15-06-029 (June 11, 2015), Decision Regarding the Costs of Compliance with Decision 14-01-034 and Adoption of Biomethane Promotion Policies and Program, as follows:
(1) Except for a dairy cluster biomethane project, the total available incentive limitation for a project shall be increased from one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to three million dollars ($3,000,000).
(2) For a dairy cluster biomethane project, the total available incentive limitation shall be raised to five million dollars ($5,000,000), which may be used for interconnection costs and costs incurred for gathering lines to help reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants pursuant to Section 39730 of the Health and Safety Code. For purposes of this subdivision, a dairy cluster biomethane project means a biomethane project of three or more dairies in close proximity to one another employing multiple facilities for the capture of biogas that is transported by multiple gathering lines to a centralized processing facility where the biogas is processed to meet the biomethane standards adopted by the commission pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d), or updated pursuant to subdivision (e), of Section 25421 of the Health and Safety Code and injected into the pipeline of the gas corporation through a single interconnection.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2027, deletes or extends that date.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 249. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.20.5.

399.20.5. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and paragraph (2) of subdivision (j) of Section 399.20, a conduit hydroelectric facility with an effective capacity of up to four megawatts that otherwise meets the requirements of Section 399.20 shall be eligible for the standard contract or tariff established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 399.20 if the electric generation facility meets all the following additional requirements:
(1) It was operational as of January 1, 1990.
(2) It delivers no more than three megawatts to the grid at any time.
(3) It complies with the electrical corporation’s Electric Rule 21 tariff or other distribution access tariff.
(b) A facility meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) shall receive payment pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 399.20, provided that no payment shall be made for any electricity delivered to the grid in excess of three megawatts at any time.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 665, Sec. 1. (AB 1979) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.22.

399.22. (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means any state agency, board, department, or commission, including the entities specified in subdivision (a) of Section 15814.12 of the Government Code.
(b) A state agency generating electricity from an electric generation facility, as defined in Section 387.6 or 399.20, that operates under a tariff adopted pursuant to either of those sections, and that is owned by, operated by, or on property under the control of, the state agency shall take the total annual amount of kilowatthours exported to the grid into consideration when determining whether the state agency has achieved the policy goals and objectives established by law for the state agency.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 474, Sec. 1. (AB 2724) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.24.

399.24. (a) To meet the energy and transportation needs of the state, the commission shall adopt policies and programs that promote the in-state production and distribution of biomethane. The policies and programs shall facilitate the development of a variety of sources of in-state biomethane.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “biomethane” means biogas that meets the standards adopted pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 25421 of the Health and Safety Code for injection into a common carrier pipeline.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 602, Sec. 5. (AB 1900) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.25.

399.25. The Energy Commission shall do all of the following:
(a) Certify eligible renewable energy resources that it determines meet the criteria described in subdivision (e) of Section 399.12.
(b) Design and implement an accounting system to verify compliance with the renewables portfolio standard by retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities, to ensure that electricity generated by an eligible renewable energy resource is counted only once for the purpose of meeting the renewables portfolio standard of this state or any other state, to certify renewable energy credits produced by eligible renewable energy resources, and to verify retail product claims in this state or any other state. In establishing the guidelines governing this accounting system, the Energy Commission shall collect data from electricity market participants that it deems necessary to verify compliance of retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities, in accordance with the requirements of this article and the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code). In seeking data from electrical corporations, the Energy Commission shall request data from the commission. The commission shall collect data from electrical corporations and remit the data to the Energy Commission within 90 days of the request.
(c) Establish a system for tracking and verifying renewable energy credits that, through the use of independently audited data, verifies the generation of electricity associated with each renewable energy credit and protects against multiple counting of the same renewable energy credit. The Energy Commission shall consult with other western states and with the WECC in the development of this system.
(d) Certify, for purposes of compliance with the renewables portfolio standard requirements by a retail seller, the eligibility of renewable energy credits associated with eligible renewable energy resources procured by a local publicly owned electric utility, if the Energy Commission determines that all of the conditions of Section 399.31 have been met.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 397. (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 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.26.

