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2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 612.

612. An electrical corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its electric plant.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 613.

613. A gas corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its gas plant.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 614.

614. A heat corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its heating plant.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 615.

615. A pipeline corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its pipeline.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 616.

616. A telephone corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its telephone line.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 616.1.

616.1. Notwithstanding Section 616, a telephone corporation may not condemn any property on an airport owned by a city and county, and located in another county, unless that property is necessary for that telephone corporation to provide telecommunications as a carrier of last resort seeking to serve an unserved area.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 774, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 617.

617. A telegraph corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its telegraph line.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 618.

618. A water corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its water system.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 619.

619. A wharfinger may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of facilities for the receipt or discharge of freight or passengers.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 620.

620. A common carrier, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 211, may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of facilities for its transportation of persons or property.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 621.

621. A street railroad corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its street railroad.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 622.

622. (a) As used in this section, “motor carrier” means:
A passenger stage corporation as defined in Section 226.
(b) As used in this section, “water carrier” means a common carrier operating upon any waterway in this state between fixed termini or over a regular route.
(c) A motor carrier or water carrier may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of terminal facilities for the receipt, transfer, or delivery of the passengers or property it carries or for other terminal facilities of any such carrier.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 16. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 623.

623. A warehouseman may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its facilities for storing property.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 624.

624. A sewer system corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its sewer system.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 7 - Eminent Domain › Section 626.

626. On or after January 1, 2000, a public utility may not enter into any exclusive access agreement with the owner or lessor of, or a person controlling or managing, a property or premises served by the public utility, or commit or permit any other act, that would limit the right of any other public utility to provide service to a tenant or other occupant of the property or premises.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 774, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 8 - Consultant and Advisory Services › Section 631.

631. In addition to the requirements of Article 1 (commencing with Section 1001) of Chapter 5 and any other provisions of law, the commission shall require every electrical corporation and every gas corporation proposing to construct or modify any electric plant or gas plant at a cost in excess of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) to reimburse the commission for expenses of such consultants or advisory services as the commission deems necessary for either or both of the following:
(a) The processing of an application for certification of the plant.
(b) The processing of an application for approval of any rate increase reflecting the inclusion of the cost of the plant in the rates of the corporation. This subdivision applies to any plant for which the costs of construction or modification are approved for inclusion in the corporation’s rates on or after January 1, 1983.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1139, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 8 - Consultant and Advisory Services › Section 632.

632. For purposes of entering into contracts for consultant or advisory services, the requirements of Sections 11042 and 14615 of the Government Code and Sections 10295 and 10318 of the Public Contract Code apply to the activities of the commission, except when the commission makes a finding that extraordinary circumstances justify expedited contracting for consultant or advisory services.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1035, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 8 - Consultant and Advisory Services › Section 633.

633. The requirements of Section 632 do not apply to contracts for legal services. The commission shall notify the Attorney General when contracting for legal services by attorneys who are not employees of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 19. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 9 - Long-Term Plans and Procurement Plans › Section 635.

635. In a long-term plan adopted by an electrical corporation or in a procurement plan implemented by a local publicly owned electric utility, the electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility shall adopt a strategy applicable both to newly constructed and repowered generation owned and procured by the electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility to achieve efficiency in the use of fossil fuels and to address emissions of greenhouse gases.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 818, Sec. 1. (AB 1083) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Public Utilities Code - PUC › DIVISION 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT › CHAPTER 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 10 - Biomethane Procurement › Section 650.

650. For purposes of this article, “biomethane” means methane produced from an organic waste feedstock 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 and that meets either of the following requirements:
(a) The methane is produced from the anaerobic decomposition of organic material, including codigestion.
(b) The methane is produced from the noncombustion thermal conversion of any of the following materials, when separated from other waste:
(1) Agricultural crop residues.
(2) Bark, lawn, yard, and garden clippings.
(3) Leaves, silvicultural residue, and tree and brush prunings.
(4) Wood, wood chips, and wood waste.
(5) Nonrecyclable pulp or nonrecyclable paper materials.
(6) Livestock waste.
(7) Municipal sewage sludge or biosolids.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 358, Sec. 1. (AB 3163) Effective January 1, 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 1 - Generally › Section 701.

701. The commission may supervise and regulate every public utility in the State and may do all things, whether specifically designated in this part or in addition thereto, which are necessary and convenient in the exercise of such power and jurisdiction.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 701.3.

