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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 913.13.

913.13. The commission shall annually publish on its internet website and submit to the Legislature a report that includes both of the following:
(a) A report on the progress made to grow the use of distributed energy resources among residential customers in disadvantaged communities and in low-income households.
(b) An aggregated list, by census tract and ZIP Code, of all renewable electrical generation facilities, as defined in Section 2827, that began to receive service pursuant to a net energy metering contract or tariff during the preceding calendar year, including, but not limited to, median household income, home ownership, and racial composition, as applicable.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 774, Sec. 2. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 913.15.

913.15. (a) Within 24 months of establishing a community renewable energy program pursuant to Section 769.3, if applicable, and annually thereafter for the duration of the program, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on the facilities deployed and customers subscribed, pursuant to that program, including an analysis of low-income customer participation.
(b) (1) On or before March 31, 2024, the commission shall report to the Legislature on its actions taken pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 769.3 and its justification for terminating, modifying, or retaining each customer renewable energy subscription program pursuant to that subdivision.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(3) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 350, Sec. 3. (AB 2316) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 913.20.

913.20. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, in coordination with the Energy Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the Department of Water Resources, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature each year on the status of new resource additions and revisions to the state’s electric demand forecast, and the impact of these updates on the need for keeping the Diablo Canyon powerplant online.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 53, Sec. 11. (SB 124) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 913.21.

913.21. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission shall annually submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the types, amounts, and costs to ratepayers of eligible energy resources procured pursuant to Section 454.52.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 9. (AB 1373) Effective October 7, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 914.

914. The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by public utilities pursuant to Section 7912, to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or their successor committees, and within a reasonable time thereafter, shall make the information available to the public on its Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 41. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 914.1.

914.1. The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, in a document that can be made public, information relative to the actions undertaken by the commission implementing the lifeline telecommunications universal service program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 873.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 42. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 914.2.

914.2. The commission, in its annual report prepared pursuant to Section 914.1, shall assess whether having telephone corporations provide the name and address of its lifeline customers to other public utilities for the purpose of low-income ratepayer assistance outreach efforts has been helpful in the low-income ratepayer assistance outreach efforts.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 43. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 914.3.

914.3. By December 31 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report that includes, based on yearend data, on an aggregated basis, the information submitted by holders pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5960. All information reported by the commission pursuant to this section shall be disclosed to the public only as provided for pursuant to Section 583. No individually identifiable customer or subscriber information shall be subject to public disclosure.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 36. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 914.4.

914.4. The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by holders of state franchises pursuant to Section 5920, to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or their successor committees, and within a reasonable time thereafter, shall make the information available to the public on its Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 45. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 914.5.

914.5. (a) The commission shall prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before March 1 of each year, a report on the fiscal status of the programs established and funded pursuant to Sections 2881, 2881.1, and 2881.2. The report shall include a statement of the surcharge level established pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 2881 and revenues produced by the surcharge, an accounting of program expenses, and an evaluation of options for controlling those expenses and increasing program efficiency, including, but not limited to, all of the following proposals:
(1) The establishment of a means test for persons to qualify for program equipment or free or reduced charges for the use of telecommunication services.
(2) If and to the extent not prohibited under Section 401 of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336), as amended (47 U.S.C. Sec. 225), the imposition of limits or other restrictions on maximum usage levels for the relay service, which shall include the development of a program to provide basic communications requirements to all relay users at discounted rates, including discounted toll-call rates, and, for usage in excess of those basic requirements, at rates that recover the full costs of service.
(3) More efficient means for obtaining and distributing equipment to qualified subscribers.
(4) The establishment of quality standards for increasing the efficiency of the relay system.
(5) Any modification to the program in order to maximize participation and funding opportunity under similar federal programs.
(b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2026.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 287, Sec. 1. (AB 497) Effective September 12, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 914.6.

914.6. The commission shall report to the Legislature and the Governor annually on the effectiveness of the program administered pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 280.5.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 47. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 914.7.