399.26. (a) In order for the state to meet the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, substantially increased amounts of electricity generated by eligible renewable energy resources must be integrated with, and interconnected to, the transmission grid that is either owned by, or under the operational control of, the local publicly owned electric utilities and the transmission grid that is under the operational control of the Independent System Operator.
(b) The Independent System Operator and the balancing authority of each area in California shall do both of the following:
(1) Work cooperatively to integrate and interconnect eligible renewable energy resources to the transmission grid by the most efficient means possible with the goal of minimizing the impact and cost of new transmission needed to meet both reliability needs and the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements.
(2) Accomplish the requirements of paragraph (1) in a manner that respects the ownership, business, and dispatch models for transmission facilities owned by electrical corporations, local publicly owned electric utilities, joint powers agencies, and independent transmission companies.
(c) The Independent System Operator shall seek any approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that are necessary to accomplish the goals and requirements of this article.
(d) In order to maintain electric service reliability and to minimize the construction of fossil fuel electrical generation capacity to support the integration of intermittent renewable electrical generation into the electrical grid, by July 1, 2011, the commission shall determine the effective load carrying capacity of wind and solar energy resources on the California electrical grid. The commission shall use those effective load carrying capacity values in establishing the contribution of wind and solar energy resources toward meeting the resource adequacy requirements established pursuant to Section 380.
(Added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 28. (SB 2 1x) Effective December 10, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program › Section 399.31.

399.31. A retail seller may procure renewable energy credits associated with deliveries of electricity by an eligible renewable energy resource to a local publicly owned electric utility, for purposes of compliance with the renewables portfolio standard requirements, if both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The local publicly owned electric utility has adopted and implemented a renewable energy resources procurement plan that complies with the renewables portfolio standard adopted pursuant to Section 399.30.
(b) The local publicly owned electric utility is procuring sufficient eligible renewable energy resources to satisfy the target standard, and will not fail to satisfy the target standard in the event that the renewable energy credit is sold to the retail seller.
(Added by Stats. 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 30. (SB 2 1x) Effective December 10, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 17 - Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction › Section 400.2.

400.2. For the purposes of this article, “green electrolytic hydrogen” means hydrogen gas produced through electrolysis and does not include hydrogen gas manufactured using steam reforming or any other conversion technology that produces hydrogen from a fossil fuel feedstock.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 567, Sec. 2. (SB 1369) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring › ARTICLE 17 - Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction › Section 400.3.

400.3. The commission, State Air Resources Board, and Energy Commission shall consider green electrolytic hydrogen an eligible form of energy storage and shall consider other potential uses of green electrolytic hydrogen in their decarbonization strategies. For purposes of this section, “decarbonization strategies” means actions undertaken to reduce or eliminate emissions of greenhouse gases.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 363, Sec. 4. (SB 1075) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 401.

401. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the public interest is best served by a commission that is appropriately funded and staffed, that can thoroughly examine the issues before it, and that can take timely and well-considered action on matters before it. The Legislature further finds and declares that funding the commission by means of a reasonable fee imposed upon each common carrier and business related thereto, each public utility that the commission regulates, and each applicant for, or holder of, a state franchise pursuant to Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 5800), helps to achieve those goals and is, therefore, in the public interest.
(b) The Legislature intends, in enacting this chapter, that the fees levied and collected pursuant thereto produce enough, and only enough, revenues to fund the commission with (1) its authorized expenditures for each fiscal year to regulate common carriers and businesses related thereto, public utilities, and applicants and holders of a state franchise to be a video service provider, less the amount to be paid from special accounts except those established by this article, reimbursements, federal funds, and the unencumbered balance from the preceding year; (2) an appropriate reserve; and (3) any adjustment appropriated by the Legislature.
(c) For purposes of this chapter, an “appropriate reserve” means a reserve in addition to the commission’s total authorized annual budget to regulate common carriers and related businesses, public utilities, and applicants and holders of a state franchise to be a video service provider, to be determined by the commission based on its past and projected operating experience.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 700, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 402.

402. The Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account is hereby continued in existence. All fees collected by the commission pursuant to Section 431 shall be transmitted to the Treasurer at least quarterly for deposit in the account.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 403.

403. There is hereby created the Public Utilities Commission Transportation Reimbursement Account in the General Fund. All fees collected by the commission pursuant to Section 421 shall be transmitted to the Treasurer at least quarterly for deposit in the account.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 404.

404. (a) All fees paid pursuant to this chapter, exclusive of any penalties for delinquency, shall be allowed by the commission in a separate order as an ordinary operating expense for purposes of establishing rates or charges. The commission shall authorize each person or corporation subject to Section 421 or 431 to annually adjust its rates or charges for intrastate services so as to collect from its customers and subscribers an amount sufficient to pay the amount of the fee required by Section 421 or 431 together with the costs of collecting the fee from each customer or subscriber.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules to determine the appropriate level of fees for carriers that provide transportation services incidental to commercial balloon operations, commercial river rafting, or skiing.
(c) Each person or corporation subject to Section 421 or 431 may identify separately, on the bill of each customer or subscriber, the amount to be paid by each customer or subscriber for purposes of funding the commission pursuant to this chapter.
(d) Persons or corporations subject to Section 421 or 431 shall pay the fee in accordance with Section 423 or 433 after collection from their customers or subscribers.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 636, Sec. 1) by Stats. 1993, Ch. 125, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 405.