701.3. Until the commission completes an electric generation procurement methodology that values the environmental and diversity costs and benefits associated with various generation technologies, the commission shall direct that a specific portion of future electrical generating capacity needed for California be reserved or set aside for renewable resources.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1023, Sec. 2.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 701.4.

701.4. It is the policy of the state and the intent of the Legislature that state and municipal electric resource acquisition programs recognize and include a value for the resource diversity provided by renewable resources.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1225, Sec. 3.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 701.5.

701.5. With respect to financing arrangements which are established after January 1, 1988, no electrical, gas, or telephone corporation, whose rates are set by the commission on a cost-of-service basis, shall issue any bond, note, lien, guarantee, or indebtedness of any kind pledging the utility assets or credit for or on behalf of any subsidiary or affiliate of, or corporation holding a controlling interest in, the electrical, gas, or telephone corporation. The commission may, however, authorize an electrical, gas, or telephone corporation to issue any bond, note, lien, guarantee, or indebtedness pledging the utility assets or credits as follows:
(a) For or on behalf of a subsidiary if its revenues and expenses are included by the commission in establishing rates for the electrical, gas, or telephone corporation.
(b)  For or on behalf of a subsidiary if it is engaged in a regulated public utility business in this state or in any other state.
(c) For or on behalf of a subsidiary or affiliate if it engages in activities which support the electric, gas, or telephone corporation in its operations or service, these activities are, or will be, regulated either by the commission or a comparable federal agency, and the issuance of the bond, note, lien, guarantee, or indebtedness is specifically approved in advance by the commission.
The commission shall not approve the bond, note, lien, guarantee, or indebtedness unless the commission finds and determines that the proposed financing will benefit the interests of the utility and its ratepayers.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1179, Sec. 2.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 701.6.

701.6. (a) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to include in ratepayer-supported research and development programs, activities that relate to improving the energy efficiency of manufactured housing and mobilehomes if those programs are evaluated in accordance with the guidelines established by Section 740.1. The commission may develop a program involving utilities, representatives of the manufactured housing and mobilehome industries, and organizations representing senior citizens and consumers to increase the construction and marketing of energy efficiency measures for mobilehomes and manufactured housing.
(b) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to provide incentives to seniors, low-income households, and others who buy new manufactured homes, or mobilehomes, which incorporate energy efficient measures.
(c) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to recover through rates the reasonable costs associated with the programs specified in subdivisions (a) and (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 176. Effective January 1, 2005.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 701.10.

701.10. The policy of the State of California is that rates and charges established by the commission for water service provided by water corporations shall do all of the following:
(a) Provide revenues and earnings sufficient to afford the utility an opportunity to earn a reasonable return on its used and useful investment, to attract capital for investment on reasonable terms and to ensure the financial integrity of the utility.
(b) Minimize the long-term cost of reliable water service to water customers.
(c) Provide appropriate incentives to water utilities and customers for conservation of water resources.
(d) Provide for equity between present and future users of water service.
(e) Promote the long-term stabilization of rates in order to avoid steep increases in rates.
(f) Be based on the cost of providing the water service including, to the extent consistent with the above policies, appropriate coverage of fixed costs with fixed revenues.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 549, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 702.

702. Every public utility shall obey and comply with every order, decision, direction, or rule made or prescribed by the commission in the matters specified in this part, or any other matter in any way relating to or affecting its business as a public utility, and shall do everything necessary or proper to secure compliance therewith by all of its officers, agents, and employees.
(Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 703.

703. The commission may investigate all existing or proposed interstate rates, fares, tolls, charges, and classifications, and all rules and practices in relation thereto, for or in relation to the transportation of persons or property or the transmission of messages for conversations, where any act in relation thereto takes place within this state and when they are, in the opinion of the commission, in violation of federal law, or in conflict with the rulings, orders, or regulations of the a federal agency, the commission may apply for relief by petition or otherwise to the federal agency that has jurisdiction over the alleged violation or to any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1005, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 704.

704. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no foreign corporation, other than those which by compliance with the laws of this State are entitled to transact a public utility business within this State, shall henceforth transact within this State any public utility business, nor shall any foreign corporation which is at present lawfully transacting business within this State henceforth transact within this State any public utility business of a character different from that which it is at present authorized by its charter or articles of incorporation to transact. No license, permit, or franchise to own, control, operate, or manage any public utility business or any part or incident thereof shall be henceforth granted or transferred, directly or indirectly, to any foreign corporation which is not at present lawfully transacting within this State a public utility business of like character.
Foreign corporations engaging in commerce with foreign nations or commerce among the several states may transact within this State such commerce and intrastate commerce of a like character; provided, however, that no such foreign corporation shall be permitted to engage in intrastate commerce within this State until it shall have first complied with the laws of this State respecting foreign corporations. Any foreign corporation which complies with the laws of this State respecting foreign corporations, and which owns at least 90 percent of the outstanding capital stock of any other foreign corporation transacting a public utility business in this State, may succeed to the public utility business, franchises, and rights of such latter corporation and, thereafter continue and carry on such public utility business.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 279.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 705.

705. Whenever in Articles 2 (commencing with Section 726), 3 (commencing with Section 761), and 4 (commencing with Section 791) a hearing by the commission is required, the hearing may be had either upon complaint or upon motion of the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 128.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 706.

706. (a) For purposes of this section, “compensation” means any annual salary, bonus, benefits, or other consideration of any value, paid to an officer of an electrical corporation or gas corporation.
(b) An electrical corporation or gas corporation shall not recover expenses for compensation from ratepayers. Compensation shall be paid solely by shareholders of the electrical corporation or gas corporation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 626, Sec. 29. (SB 901) 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 1 - Generally › Section 708.

708. The commission shall require every electrical, gas, and telephone corporation to prepare and issue to every employee who, in the course of his or her employment, has occasion to enter the premises of customers or subscribers of the corporation an identification card in a distinctive format having a photograph of the employee. The corporation shall require every employee to present the card upon requesting entry into any building or structure on the premises of a customer or subscriber.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 374, Sec. 1.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 708.3.

708.3. Whenever a business transaction of an electrical, gas, water corporation with 10,000 or more service connections, or telephone corporation is such that a personal appearance by a person is required by the corporation and the person is unable to appear at the corporation’s place of business during the corporation’s usual business hours, then the corporation shall provide a reasonable and convenient alternative to the person such as an appointment outside the corporation’s usual business hours or allowing the person to conduct the transaction by telephone, or mail, or both.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 614, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 709.

709. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the policies for telecommunications in California are as follows:
(a) To continue our universal service commitment by assuring the continued affordability and widespread availability of high-quality telecommunications services to all Californians.
(b) To focus efforts on providing educational institutions, health care institutions, community-based organizations, and governmental institutions with access to advanced telecommunications services in recognition of their economic and societal impact.
(c) To encourage the development and deployment of new technologies and the equitable provision of services in a way that efficiently meets consumer need and encourages the ubiquitous availability of a wide choice of state-of-the-art services.
(d) To assist in bridging the “digital divide” by encouraging expanded access to state-of-the-art technologies for rural, inner-city, low-income, and disabled Californians.
(e) To promote economic growth, job creation, and the substantial social benefits that will result from the rapid implementation of advanced information and communications technologies by adequate long-term investment in the necessary infrastructure.
(f) To promote lower prices, broader consumer choice, and avoidance of anticompetitive conduct.
(g) To remove the barriers to open and competitive markets and promote fair product and price competition in a way that encourages greater efficiency, lower prices, and more consumer choice.
(h) To encourage fair treatment of consumers through provision of sufficient information for making informed choices, establishment of reasonable service quality standards, and establishment of processes for equitable resolution of billing and service problems.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 674, 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 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities › ARTICLE 1 - Generally › Section 709.5.

709.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that all telecommunications markets subject to commission jurisdiction be opened to competition not later than January 1, 1997. The commission shall take steps to ensure that competition in telecommunications markets is fair and that the state’s universal service policy is observed.
(b) To the extent possible, competition in intraexchange telecommunications markets shall be coincident with competition in video markets.
(c) The commission shall expedite its open network architecture and network development, interconnection, universal service, and other related dockets so that whatever additional rules and regulations that may be necessary to achieve fair local exchange competition shall be in place no later than January 1, 1997.
(d) If any local exchange telephone company obtains the right to offer cable television or video dialtone service within its service territory from a regulatory body or court of competent jurisdiction, any cable television corporation or its affiliates may immediately have the right to enter into the intraexchange market within the service territory of that local exchange carrier by filing for approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, if necessary, which shall be expeditiously reviewed by the commission.
(e) If the local exchange corporation is subject to the commission’s standards for the interconnection of networks, network unbundling, and service quality, the cable television corporation or its affiliates may be subject to the commission’s standards for the interconnection of networks, network unbundling, and service quality, for that portion of their network dedicated to intraexchange telecommunications service. In addition, all corporations offering intraexchange telecommunications service shall be subject to the commission’s consumer protection regulations.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1260, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 709.6.

