Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

After the filing of the proposed agreement with the executive officer, proceedings thereon shall be taken by the local agency formation commission in the manner and subject to the provisions of Part 4 (commencing at Section 56250, Government Code) of the District Reorganization A…

(a) All hearings, investigations, and proceedings shall be governed by this part and by rules of practice and procedure adopted by the commission, and in the conduct thereof the technical rules of evidence need not be applied. No informality in any hearing, investigation, or proc…

(a) The commission shall determine whether each proceeding is a quasi-legislative, an adjudication, a ratesetting, or a catastrophic wildfire proceeding. The commission’s decision as to the nature of the proceeding shall be subject to a request for rehearing within 10 days of the…

(a) This section shall apply to adjudication cases only. (b) If the commissioner assigned pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1701.1 has determined that an adjudication case requires a hearing, the assigned commissioner or the assigned administrative law judge shall hear the c…

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (h), this section shall apply only to ratesetting cases, except, if the commissioner assigned pursuant to Section 1701.1 has determined that a ratesetting case does not require a hearing, the procedures prescribed by subdivisions (b), (d), (…

(a) This section shall apply only to quasi-legislative cases, except, if the commissioner assigned pursuant to Section 1701.1 has determined that a quasi-legislative case does not require a hearing, the procedures prescribed by subdivisions (b), (d), and (e) shall not apply. (b) …

(a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), in a ratesetting or quasi-legislative case, the commission shall resolve the issues raised in the scoping memo within 18 months of the date the proceeding is initiated, unless the commission makes a written determination that the deadli…

(a) In addition to any penalty, fine, or other punishment applicable pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 2100), the commission may assess civil sanctions upon any entity or person, other than a decisionmaker or employee of the commission, who violates, fails to comply…

(a) The Attorney General may bring an enforcement action in superior court against a decisionmaker or employee of the commission who knowingly and willfully violates, fails to comply with, or procures, aids or abets any violation of, the ex parte communication requirements in thi…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Covered wildfire” means any wildfire ignited on or after July 12, 2019, for which either of the following is satisfied: (A) The governmental agency responsible for determining causation or a court of competen…

The following provisions apply during the pendency of a commission proceeding, except these provisions do not apply during an adjudicatory or quasi-legislative proceeding: (a) The commission may meet in closed session to deliberate on a proposed decision, order, or resolution aft…

Complaint may be made by the commission of its own motion or by any corporation or person, chamber of commerce, board of trade, labor organization, or any civic, commercial, mercantile, traffic, agricultural, or manufacturing association or organization, or any body politic or mu…

(a) The commission shall entertain complaints against any electrical, gas, water, heat, or telephone company under Sections 734, 735, and 736 when the amount of money claimed does not exceed the jurisdictional limit of the small claims court as set forth in subdivision (a) of Sec…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any funds entrusted to the commission by any person or corporation filing a complaint against a public utility shall be deposited in trust by the commission in the custody of the Treasurer, as specified in Section 16305.3 of the Governme…

(a) The commission shall, in an existing or new proceeding, develop and implement a safety enforcement program applicable to gas corporations and electrical corporations which includes procedures for monitoring, data tracking and analysis, and investigations, as well as issuance …

All matters upon which complaint may be founded may be joined in one hearing, and no motion shall be entertained against a complaint for misjoinder of causes of action or grievances or misjoinder or nonjoinder of parties. In any review by the courts of orders or decisions of the …

Upon the filing of a complaint, the commission shall cause a copy thereof to be served upon the corporation or person complained of. Service in all hearings, investigations, and proceedings pending before the commission may be made upon any person upon whom a summons may be serve…

At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission or a commissioner, or the time to which the hearing has been continued, the complainant and the corporation or person complained of, and such corporations or persons as the commission allows to intervene, shall be entitled t…

A complete record of all proceedings and testimony before the commission or any commissioner on any formal hearing shall be taken down by a reporter appointed by the commission, and the parties shall be entitled to be heard in person or by attorney. In case of an action to review…

Any public utility may complain on any of the grounds upon which complaints are allowed to be filed by other parties, and the same procedure shall be adopted and followed as in other cases, except that the complaint may be heard ex parte by the commission or may be served upon an…

The commission may at any time, upon notice to the parties, and with opportunity to be heard as provided in the case of complaints, rescind, alter, or amend any order or decision made by it. Any order rescinding, altering, or amending a prior order or decision shall, when served …