405. If any person or corporation subject to this chapter is in default of the preparation and submission of any report or the payment of any fee required by this chapter for a period of 30 days or more, the commission may suspend or revoke the certificate of public convenience and necessity, permit, or other operating authority of the person or corporation or order the person or corporation to cease and desist from conducting all operations subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, and the commission may estimate from all available information the appropriate fee and may add to the amount of that estimated fee a penalty not to exceed 25 percent of the amount on account of the failure, refusal, or neglect to prepare and submit the report or to pay the fee, and the person or corporation shall be estopped to complain of the amount of the commission’s estimate.
Upon payment of the fee so estimated and penalty, if applicable, the certificate, permit, or other operating authority of the person or corporation suspended in accordance with this section shall be reinstated or the order to cease and desist revoked. The commission may grant a reasonable extension of the 30-day period to any person or corporation upon written application and a showing of the necessity of the extension.
Upon revocation of any certificate, permit, or other operating authority or issuance of an order to cease and desist pursuant to this section, all fees in default shall become due and payable immediately.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 406.

406. The commission may bring an action, in its own name or in the name of the people of the state, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the collection of delinquent fees estimated under Section 405, or for an amount due, owing, and unpaid to it, as shown by report filed by the commission, together with a penalty of 25 percent for the delinquency.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 407.

407. The commission shall authorize refunds of the fees provided for in this chapter when the fees were collected in error.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 408.

408. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees and charges collected by the commission pursuant to this code from each common carrier and related business subject to Section 421 and from interstate or foreign highway carriers registered pursuant to the Interstate and Foreign Highway Carriers’ Registration Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 3901) of Division 2), shall be deposited in the Public Utilities Commission Transportation Reimbursement Account, in addition to the fee authorized by Section 421.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 409.

409. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees and charges collected pursuant to this code by the commission from each public utility subject to Section 431, with the exception of any penalty collected pursuant to Section 405 or 406, shall be deposited in the Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account, in addition to the fee authorized by Section 431.
(b) A penalty collected pursuant to Section 405 or 406 shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1147, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees › Section 409.5.

409.5. The commission shall maintain those records as are necessary to account separately for all fees and charges, including the fees authorized by Section 431, received from each class of utility subject to Article 3 (commencing with Section 431) and remitted pursuant to Section 409.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1035, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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410. The commission may establish rules and regulations that it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers and Related Businesses › Section 422.1.

422.1. In addition to the requirements of Section 422, the commission may establish a uniform annual fee to be paid by every charter-party carrier of passengers.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1369, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers and Related Businesses › Section 423.

423. Except as provided in Section 404, every carrier and related business subject to Section 421 shall make the payments of the required fee in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Every carrier and related business with annual gross intrastate revenues of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or less, railroad corporation, commercial air operator, and for-hire vessel operator shall make payment of the fee to the commission on an annual basis on or before January 15.
(b) Every other carrier and related business not subject to subdivision (a) shall make payment of the fee on a quarterly basis between the first and 15th days of July, October, January, and April.
(c) Each carrier and related business subject to subdivision (b) shall, at that time, prepare and transmit a report, in the form the commission may specify, showing the gross operating revenue of the carrier or related business for the calendar quarter covered by the report together with the fee established pursuant to Section 421. In the case of a railroad corporation, the report shall address the factors identified by the commission as the basis for allocation pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 422.
(d) Any carrier or related business required to submit information and reports under this article may, in lieu thereof, submit copies of information or reports made to another governmental agency if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) The alternate information or reports contain all of the information required by the commission.
(2) The requirements to which the alternate information or reports are responsive are clearly identified.
(3) The information or reports are certified by the carrier or related business to be true and correct.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 767, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers and Related Businesses › Section 424.