709.6. Not later than January 1, 2000, the commission shall commence a proceeding to consider whether to establish a new regulatory framework that does all of the following:
(a) Ensures that the public has universally available access to basic local exchange service.
(b) Applies appropriate rules to all telecommunications service providers.
(c) Encourages the provision of advanced, high-speed digital telecommunications services to the public.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 266, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 712.

712. (a) The commission shall convene, and continue until August 26, 2030, an independent peer review panel to conduct an independent review of enhanced seismic studies and surveys of the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 powerplant, including the surrounding areas of the facility and areas of nuclear waste storage.
(b) The independent peer review panel shall contract with the Energy Commission, the California Geological Survey of the Department of Conservation, the California Coastal Commission, the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission, the Office of Emergency Services, and the County of San Luis Obispo to participate on the panel and provide expertise.
(c) The independent peer review panel shall review the seismic studies and hold public meetings.
(d) The commission shall make reports by the independent peer review panel publicly available on the internet website maintained by the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 53, Sec. 8. (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 1 - Generally › Section 712.1.

712.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that in commission Decision 88-12-083 (December 19, 1988) Re Pacific Gas and Electric Company (30 CPUC.2d 189), the commission created the Independent Safety Committee for Diablo Canyon to make recommendations appropriate to enhance the safety of the operation of the Diablo Canyon powerplant.
(b) The Independent Safety Committee for Diablo Canyon shall continue to have the rights established pursuant to commission Decision 88-12-083, as amended by Decisions 07-01-028 and 21-09-003, to conduct annual examinations of the Diablo Canyon powerplant and make additional site visits. The committee shall cease operations no sooner than when the Diablo Canyon powerplant has ceased operations and all spent nuclear fuel has been moved to dry storage at the Diablo Canyon Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation.
(c) The Independent Safety Committee for Diablo Canyon shall be composed of three experts, one each shall be appointed by the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Chair of the Energy Commission, from a list of candidates nominated by the President of the commission that shall include not more than three qualified candidates as alternatives to the reappointment of the appointing authority’s designated committee member whose term is expiring, and which shall also include the incumbent committee member if the member consents to being an additional candidate. The incumbent as of August 1, 2022, may continue to serve their current term until it expires.
(d) The commission shall ensure the funding of the Independent Safety Committee for Diablo Canyon to attract qualified experts during the period of extended Diablo Canyon powerplant operations, as defined by Section 712.8.
(e) In addition to the duties and responsibilities set forth in commission decisions, the Independent Safety Committee for Diablo Canyon shall do both of the following:
(1) Consult with and incorporate into its assessments and recommendations the independent peer review panel established pursuant to Section 712.
(2) Transmit annually its findings and recommendations for improved safety, and any response required pursuant to subdivision (f), to the Legislature, the Governor, the commission, the Energy Commission, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the company licensed to operate the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 powerplant. The report transmitted to the Legislature shall be in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(f) The company licensed to operate the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 powerplant shall annually respond to the annual report provided for in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) and distribute its response to the governmental entities specified in that paragraph.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 53, Sec. 9. (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 1 - Generally › Section 712.7.

712.7. (a) The commission shall approve both of the following:
(1) The full funding for the community impact mitigation settlement proposed in Application 16-08-006.
(2) The full funding for the employee retention program proposed in Application 16-08-006.
(b) The commission shall ensure that integrated resource plans are designed to avoid any increase in emissions of greenhouse gases as a result of the retirement of the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 powerplant.
(c) The commission shall establish an expedited advice letter process for the approval and implementation pursuant to subdivision (a) of the community impact mitigation settlement and the employee retention program.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 561, Sec. 2. (SB 1090) 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 1 - Generally › Section 713.