(a) The commission shall permit interested persons to petition the commission to adopt, amend, or repeal a regulation. (b) (1) The commission shall consider a petition and, within six months from the date of receipt of the petition, either deny the petition or institute a proceed…

In all collateral actions or proceedings, the orders and decisions of the commission which have become final shall be conclusive. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

No documents or records of a public utility or person or corporation which purport to be statements of fact shall be admitted into evidence or shall serve as any basis for the testimony of any witness, unless the documents or records have been certified under penalty of perjury b…

(a) Where feasible and appropriate, except for adjudication cases, before determining the scope of the proceeding, the commission shall seek the participation of those who are likely to be affected, including those who are likely to benefit from, and those who are potentially sub…

Unincorporated territory may be annexed to a district in the manner provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)

Unincorporated territory not contiguous to a district may not be annexed if the district does not possess facilities for supplying transit service to that territory. (Added by Stats. 1955, Ch. 1036.)

A petition signed by voters within the territory proposed to be annexed equal in number to at least 10 percent of the total vote cast, describing the territory and asking that proceedings be taken for its annexation, shall be addressed to the board and filed with the secretary of…

The secretary shall compare the signatures on the petition with the affidavits of registration on file with the county elections official and if he or she finds that the petition has been signed by the required number of voters he or she shall attach his or her signature thereto …

If the board determines that the annexation of the territory would facilitate the acquisition or operation of any transit facilities for the district, or be of advantage to the district, then the board shall also determine the terms and conditions upon which the annexation should…

Provisions may be made (among other things) for payment of taxes within the territory to be annexed in addition to the taxes elsewhere in this part provided for, the fixing of rates, rentals, and charges differing from those fixed or existing elsewhere within the district, the in…

The annexation agreement may also provide that the unincorporated territory’s annexation to the district shall constitute annexation to any existing special transit service district. Approval of the annexation by the voters, pursuant to this chapter, if the agreement includes pro…

As an alternative to commencement of annexation proceedings by a petition by the voters within any unincorporated territory, proposed to be annexed, the legislative body of an unincorporated territory may agree in writing upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreeme…

(a) In implementing the California Solar Initiative, the commission shall do all of the following: (1) (A) The commission shall authorize the award of monetary incentives for up to the first megawatt of alternating current generated by solar energy systems that meet the eligibili…

(a) As used in this section,“discount rate” means a financial mechanism that provides a given amount of interest as an offset to the loss of the time value of money on solar projects that receive performance-based incentives under Section 2851. (b) Before collecting additional ra…

(a) A school district or community college district may request an extension of a reservation expiration date for monetary incentives for a solar energy system. The commission may grant a maximum of three extensions of 180 calendar days for each extension. (b) An extension reques…

(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Affordable housing cost,” “affordable rent,” and “lower income households” have the same meanings as in those set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 50050) of Part 1 of Division 31 of the …

(a) In order to further the state goal of encouraging the installation of 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy in California within 10 years, the governing body of a local publicly owned electric utility that sells electricity at retail, shall adopt, implement, and financ…

Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (5) of subdivision (d) of Section 2854, a local publicly owned electric utility may adopt, implement, and finance a solar initiative program otherwise in accordance with that section, using monetary incentives authorized by subdivision (b) of Se…

(a) On or before July 1, 2019, the commission shall develop standardized inputs and assumptions to be used in the calculation and presentation of electric utility bill savings to a consumer that can be expected by using a solar energy system by vendors, installers, or financing e…

Any county not included within the boundaries of the district, including a county which has withdrawn from the district pursuant to Chapter 10 of this part, may be annexed thereto in the manner provided in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1056.)

The board of supervisors of the county proposed to be annexed shall agree in writing with the board of directors of the district upon the terms and conditions of annexation, which agreement (among other things) may provide for the levy and collection of special taxes within the c…

As a condition of annexation, the district shall require any county seeking to annex to the district to reimburse the district for the county’s equitable share of the previously incurred cost of financing capital expenditures within the district theretofore imposed by taxation on…

As an alternative method of annexation, a petition may be presented to the board of supervisors of a county proposed to be annexed, signed by qualified electors of the county, in number to at least ten (10) percent of the total vote cast at the last general election within the co…

Upon receipt of a petition pursuant to Section 29503, the board of supervisors shall communicate with the board and negotiate an annexation agreement and hold an election as provided in this part. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1056.)

As used in this article, “commercial air operator” means any person owning, controlling, operating, renting, or managing aircraft for any commercial purpose for compensation. “Commercial air operator” does not include any person owning, controlling, operating, renting, managing, …