Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

(a) On or before July 1, 2012, the commission shall open an appropriate proceeding or expand the scope of an existing proceeding to establish compatible emergency response standards that owners or operators of commission-regulated gas pipeline facilities shall be required to foll…

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 emer…

(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 th…

(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 pr…

(a) Twice a year, or as determined by the commission, each gas corporation shall file with the division of the commission responsible for utility safety a gas transmission and storage safety report. The division of the commission responsible for utility safety shall review the re…

Each gas corporation shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the commission, in its general rate case proceeding, that the requested revenue requirements will be sufficient to enable the gas corporation to fund those projects and activities necessary to maintain safe and reliabl…

(a) When the federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) submits a safety recommendation letter concerning gas pipeline safety to the commission, the commission shall provide the NTSB with a formal written response to each recommendation not later than 90 days after recei…

(a) For purposes of this section, “gas corporation workforce” means the employees of a gas corporation and employees of an independent contractor of the gas corporation while working under contract with the gas corporation. (b) (1) Each gas corporation shall develop a plan for th…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “After-meter services” includes, but is not limited to, leak investigation, inspecting customer piping and appliances, carbon monoxide investigation, pilot relighting, and high bill investigati…

In any ratemaking proceeding in which the commission authorizes a gas corporation to recover expenses for the gas corporation’s transmission pipeline integrity management program established pursuant to Subpart O (commencing with Section 192.901) of Part 192 of Title 49 of the Un…

(a) The commission shall perform an analysis of benchmark data and adopt safety performance metrics for pipeline safety. (b) The commission shall consider the following principles when adopting safety performance metrics: (1) Each safety performance metric shall be designed to be…

(a) A penalty assessed against a gas corporation pursuant to this part in regards to a natural gas storage facility leak shall at least equal the amount necessary to reduce the impact on the climate from greenhouse gases by an amount equivalent to the impact on the climate from t…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, “commission-regulated gas pipeline facility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 950. (b) With priority given to safety, reliability, and affordability of service, the commission shall adopt rules and procedures governing the operation, ma…

In order to achieve transparency and accountability for rate revenues and best value for ratepayers, and consistent with the commission’s existing ratemaking procedures and authority to establish just and reasonable rates, the commission shall consider all of the following: (a) P…

Except as expressly so provided, this article does not expand or in any manner alter the commission’s jurisdiction over the regulation of emissions of greenhouse gases. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 525, Sec. 2. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2015.)

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

The commission shall establish priorities among the types or categories of customers of every electrical corporation and every gas corporation, and among the uses of electricity or gas by such customers. The commission shall determine which of such customers and uses provide the …

In establishing the priorities pursuant to Section 2771, the commission shall include, but not be limited to, a consideration of all the following: (a) A determination of the customers and uses of electricity and gas, in descending order of priority, that provide the most importa…

The commission may establish as many priorities of use for a customer as that customer has uses of gas or electricity. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 757.)

Notwithstanding any rule, order, or decision of the commission to the contrary, industrial or commercial gas customers shall not be required to maintain any alternative fuel capability with respect to equipment which uses gas to generate steam for enhanced crude oil recovery or w…

In the event any electrical or gas corporation experiences any shortage of capacity or capability in the generation, production, or transmission of electricity or gas and is unable to obtain electricity or gas from any other source so that the corporation is unable to meet all de…

(a) (1) The commission shall require an electrical corporation to include in an annual reliability report, required pursuant to Decision 96-09-045, as amended, or a decision that supersedes Decision 96-09-045, information on the reliability of service to end use customers that id…

An electrical corporation or local publicly owned electric utility shall immediately notify the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Emergency Services, and the sheriff and any affected chief of police of the specific area within their respective law enfor…

The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, shall develop a program for residential and commercial customer air-conditioning load control, as an element of each electrical corporation’s tariffed service offerings paid for with electrical service rates. The goal of…

No electrical or gas corporation which reduces or discontinues service in accordance with any order of the commission issued pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any damages to any person or property resulting from such reduction or discontinuance. (Added by Stats. 1976, …

(a) If an electrical or gas corporation desires to manufacture, lease, sell, or otherwise own or control any solar energy system, it shall submit to the commission, in such form as the commission may specify, a description of the proposed program of solar energy development which…

Every request for the recovery in rates of any costs or liability incurred by a gas corporation and resulting from any violation of Section 25421 of the Health and Safety Code, or of any costs, damages, penalties, or other liabilities incurred in connection with the sale of landf…

(a) (1) If the commission determines that a moratorium on new natural gas service connections is necessary to prevent substantial and imminent harm or to ensure gas system reliability, the commission shall state the necessity for the action in a report provided to all of the foll…

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Customer” means a customer of a local publicly owned electric utility or of a large electrical corporation. A person or entity is a customer of a large electrical corporation if the customer is physically l…

The commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission and the Independent System Operator, shall take all of the following actions by December 1, 2020, to facilitate the commercialization of microgrids for distribution customers of large electrical corporations: (a) Develop …

Nothing in this chapter shall discourage or prohibit the development or ownership of a microgrid by an electrical corporation. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 566, Sec. 2. (SB 1339) Effective January 1, 2019.)

(a) Within 180 days of the first request from a customer or developer to establish a microgrid, the governing board of a local publicly owned electric utility shall develop and make available a standardized process for the interconnection of a customer-supported microgrid, includ…