713. (a) (1) Golden State Energy may commence an eminent domain action to acquire all or substantially all of Pacific Gas and Electric Company only if the commission determines that Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s certificate of public convenience and necessity for the provision of electrical or gas service should be revoked pursuant to any process or procedures adopted by the commission in its Decision 20-05-053. Golden State Energy may exclude from the acquisition only property not directly related to providing electrical or gas service.
(2) Golden State Energy may take possession of Pacific Gas and Electric Company property upon deposit in court, and prompt release, of an amount determined by the court to be the probable amount of just compensation.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Decision 20-05-053” means Decision 20-05-053 (May 28, 2019) Decision Approving Reorganization Plan in Investigation 19-09-016 (September 26, 2019) Order Instituting Investigation on the Commission’s Own Motion to Consider the Ratemaking and Other Implications of a Proposed Plan for Resolution of Voluntary Case filed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, In re Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Case No. 19-30088.
(2) “Pacific Gas and Electric Company” means Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E Corporation, any subsidiary or affiliate of the foregoing holding any assets related to the provision of electrical or gas service within Pacific Gas and Electric Company‘s service territory, and any successor to any of the foregoing.
(3) “Property” has the same meaning as defined in Section 1235.170 of the Code of Civil Procedure, including any franchise rights and stock.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 27, Sec. 6. (SB 350) Effective January 1, 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 1 - Generally › Section 716.

716. (a) If an incumbent local exchange carrier files a forbearance petition with the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to Section 10 of the federal Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. Sec. 160), requesting that the Federal Communications Commission forbear from enforcing that carrier’s duty to provide to any requesting telecommunications carrier, nondiscriminatory access to network elements on an unbundled basis at any technically feasible point on rates, terms, and conditions that are just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (47 U.S.C. Sec. 251(c)(3) and Sec. 271 (c)(2)(B)(ii)), within any metropolitan statistical area located in the state, the commission shall participate in that forbearance proceeding by filing comments on the petition, providing data on competition in the metropolitan statistical area that is the subject of the petition, and taking any other action that advances the state’s policies promoting competition in telecommunications markets.
(b) (1) In order to be prepared to timely comply with subdivision (a), the commission shall develop a sample data request for collecting data on competition in any California metropolitan statistical area. The data shall include, but not be limited to, separate data on competitive options for residential, business, and wholesale services.
(2) All providers of voice communications services, including, but not limited to, local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers, mobile telephony service providers, and providers of facilities-based interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, shall provide all data and other information relevant to the forbearance petition requested by the commission pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 358, Sec. 2. (AB 1315) Effective January 1, 2011.)
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 1 - Generally › Section 717.

717. (a) The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation to do all of the following:
(1) Develop a program no later than January 1, 2017, within the electrical or gas corporation’s demand-side management programs authorized by the commission, to provide incentives to a residential or small or medium business customer to acquire energy management technology for use in the customer’s home or place of business. The electrical or gas corporation may allow third parties or local governments to apply for incentives on behalf of customers. The electrical or gas corporation shall work with third parties, local governments, and other interested parties in developing the program. The electrical or gas corporation shall establish incentive amounts based on savings estimation and baseline policies adopted by the commission.
(2) Develop a plan by September 30, 2016, to educate residential customers and small and medium business customers about the incentive program developed pursuant to paragraph (1). The commission may require that the plan be integrated into, or coordinated with, any education campaign required by the commission.
(3) Annually report to the commission on actual customer savings resulting from the incentive program established pursuant to this section. The commission shall evaluate all electrical or gas corporation energy savings claims achieved pursuant to the incentive program in a manner consistent with commission-adopted evaluation protocols and determine if the program shall continue or be modified.
(b) For purposes of this section, “energy management technology” may include a product, service, or software that allows a customer to better understand and manage electricity or gas use in the customer’s home or place of business.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to amend or limit the ability of a community choice aggregator to apply to administer an energy efficiency or conservation program or a demand-side management program as set forth in Section 381.1.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 589, Sec. 1. (AB 793) 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 1 - Generally › Section 718.

718. (a) The commission shall develop policies, rules, or regulations with a goal of reducing, by January 1, 2024, the statewide level of gas and electric service disconnections for nonpayment by residential customers, including policies, rules, or regulations specific to the four gas and electrical corporations that have the greatest number of customers. The commission shall convene stakeholders, including, but not limited to, public health officials, consumer advocates, and organizations representing low-income communities, to assist with the development of the policies, rules, or regulations.
(b) (1) In each gas and electrical corporation general rate case, the commission shall do both of the following:
(A) Designate the impact of any proposed increase in rates on disconnections for nonpayment as an issue in the scope of the proceeding.
(B) Conduct an assessment of and properly identify the impact of any proposed increase in rates on disconnections for nonpayment, which shall be included in the record of the proceeding.
(2) The commission shall adopt residential utility disconnections for nonpayment as a metric and incorporate the metric into each gas and electrical corporation general rate case.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 362, Sec. 2. (SB 598) 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 2 - Rates › Section 727.