914.7. By April 1, 2019, and by April 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall provide to the Legislature either a report or the biennial fiscal and performance audit conducted pursuant to Section 912.2 that includes all of the following information:
(a) The remaining unserved areas in the state.
(b) The amount of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.
(c) The recipients of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.
(d) The geographic regions of the state affected by funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year, including information by county.
(e) The expected benefits to be derived from the funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.
(f) Details on the status of each project funded through the California Advanced Services Fund and whether the project has been completed or the expected completion date of the project.
(g) Actual broadband adoption levels from funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.
(h) The cost per household for each project.
(i) The number of formerly unserved households subscribing to broadband service in areas covered by projects funded by the California Advanced Services Fund.
(j) The number of subscriptions resulting from the broadband adoption program funded by the California Advanced Services Fund.
(k) An update on the expenditures from the California Advanced Services Fund, broadband adoption levels, the progress in achieving the goals of the program, and an accounting of the remaining unserved households in each region of the state as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year.
(l) The amount of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund to match federal funds.
(m) Additional details on efforts to leverage non-California Advanced Services Fund moneys.
(n) The status of the California Advanced Services Fund balance and the projected amount to be collected in each year to fund approved projects.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 658, Sec. 5. (AB 14) Effective October 8, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 916.

916. On or before November 30 of each year, the commission shall report to the Legislature on its rail safety activities.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 50. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 916.1.

916.1. The commission shall annually report the results of its investigation pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7661 relative to any incident that results in a notification required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7661, including its findings concerning the cause or causes of the incident and any action undertaken by the commission in response to those findings. The commission may include the information required to be reported pursuant to this section in its report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 916.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 51. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 916.2.

916.2. The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, on sites on railroad lines in the state it finds to be hazardous. The report shall include, but not be limited to, information on all of the following:
(a) A list of all railroad derailment accident sites in the state on which accidents have occurred within at least the previous five years. The list shall describe the nature and probable causes of the accidents, if known, and shall indicate whether the accidents occurred at or near sites that the commission has determined, pursuant to subdivision (b), pose a local safety hazard.
(b) A list of all railroad sites in the state that the commission determines, pursuant to Section 20106 of Title 49 of the United States Code, pose a local safety hazard. The commission may submit in the annual report the list of railroad sites submitted in the immediate prior year annual report, and may amend or revise that list from the immediate prior year as necessary. Factors that the commission shall consider in determining a local safety hazard may include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The severity of grade and curve of track.
(2) The value of special skills of train operators in negotiating the particular segment of railroad line.
(3) The value of special railroad equipment in negotiating the particular segment of railroad line.
(4) The types of commodities transported on or near the particular segment of railroad line.
(5) The hazard posed by the release of the commodity into the environment.
(6) The value of special railroad equipment in the process of safely loading, transporting, storing, or unloading potentially hazardous commodities.
(7) The proximity of railroad activity to human activity or sensitive environmental areas.
(8) A list of the root causes and significant contributing factors of all train accidents or derailments investigated.
(c) In determining which railroad sites pose a local safety hazard pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission shall consider the history of accidents at or near the sites. The commission shall not limit its determination to sites at which accidents have already occurred, but shall identify potentially hazardous sites based on the criteria enumerated in subdivision (b) and all other criteria that the commission determines influence railroad safety. The commission shall also consider whether any local safety hazards at railroad sites have been eliminated or sufficiently remediated to warrant removal of the site from the list required under subdivision (b).
(d) The commission may combine the information required to be reported by this section with the report prepared pursuant to Section 916.
(Added by renumbering Section 7711 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 67. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 916.3.

916.3. (a) The commission shall annually report to the Legislature on or before November 30 of each year on its compliance with the requirements of Section 765.5. The annual report shall include a determination by the commission of the impact on competition, if any, of the regulatory fees assessed railroad corporations and motor carriers for the support of the commission’s activities.
(b) The commission may combine the information required by this section with the report prepared pursuant to Section 916.
(Added by renumbering Section 765.6 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 22. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 916.4.

916.4. An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or safety advisory pursuant to Section 765 shall be reported annually, in detail, to the Legislature with the report required by Section 910. Correspondence from the federal National Transportation Safety Board indicating that a recommendation has been closed following an action that the federal National Transportation Safety Board finds unacceptable shall be noted in the report required by Section 910.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 52. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 916.5.