424. As used in this article:
(a) “Class” means a group of carriers or related businesses as specified by the commission for purposes of establishing the fees pursuant to this article. The commission shall create separate classes for the following: passenger vehicle operators, pipeline corporations, vessel operators, railroad corporations, and commercial air operators. Nothing in this section restricts the commission from establishing other carrier classes or from establishing other classes within the existing classes listed in this section, including classes based on the kinds of vehicles used.
(b) “Gross intrastate revenue” includes all compensation for the transportation or storage of property or the transportation of persons when both the origin and destination of the transportation or the performance of the service is within this state, and shall not include compensation for the transportation of persons or property in interstate or foreign commerce or the transportation of vehicles by ferries. “Gross intrastate revenue,” as determined pursuant to this article, shall apply only for purposes of determining the fees required by this chapter and shall not necessarily constitute gross operating revenue for any other purpose.
(c) “Fee” means that monetary amount determined in accordance with this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 341, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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425. The employees, representatives, and inspectors of the commission may, under its order or direction, inspect and examine any books, accounts, records, memoranda, documents, papers, and correspondence kept or required to be kept by any carrier or related business referred to in this article. This section shall, to the extent deemed necessary by the commission, apply to persons who have direct or indirect control over, or who are affiliated with, any transportation agency.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers and Related Businesses › Section 426.

426. The commission shall use all moneys paid into the Public Utilities Commission Transportation Reimbursement Account by charter-party carriers in connection with charter bus transportation, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 5363, solely for the following purposes:
(a) Safety regulation.
(b) The administration of financial responsibility requirements.
(c) Commission activities to ensure compliance with safety regulation and financial responsibility requirements.
(d) Any other regulatory program permitted by Section 14501(a) of Title 49 of the United States Code.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1005, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 3 - Other Public Utilities › Section 431.

431. (a) The commission shall annually determine a fee to be paid by every electrical, gas, telephone, telegraph, water, sewer system, and heat corporation and every other public utility providing service directly to customers or subscribers and subject to the jurisdiction of the commission other than a railroad, except as otherwise provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 421).
(b) The annual fee shall be established to produce a total amount equal to that amount established in the authorized commission budget for the same year, including adjustments for increases in employee compensation, other increases appropriated by the Legislature, and an appropriate reserve to regulate public utilities less the amount to be paid from special accounts or funds pursuant to Section 402, reimbursements, federal funds, and any other revenues, and the amount of unencumbered funds from the preceding year.
(c) This article shall not apply to any electrical cooperative as defined in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2776) of Part 2.
(d) On and after January 1, 1985, this article shall apply to radiotelephone utilities as defined in Section 4902 as those provisions read on December 31, 1984.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 885, Sec. 3. (AB 1717) Effective September 30, 2014. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees › ARTICLE 3 - Other Public Utilities › Section 433.