727. It is the policy of the state that the use of all waterways, ports, and harbors of this state shall be encouraged, and to that end the commission is directed in the establishment of rates for water carriers applying to business moving between points within this state to fix those rates at such a differential under the rates of competing land carriers that the water carriers shall be able fairly to compete for such business. In fixing the rates there shall be taken into consideration quality and regularity of service and class and speed of vessels.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1042, Sec. 18. Effective September 29, 1996.)
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 2 - Rates › Section 727.5.

727.5. (a) In establishing rates for water service, the commission shall consider, and may establish, separate charges for costs associated with customer service, facilities, variable operating costs, including fixed and variable costs associated with supplying the water, or other components of the water service provided to water users.
(b) The commission shall consider, and may authorize, a water corporation to assess a fee for future water service, or a reservation charge for future water service, for persons or entities occupying or owning property within the service territory of the water corporation.
(c) The commission shall consider, and may authorize, a water corporation to establish a balancing account, rate stabilization fund, or other contingency fund, the purpose of which shall be the long-term stabilization of water rates.
(d) (1) The commission shall consider, and may authorize, a water corporation to establish programs, including rate designs, for achieving conservation of water and recovering the cost of these programs through the rates.
(2) (A) Upon application by a water corporation with more than 10,000 service connections, the commission shall consider, and may authorize, the implementation of a mechanism that separates the water corporation’s revenues and its water sales, commonly referred to as a “decoupling mechanism.”
(B) An authorized decoupling mechanism shall be designed to ensure that the differences between actual and authorized water sales do not result in the overrecovery or underrecovery of the water corporation’s authorized water sales revenue.
(C) An authorized decoupling mechanism shall not enable the water corporation to earn a revenue windfall by encouraging higher sales.
(D) The water corporation may only submit an application to the commission pursuant to this paragraph as part of its triennial general rate case application described in Section 455.2, unless the commission and the water corporation mutually agree for the application to be otherwise submitted.
(e) In establishing rates for recovery of the costs of used and useful water plant, the commission may use a capital structure and payback methodology that maintains the reliability of water service, minimizes the long-term cost to ratepayers, provides equity between present and future ratepayers, and affords the utility an opportunity to earn a reasonable return on its used and useful investment, attract capital for investment on reasonable terms, and ensure the financial integrity of the utility.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 890, Sec. 2. (SB 1469) 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 2 - Rates › Section 728.

728. Whenever the commission, after a hearing, finds that the rates or classifications, demanded, observed, charged, or collected by any public utility for or in connection with any service, product, or commodity, or the rules, practices, or contracts affecting such rates or classifications are insufficient, unlawful, unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory, or preferential, the commission shall determine and fix, by order, the just, reasonable, or sufficient rates, classifications, rules, practices, or contracts to be thereafter observed and in force.
In determining and fixing rates for a telephone corporation pursuant to this section or pursuant to Section 455, or in determining whether or not a proposed rate increase is justified pursuant to Section 454, the commission shall, among other things, take into consideration any evidence offered concerning the quality of the particular telephone corporation’s services as compared with that of telephone corporations in adjacent territory, and the permissible rates for comparable service charged by telephone corporations in adjacent territory.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1948.)
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 2 - Rates › Section 728.1.

728.1. (a) For purposes of this section, “plant held for future use account” means account number 105 of the Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees, as adopted by the commission.
(b) The commission shall review the status of all property owned by a gas or electrical corporation and held within the plant held for future use account at least once every three years or during a proceeding conducted pursuant to Section 728, for the purpose of determining and fixing the rates of that gas or electrical corporation, as determined by the commission.
(c) If a gas or electrical corporation sells property which was carried within the plant held for future use account and which was included in determining the rates of the corporation, the commission shall determine what portion of any gains from the sale shall be allocated to the customers of the corporation in a manner consistent with the procedures specified in account number 105 of the Uniform System of Accounts Prescribed for Public Utilities and Licensees. The portion of the gains allocated to customers shall not be less than the amount the corporation has recovered through rates for the carrying costs and other expenses of the property during the period it was carried in the plant held for future use, and shall not exceed the gain on the sale, net of any tax, resulting from the sale.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1204, Sec. 1.)