916.5. By January 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Legislature a detailed budget for the expenditure of railroad corporation fees for the ensuing budget year, consistent with Section 421.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 425, Sec. 8. (SB 385) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 918.

918. The commission shall, within 30 days prior to commencement of the regular session of the Legislature, submit to the Governor a full and true report of transactions under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5001) of Division 2 during the preceding biennium, including a complete statement of receipts and expenditures during the period.
(Added by renumbering Section 5006 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 60. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 918.2.

918.2. The commission and the Department of Insurance shall collaborate on a study of transportation network company insurance to assess whether coverage requirements are appropriate to the risk of transportation network company services in order to promote data-driven decisions on insurance requirements, and shall report the findings of this study to the Legislature no later than December 31, 2017.
(Added by renumbering Section 5436 by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 53. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 11 - Reports to the Legislature › Section 920.

920. (a) (1) Unless expressly directed otherwise, a report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this article is to be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, except that an electronic copy may be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate, unless specifically requested to submit a printed copy of the report, with an electronic copy submitted to Legislative Counsel in compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 10242.5 of the Government Code.
(2) Any report that is expressly directed to be submitted to a committee of the Legislature shall be submitted as an electronic copy, unless specifically requested to submit a printed copy by chair of that committee, with an electronic copy submitted to Legislative Counsel in compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 10242.5 of the Government Code.
(b) Any report required to be submitted to the Governor pursuant to this article shall be submitted as an electronic copy unless specifically requested to submit a printed copy of the report by the Governor.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 54. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 12 - Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program › Section 921.

921. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) “Eligible applicants” means owners or developers of new residential housing.
(c) “Low-income community” means a census tract or equivalent geographic area defined by the United States Census Bureau in which at least 50 percent of households have an income less than 60 percent of the area median gross income.
(d) “Low-income residential housing” means either of the following:
(1) A multifamily residential building of at least two rental housing units that is operated to provide deed-restricted low-income residential housing, as described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2852, and that meets one or both of the following conditions:
(A) The property is located in a disadvantaged community or low-income community.
(B) At least 80 percent of the households living in the building have incomes at or below 60 percent of the area median income, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) An individual low-income residence, as described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 2852.
(e) (1) “Near-zero-emission building technology” means technology that reduces both of the following:
(A) The energy demands of a building on the electrical or gas distribution system.
(B) The direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases from buildings.
(2) Near-zero-emission building technology includes a single technology, such as heat pumps, solar thermal systems, or advanced energy efficiency systems, and a combination of technologies, such as a solar photovoltaic system with an energy storage system.
(f) “Program” means the Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 378, Sec. 4. (SB 1477) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 13 - Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating (TECH) Initiative › Section 922.

922. (a) (1) The commission shall develop and supervise the administration of the Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating (TECH) Initiative, a statewide market development initiative, to require gas corporations to advance the state’s market for low-emission space and water heating equipment for new and existing residential buildings through upstream market development, consumer education, contractor and vendor training, and the provision of upstream and midstream incentives to install low-emission space and water heating equipment in existing and new buildings, with technologies identified pursuant to subdivision (b).
(2) The commission may determine whether each gas corporation or a third party, including the Energy Commission, shall administer the TECH Initiative.
(b) As a part of the TECH Initiative, the commission shall identify and target key low-emission space and water heating equipment technologies that are in an early stage of market development and would assist the state in achieving the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal for 2030 and other long-term greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals established by the Legislature. In identifying and targeting these technologies, the commission shall give consideration to technologies that have the greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California and that improve the health and safety of, and energy affordability for, low-income households.
(c) (1) In supervising the administration of the TECH Initiative, the commission, in coordination with the Energy Commission, shall develop guidelines and evaluation metrics, implement outreach strategies for hard-to-reach customers, and provide for job training and employment opportunities.
(2) (A) The guidelines shall include, at a minimum, a list of eligible technologies, a process for evaluating new technologies, and a process and set of metrics by which to evaluate and track the TECH Initiative’s results.
(B) The metrics shall include, but are not limited to, the market share for eligible technologies, projected utility bill savings, and the cost per metric ton of avoided greenhouse gas emissions.
(d) Moneys allocated pursuant to Section 748.6 shall be available to each gas corporation, or the third-party administrator, for allocation consistent with this section.
(e) Each gas corporation shall provide the commission with any information required by the commission to complete the report on the TECH Initiative required pursuant to Section 910.4.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 378, Sec. 5. (SB 1477) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 14.5 - Powering Up Californians › Section 930.

930. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Powering Up Californians Act.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (SB 410) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 14.5 - Powering Up Californians › Section 931.

931. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Electrification” means any new, expanded, or change in use of electricity related to the policies described in Section 933, including, but not limited to, in the industrial, commercial, agricultural, housing, or transportation sectors.
(b) “Energization” and “energize” mean connecting customers to the electrical distribution grid and establishing adequate electrical distribution capacity or upgrading electrical distribution or transmission capacity to provide electrical service for a new customer, or to provide upgraded electrical service to an existing customer. The determination of adequate electrical distribution capacity includes consideration of future load. “Energization” and “energize” do not include activities related to connecting electrical supply resources.
(c) “Energization time period” means the elapsed time beginning when the electrical corporation receives a substantially complete energization project application and ending when the electric service is installed and energized.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (SB 410) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 14.5 - Powering Up Californians › Section 933.

933. It is the policy of the state that each electrical corporation does all of the following:
(a) Upgrade the state’s electrical distribution systems as needed and in time to achieve the state’s decarbonization goals and implement federal, state, regional, and local air quality and decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations.
(b) Comply with its obligation to serve, as provided in Section 451, by conducting sufficient advance planning, engineering, and construction of increased distribution system capacity so that customers can be energized without substantial delay.
(c) Promptly energize new customers, including by ensuring that new housing, new businesses, new electric equipment in buildings, and new charging for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and off-road vehicles, vessels, trains, and equipment can be used without delay caused by a failure of the electrical corporation to implement energization projects.
(d) Promptly upgrade service when needed by customers.
(e) Recruit, train, and retain an adequately sized and qualified workforce to carry out the planning, engineering, and construction of electrical distribution systems needed to promptly serve customers seeking energization and service upgrades without sacrificing other necessary activities of the workforce.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (SB 410) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 14.5 - Powering Up Californians › Section 934.

934. (a) On or before September 30, 2024, the commission shall do both of the following:
(1) Establish reasonable average and maximum target energization time periods. The targets shall ensure that work is completed in a manner that minimizes delay in meeting the date requested by the customer to the greatest extent possible and prioritizes work in a manner consistent with Sections 932 and 933. The targets may vary depending on the complexity and magnitude of the work required and uncertainties regarding the readiness of the customer project needing energization. The targets may also recognize any factors beyond the electrical corporation’s control.
(2) Establish a procedure for customers to report energization delays to the commission.
(b) If energization time periods exceed the commission’s target averages or if the electrical corporation has a substantial number of energization projects that exceed the commission’s target maximums, the electrical corporation shall include in its annual report a strategy for meeting the targets in the future. The commission may request modification of the electrical corporation’s strategy to ensure the electrical corporation meets targets promptly and consistent with the policies set forth in Section 933.
(c) Each electrical corporation shall report anonymized or averaged data to the extent necessary to prevent identifying individual customers. The commission shall require all reports to be publicly available.
(d) The commission shall require the electrical corporation to take remedial actions necessary to achieve the targets established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).
(e) The commission shall periodically update the energization time periods established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) and the electrical corporation’s annual reporting requirements to reflect changed circumstances, new information, and experience.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (SB 410) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 14.5 - Powering Up Californians › Section 935.

935. (a) As part of each annual report, including any updates pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 934, and in each general rate case application, each electrical corporation shall include a detailed analysis of its current qualified staffing level and future required qualified staffing level for each job classification needed to be consistent with the findings and achieve the policies and requirements of this article.
(b) The commission shall require each electrical corporation to have adequate qualified staffing needed to be consistent with the findings and achieve the policies and requirements of this article.
(c) For job classifications that have apprentice training requirements, the commission shall require each electrical corporation to maintain a pipeline of apprentices sufficient to meet future qualified staffing needs, subject to any limitations based on safe staffing ratios.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (SB 410) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 14.5 - Powering Up Californians › Section 936.