433. Except as provided in Section 404, every public utility subject to Section 431 shall make payment of the required fee in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Every public utility with annual gross intrastate revenues of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) or less shall make payment of the fee to the commission on an annual basis on or before January 15.
(b) Every other public utility not subject to subdivision (a) shall make payment of the fee to the commission on a quarterly basis between the first and 15th days of July, October, January, and April.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
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434. (a) The commission may require every public utility subject to this article to furnish information and reports to the commission, at the time or times it specifies, to enable it to make the allocations pursuant to Section 432.
(b) Any public utility required to submit information and reports under this article may, in lieu thereof, submit information or reports made to any other governmental agency if all of the following are met:
(1) The alternate information or reports contain all of the information required by the commission.
(2) The requirements to which the alternate reports or information are responsive are clearly identified.
(3) The information or reports are certified by the public utility to be true and correct.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 71. Effective July 1, 1983.)
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435. As used in this article:
(a) “Class” means a group of public utilities as specified by the commission for purposes of establishing fees pursuant to this article. The commission shall create separate classes for the following: electrical corporations, gas corporations, heat corporations, water corporations, sewer system corporations, and telephone and telegraph corporations.
(b) “Fee” means that monetary amount determined in accordance with this article.
(c) “Gross intrastate revenues” means those revenues from a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and accounted for according to the uniform system of accounts maintained by the commission. For purposes of this article, the amount of gross intrastate revenues of a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission shall be the gross intrastate operating revenues set forth in the annual report of the public utility to the commission.
(d) “Sales in kilowatt hours” means sales in kilowatt hours, subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, for service directly to customers and subscribers of each electrical corporation, and shall not include interdepartmental sales or transfers and sales to other privately owned or publicly owned public utilities furnishing electricity.
(e) “Sales in therms” means deliveries of gas in therms, without regard to ownership of the gas, subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, directly to customers and subscribers of each gas corporation, except interdepartmental sales or transfers and sales to other privately owned or publicly owned public utilities furnishing electricity, gas, or heat.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1035, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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440. (a) For purposes of this article, “state franchise,” “video service,” and “video service provider” shall have the same meaning as those terms are defined in Section 5830.
(b) The Public Utilities Commission Video Franchising Account is hereby created in the Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 700, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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441. The commission shall annually determine a fee to be paid by an applicant or holder of a state franchise pursuant to Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 5800). The annual fee shall be established to produce a total amount equal to that amount established in the authorized commission budget for the same year, including adjustments for increases in employee compensation, other increases appropriated by the Legislature, and an appropriate reserve to carry out the provisions of Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 5800), less the amount to be paid from reimbursements, federal funds, and any other revenues, and the amount of unencumbered funds from the preceding year.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 700, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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442. (a) The commission shall establish the fee pursuant to Section 441 with the approval of the Department of Finance. The commission shall specify the amount of its budget to be financed by the fee in its annual budget request.
(b) The fee shall be determined and imposed by the commission consistent with the requirements of Section 542 of Title 47 of the United States Code.
(c) All fees collected by the commission pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the Treasurer at least quarterly for deposit in the Public Utilities Commission Video Franchising Account.
(d) The commission shall maintain those records as are necessary to account separately for all fees and charges, including the fees authorized by Section 441.
(e) The commission shall authorize refunds of the fees provided for in this article when the fees were collected in error.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 700, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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443. (a) The commission may require a video service provider subject to this article to furnish information and reports to the commission, at the time or times it specifies, to enable it to determine the fee pursuant to Section 441.
(b) Any video service provider required to submit information and reports under this article may, in lieu thereof, submit information or reports made to any other governmental agency if all of the following are met:
(1) The alternate information or reports contain all of the information required by the commission.
(2) The requirements to which the alternate reports or information are responsive are clearly identified.
(3) The information or reports are certified by the video service provider to be true and correct.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 700, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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444. (a) If a video service provider subject to this article is in default of the payment of any fee required by this article for a period of 30 days or more, the commission may suspend or revoke the state franchise of the video service provider or order the video service provider to cease and desist from conducting all operations subject to the franchising authority of the commission. The commission may estimate from all available information the appropriate fee and may add to the amount of that estimated fee, a penalty not to exceed 25 percent of the amount, on account of the failure, refusal, or neglect to prepare and submit the report or to pay the fee, and the video service provider shall be estopped to complain of the amount of the commission’s estimate.
(b) Upon payment of the fee so estimated and penalty, if applicable, the state franchise of the video service provider suspended in accordance with this section shall be reinstated or the order to cease and desist revoked. The commission may grant a reasonable extension of the 30-day period to any video service provider upon written application and a showing of the necessity of the extension.
(c) Upon revocation of any state franchise or issuance of an order to cease and desist pursuant to this section, all fees in default shall become due and payable immediately.
(d) The commission may bring an action, in its own name or in the name of the people of the state, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the collection of delinquent fees estimated under this article, or for an amount due, owing, and unpaid to it, as shown by report filed by the commission, together with a penalty of 25 percent for the delinquency.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 700, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
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451. All charges demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge demanded or received for such product or commodity or service is unlawful.
Every public utility shall furnish and maintain such adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, including telephone facilities, as defined in Section 54.1 of the Civil Code, as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public.
All rules made by a public utility affecting or pertaining to its charges or service to the public shall be just and reasonable.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 700.)
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451.2. (a) In an application by an electrical corporation to recover costs and expenses arising from, or incurred as a result of, a catastrophic wildfire with an ignition date in the 2017 calendar year, the commission shall determine whether those costs and expenses are just and reasonable in accordance with Section 451.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 451, when allocating costs, the commission shall consider the electrical corporation’s financial status and determine the maximum amount the corporation can pay without harming ratepayers or materially impacting its ability to provide adequate and safe service. The commission shall ensure that the costs or expenses described in subdivision (a) that are disallowed for recovery in rates assessed for the wildfires, in the aggregate, do not exceed that amount.
(c) An electrical corporation may apply for a financing order pursuant to Article 5.8 (commencing of Section 850) of Chapter 4 for the amount of costs and expenses allocated to the ratepayer as just and reasonable or as disallowed for recovery but exceeding the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (b).
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 626, Sec. 27. (SB 901) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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451.3. If the commission finds that an electrical corporation is requesting recovery of costs that were previously authorized by the commission for cost recovery by the electrical corporation, the commission may fine the electrical corporation an amount up to three times the amount of the penalty provided in Section 2107 for each violation.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 79, Sec. 7. (AB 1054) Effective July 12, 2019.)