Title PUC, California Pub. Util. Code

A telegraph corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its telegraph line. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)

A water corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its water system. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)

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.)

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.)

A street railroad corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its street railroad. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)

(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 ca…

A warehouseman may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its facilities for storing property. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)

A sewer system corporation may condemn any property necessary for the construction and maintenance of its sewer system. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1240.)

(a) (1) (A) For the purpose of this article, except as specified in paragraph (4), a public utility that offers competitive services may not condemn any property for the purpose of competing with another entity in the offering of those competitive services, unless the commission …

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 …

The consolidated agency may issue bonds, payable from revenue of any facility or enterprise to be acquired or constructed by the consolidated agency, in the manner provided by the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title…

(a) The consolidated agency may issue revenue bonds under the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 for any one or more transit facilities authorized to be acquired, constructed, or completed by the consolidated agency or for transit equipment described in Section 132372 below authorized to b…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article or any other law, the provisions of all ordinances, resolutions, and other proceedings in the issuance by the consolidated agency of any bonds, bonds with a pledge of revenues, bonds for any and all evidences of indebtednes…

The Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000) of the Streets and Highways Code), the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500) of the Streets and Highways Code), and the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (Division 12 (commen…

Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 99000) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code is applicable to the consolidated agency. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 743, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)

The consolidated agency shall be considered to be a “local agency” as defined in subdivision (h) of Section 53317 of the Government Code and the provisions of Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 53311) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code are applicable to t…

The consolidated agency shall be considered to be a “local agency” as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 6585 of the Government Code and the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code are applicable to th…

The consolidated agency may borrow money in accordance with Article 7 (commencing with Section 53820), Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850), or Article 7.7 (commencing with Section 53859) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. (Amended by S…

(a) The consolidated agency may borrow money in anticipation of the sale of bonds which have been authorized to be issued, but which have not been sold and delivered, and may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes therefor and may renew the bond anticipation notes from time to …

The consolidated agency may bring an action to determine the validity of any of its bonds, equipment trust certificates, warrants, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (…

All bonds and other evidences of indebtedness issued by the consolidated agency under this chapter, and the interest thereon, are free and exempt from all taxation within the state, except for transfer, franchise, inheritance and estate taxes. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 743, Sec.…

(a) The consolidated agency may purchase transit equipment such as cars, trolley buses, motorbuses, light rail vehicles, or rolling equipment, and may execute agreements, leases, and equipment trust certificates in the forms customarily used by private corporations engaged in the…

The agreement to purchase or lease transit equipment may direct the vendor or lessor to sell and assign or lease the transit equipment to a bank or trust company duly authorized to transact business in the state as trustee for the benefit and security of the equipment trust certi…

(a) The agreements and leases shall be duly acknowledged before a person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds. (b) The agreements, leases and equipment trust certificates shall be authorized by resolution of the c…

The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases and equipment trust certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement or similar document securing the payment of bonds, notes, or certificates of the consolidated agency. (Added b…

(a) An executed copy of each agreement and lease shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall be entitled to receive one dollar ($1) for each copy filed. (b) The filing constitutes notice to any subsequent judgment creditor or any subsequent purchaser. (Added…

(a) Within 180 days of the effective date of this division, the authority, in consultation with the Energy Commission and the Independent System Operator, shall develop an Energy Resource Investment Plan and submit that plan to the Governor and the Joint Legislative Budget Commit…

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…

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 …

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 Janu…

Nothing in this division shall be construed to obviate the need to review the roles, functions, and duties of other state energy oversight agencies and, where appropriate, change or consolidate those roles, functions, and duties. To achieve that efficiency, the Governor may propo…

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 …

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 eithe…

(a) The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall consider adopting specific biomethane procurement targets or goals for each gas corporation and core transport agent, as defined in Section 980, so that each gas corporation and core transport agent pro…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) “Distribution integrity management plan” means a plan developed pursuant to Part 192 (commencing …

(a) On or before July 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, each gas corporation shall submit to the commission a map that includes all of the following: (1) The location of all potential gas distribution line replacement projects identified in its distribution integrity management …

(a) On or before January 1, 2026, in a new or existing proceeding and following recommendations from each gas corporation and the opportunity for public comment, the commission shall designate priority neighborhood decarbonization zones. In designating the zones, the commission s…

(a) On or before July 1, 2026, in a new or existing proceeding, the commission, in consultation with the state’s gas corporations, shall establish a voluntary program to facilitate the cost-effective decarbonization of priority neighborhood decarbonization zones, not to exceed 30…

(a) (1) Beginning on January 1, 2029, the commission, in a new or existing proceeding, shall review the efficacy of the pilot projects established pursuant to Section 663 in providing benefits to gas corporation customers and in assisting the state in meeting the state’s climate …

In a new or existing proceeding, the commission shall evaluate the costs and benefits of thermal energy networks and identify potential implementation barriers. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 602, Sec. 3. (SB 1221) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally repealed as of January 1, 20…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a pilot project that has been established pursuant to Section 663 and is pending as of January 1…

On and after November 29, 1974, the governing body of the district shall be a board of directors consisting of nine members elected by election districts, except as provided in Section 28752.6. The nine election districts shall be established within the district as provided in th…

The board, in dividing the district into election districts, shall establish and define the boundaries of the nine election districts within the territory of the district, and shall number the election districts from 1 to 9, inclusive. The boundaries of the election districts sha…

In establishing the election districts, consideration shall be given to the following factors: (a) Community of interest of the population within an election district. (b) Cohesiveness, contiguity, integrity, and compactness of territory. (c) Topography. (d) Geography. Boundaries…

The establishment of election districts shall be made on the basis of the population in the district as shown or estimated from the most recent of any of the following: the last federal decennial census; any census of a county, taken as provided in Section 26203 of the Government…