936. (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 740.21, the commission shall require an electrical corporation to do both of the following:
(1) Consider, in its annual distribution planning process, all of the following:
(A) Federal, state, regional, and local air quality and decarbonization standards, plans, and regulations.
(B) The transportation and building electrification policies of state law.
(C) State agency, local agency, and local government plans and requirements related to housing, economic development, critical facilities, transportation, and building electrification.
(D) Known load, and projections of load provided by the Energy Commission.
(E) Projections of load that exceed forecasts provided by the Energy Commission.
(2) Adopt and implement plans to satisfy the policies set forth in Section 933, to support achieving the requirements listed in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1), and to meet the energization time periods established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 934, including any updates pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 934.
(b) For purposes of subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), an electrical corporation may only use a projection of load that exceeds forecasts provided by the Energy Commission if the electrical corporation provides to the commission detailed information on how the forecasts are developed and what state or local policies or customer requests necessitated the alternative forecast.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (SB 410) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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939. The commission may modify or adjust the requirements of this article for any electrical corporation with fewer than 100,000 service connections, as individual circumstances merit.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (SB 410) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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939.5. This article shall not apply to an electrical cooperative, as defined in Section 2776.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 394, Sec. 1. (SB 410) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 4.5 - Gas Pipeline Safety › ARTICLE 1 - General › Section 950.

950. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Commission-regulated gas pipeline facility” means an intrastate gas pipeline facility as defined in Section 60101 of Title 49 of the United States Code, that is subject to the safety regulatory authority of the commission to the extent authorized in the certification submitted by the commission and approved by the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Section 60105 of Title 49 of the United States Code, including each of the following pipelines:
(1) An intrastate distribution line, which is a pipeline that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to Section 717(b) of Title 15 of the United States Code because it is used for the local distribution of natural gas.
(2) An intrastate transmission line, which is a transmission pipeline that the commission, pursuant to Section 717(c) of Title 15 of the United States Code, has certified to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as being subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the commission over rates and service. For these purposes, a transmission pipeline means a pipeline other than a gathering line that: (A) transports gas from a gathering line or storage facility to a distribution center, storage facility, or large volume customer that is not downstream from a distribution center, (B) operates at a hoop stress of 20 percent or more of specified minimum yield strength, or (C) transports gas within a storage field.
(3) An intrastate gathering line, which is a pipeline that transports gas from a current production facility to a transmission line or main.
(4) A mobilehome park master-metered natural gas distribution system that is subject to the commission’s safety inspection and enforcement program pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4351) of Division 2.
(5) A propane distribution system that is subject to the commission’s safety inspection and enforcement program pursuant to Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 4451) of Division 2.
(b) “Compatible emergency response standards” means emergency response standards that are applicable to intrastate transmission and distribution lines that are in addition to, or more stringent than, the minimum safety standards adopted by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to Chapter 601 (commencing with Section 60101) of Subtitle VIII of Title 49 of the United States Code and that the commission is authorized to adopt pursuant to Section 60104(c) of that chapter.
(c) “High consequence area” has the same meaning as defined in the regulations adopted by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to Chapter 601 (commencing with Section 60101) of Subtitle VIII of Title 49 of the United States Code (49 C.F.R. 192.903, as adopted January 1, 2011, or a successor regulation).
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. (SB 44) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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950.5. This chapter shall not apply to gas pipeline facilities owned and operated by a local publicly owned utility.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. (SB 44) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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955. (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011.
(b) The commission is the state authority responsible for regulating and enforcing intrastate gas pipeline transportation and pipeline facilities pursuant to Chapter 601 (commencing with Section 60101) of Subtitle VIII of Title 49 of the United States Code, including the development, submission, and administration of a state pipeline safety program certification for natural gas pipelines pursuant to Section 60105 of that chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. (SB 44) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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955.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Gas pipeline” means an intrastate distribution line as described in paragraph (1) of, or an intrastate transmission line as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 950.
(2) “Hospital” means a licensed general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) “School” means a public or private preschool, elementary, or secondary school.
(b) A gas corporation shall provide not less than three working days’ notice to the administration of a school or hospital prior to undertaking nonemergency excavation or construction of a gas pipeline, excluding any work that only uses hand tools, pneumatic hand tools, or vacuum technology for the purpose of marking and locating a subsurface installation pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 4216) of Chapter 3.1 of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, if the work is located within 500 feet of the school or hospital. The notification shall include all of the following:
(1) The name, address, telephone number, and emergency contact information for the gas corporation.
(2) The specific location of the gas pipeline where the excavation or construction will be performed.
(3) The date and time the excavation or construction is to be conducted and when the work is expected to be completed.
(4) An invitation and a telephone number to call for further information on what the school or hospital should do in the event of a leak.
(c) The gas corporation shall maintain a record of the date and time of any notification provided to the administration of a school or hospital prior to undertaking nonemergency excavation or construction of a gas pipeline and any subsequent contacts with the administration of a school or hospital relative to the excavation or construction and the actions taken, if any, in response to those subsequent contacts. The gas corporation shall maintain these records and make them available for inspection for no less than five years from the date of the notification.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 215. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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956.5. Owners and operators of intrastate transmission and distribution lines, at least once each calendar year, shall meet with each local fire department having fire suppression responsibilities in the area where those lines are located to discuss and review contingency plans for emergencies involving the intrastate transmission and distribution lines within the jurisdiction of the local fire department.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 519, Sec. 1. (AB 56) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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957. (a) (1) Unless the commission determines that it is prohibited from doing so by subdivision (c) of Section 60104 of Title 49 of the United States Code, the commission shall require the installation of automatic shutoff or remote controlled sectionalized block valves on both of the following facilities, if it determines those valves are necessary for the protection of the public:
(A) Intrastate transmission lines that are located in a high consequence area.
(B) Intrastate transmission lines that traverse an active seismic earthquake fault.
(2) Each owner or operator of a commission-regulated gas pipeline facility that is an intrastate transmission line shall provide the commission with a valve location plan, along with any recommendations for valve locations. The commission may make modifications to the valve location plan or provide for variations from any location requirements adopted by the commission pursuant to this section that it deems necessary or appropriate and consistent with protection of the public.
(3) The commission shall additionally establish action timelines, adopt standards for how to prioritize installation of automatic shutoff or remote controlled sectionalized block valves pursuant to paragraph (1), ensure that remote and automatic shutoff valves are installed as quickly as is reasonably possible, and establish ongoing procedures for monitoring progress in achieving the requirements of this section.
(b) The commission shall authorize recovery in rates for all reasonably incurred costs incurred for implementation of the requirements of this section.
(c) The commission, in consultation with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the United States Department of Transportation, shall adopt and enforce compatible safety standards for commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities that the commission determines should be adopted to implement the requirements of this section.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 521, Sec. 1. (SB 216) Effective January 1, 2012.)
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958. (a) Each gas corporation shall prepare and submit to the commission a proposed comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan for all intrastate transmission lines to either pressure test those lines or to replace all segments of intrastate transmission lines that were not pressure tested or that lack sufficient details related to performance of pressure testing. The comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan shall provide for testing or replacing all intrastate transmission lines as soon as practicable. The comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan shall set forth criteria on which pipeline segments were identified for replacement instead of pressure testing.
(b) The comprehensive pressure testing implementation plan shall include a timeline for completion that is as soon as practicable, and includes interim safety enhancement measures, including increased patrols and leak surveys, pressure reductions, prioritization of pressure testing for critical pipelines that must run at or near maximum allowable operating pressure values that result in hoop stress levels at or above 30 percent of specified minimum yield stress, and any other measure that the commission determines will enhance public safety during the implementation period. Engineering-based assumptions may be used to determine maximum allowable operating pressure in the absence of complete records, but only as an interim measure until such time as all the lines have been tested or replaced, in order to allow the gas system to continue to operate.
(c) At the completion of the implementation period, all California natural gas intrastate transmission line segments shall meet all of the following:
(1) Have been pressure tested.
(2) Have traceable, verifiable, and complete records readily available.
(3) Where warranted, be capable of accommodating in-line inspection devices.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 519, Sec. 3. (AB 56) Effective January 1, 2012.)