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PUCPublic Utilities Code - PUC

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DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions

CHAPTER 1.5. Advisory Boards

CHAPTER 2. The Public Utilities Commission: Organization

CHAPTER 2.2. Natural Gas Restructuring

CHAPTER 2.3. Electrical Restructuring

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions

ARTICLE 2. Oversight Board

ARTICLE 3. Independent System Operator

ARTICLE 3.5. Distributed Energy Resources

ARTICLE 4. Power Exchange

ARTICLE 5. Regional Compact

ARTICLE 5.5. Transformation of the Independent System Operator

ARTICLE 6. Requirements for the Public Utilities Commission

ARTICLE 7. Research, Environmental, and Low-Income Funds

ARTICLE 8. Publicly Owned Utilities

ARTICLE 8.5 Provider of Last Resort

ARTICLE 9. State Agencies

ARTICLE 10. Nonutility Power Generators

ARTICLE 11. Information Practices

ARTICLE 12. Consumer Protection

ARTICLE 13. Allocation of Electrical System Costs

ARTICLE 14. Disclosure of Sources of Electrical Generation

ARTICLE 15. Reliable Electric Service Investments Act

ARTICLE 16. California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program

ARTICLE 17. Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction

CHAPTER 2.5. Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees

ARTICLE 1. Collection and Disposition of Fees

ARTICLE 2. Common Carriers and Related Businesses

ARTICLE 3. Other Public Utilities

ARTICLE 4. Video Service Franchises

CHAPTER 3. Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities

ARTICLE 1. Rates

ARTICLE 2. Tariff Schedules

ARTICLE 3. Free or Reduced Rates

ARTICLE 4. Facilities

ARTICLE 5. Reports to the Commission

ARTICLE 6. Relocation Assistance

ARTICLE 7. Eminent Domain

ARTICLE 8. Consultant and Advisory Services

ARTICLE 9. Long-Term Plans and Procurement Plans

ARTICLE 10. Biomethane Procurement

CHAPTER 4. Regulation of Public Utilities

ARTICLE 1. Generally

ARTICLE 2. Rates

ARTICLE 3. Equipment, Practices, and Facilities

ARTICLE 3.5. Water Utility Infrastructure, Plant and Facilities

ARTICLE 4. Books and Accounts

ARTICLE 5. Stocks and Security Transactions

ARTICLE 5.5. Financing of Transition Costs

ARTICLE 5.6. Financing Utility Recovery

ARTICLE 5.7. Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Securitization Act

ARTICLE 5.8. Catastrophic Wildfire and Ratepayer Protection Financing

ARTICLE 6. Transfer or Encumbrance of Utility Property

ARTICLE 7. Controversies Concerning Relocation of Utility Improvements

ARTICLE 8. Universal Telephone Service

ARTICLE 9. Telephone Prepaid Debit Cards

ARTICLE 10. Natural Gas Surcharge

ARTICLE 11. Reports to the Legislature

ARTICLE 12. Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program

ARTICLE 13. Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating (TECH) Initiative

ARTICLE 14.5. Powering Up Californians

CHAPTER 4.5. Gas Pipeline Safety

ARTICLE 1. General

ARTICLE 2. Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011

ARTICLE 3. Methane Leakage Abatement

CHAPTER 4.7. Core Transport Agent

CHAPTER 5. Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity

ARTICLE 1. Specified Utilities

ARTICLE 2. Passenger Stage Corporations

ARTICLE 5. Electrical and Gas Corporations

CHAPTER 6. Railroad Crossings

CHAPTER 6.5. Protection of Grade Crossings

CHAPTER 7. Valuation of Public Utility Properties

CHAPTER 8. Determination of Just Compensation for Acquisition of Utility Properties

CHAPTER 8.5. Service Duplication

CHAPTER 8.7. School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions

ARTICLE 2. School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program

ARTICLE 3. School Reopening Ventilation and Energy Efficiency Verification and Repair Program

ARTICLE 4. School Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture and Appliance Program

ARTICLE 5. Repealer

CHAPTER 9. Hearings and Judicial Review

ARTICLE 1. Hearings

ARTICLE 2. Rehearings

ARTICLE 3. Judicial Review

ARTICLE 4. Witnesses

ARTICLE 5. Intervenor’s Fees and Expenses

ARTICLE 6. Computer Models

ARTICLE 7. Receiverships

CHAPTER 10. Official Documents and Fees

CHAPTER 11. Violations

PART 2. SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES

CHAPTER 2. Water Companies

CHAPTER 2.5. Public Water System Investment and Consolidation Act of 1997

CHAPTER 2.7. Consolidation for Safe Drinking Water Act of 2021

CHAPTER 3. Private and Mutual Water Service Law

CHAPTER 4.5. Electrical and Gas Corporations

CHAPTER 5. Electrical Cooperatives

CHAPTER 5.5. Electric Microutilities

CHAPTER 6. Home Insulation Assistance and Financing

CHAPTER 6.5. Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership

CHAPTER 7. Private Energy Producers

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions

ARTICLE 2. Interconnection of Facilities

ARTICLE 3. Rights, Obligations, and Charges

CHAPTER 7.5. Local Government Renewable Energy Self-Generation Program

CHAPTER 7.6. Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program

CHAPTER 7.7. Energy Storage Systems

CHAPTER 8. Energy Efficiency Systems

ARTICLE 1. Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act

CHAPTER 9. Solar Energy Systems

ARTICLE 1. Solar Energy Systems

ARTICLE 3. Independent Solar Energy Producers

CHAPTER 9.5. Multifamily Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program

CHAPTER 10. Telephone Corporations

ARTICLE 1. Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices

ARTICLE 2. Customer and Subscriber Services

ARTICLE 3. Customer Right of Privacy

ARTICLE 4. Telecommunication Services

PART 3. SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL

CHAPTER 1. Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions

ARTICLE 2. Petition for Election

ARTICLE 3. Elections

PART 4. PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES

CHAPTER 1. Gas Producers’ Cooperative Associations

ARTICLE 1. Definitions

ARTICLE 2. General Provisions

ARTICLE 3. Purposes

ARTICLE 4. Articles of Incorporation

ARTICLE 5. Bylaws

ARTICLE 6. Directors and Management

ARTICLE 7. Powers

ARTICLE 8. Financial Provisions

ARTICLE 9. Members

ARTICLE 10. Marketing Contracts

ARTICLE 11. Reorganization of Corporations Organized Pursuant to Other Laws

CHAPTER 2. Gas Producer Acquisition of Easement Rights

ARTICLE 1. Definitions

ARTICLE 2. Acquisition of Easement Rights

PART 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART 6. Wildfire Fund

CHAPTER 1. Definitions

CHAPTER 2. The Wildfire Fund

CHAPTER 3. Operation of the Fund