California Legal Codes and Statutes

Division 1 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

California Public Utilities Code — §§ 201-3299.100

Part 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT
§§ 201-2120
Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
§§ 201-248
Chapter 1.5 - Advisory Boards
§§ 270-285
Chapter 2 - The Public Utilities Commission: Organization
§§ 301-327
Chapter 2.2 - Natural Gas Restructuring
§§ 328-328.2
Chapter 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring
§§ 330-400.3
Article 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
§§ 330-332.2
Article 2 - Oversight Board
§§ 334-343
Article 3 - Independent System Operator
§§ 345-352.7
Article 3.5 - Distributed Energy Resources
§§ 353.1-353.15
Article 6 - Requirements for the Public Utilities Commission
§§ 360-380.5
Article 7 - Research, Environmental, and Low-Income Funds
§§ 381-384.5
Article 8 - Publicly Owned Utilities
§§ 385-386
Article 8.5 - Provider of Last Resort
§§ 387
Article 9 - State Agencies
§§ 388
Article 10 - Nonutility Power Generators
§§ 390-390.1
Article 11 - Information Practices
§§ 391-392.1
Article 12 - Consumer Protection
§§ 394-396.5
Article 13 - Allocation of Electrical System Costs
§§ 397
Article 14 - Disclosure of Sources of Electrical Generation
§§ 398.1-398.6
Article 15 - Reliable Electric Service Investments Act
§§ 399-399.9
Article 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program
§§ 399.11-399.33
Article 17 - Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction
§§ 400-400.3
Chapter 2.5 - Public Utilities Commission Reimbursement Fees
§§ 401-444
Article 1 - Collection and Disposition of Fees
§§ 401-410
Article 2 - Common Carriers and Related Businesses
§§ 421-426
Article 3 - Other Public Utilities
§§ 431-435
Article 4 - Video Service Franchises
§§ 440-444
Chapter 3 - Rights and Obligations of Public Utilities
§§ 451-666
Article 1 - Rates
§§ 451-468
Article 2 - Tariff Schedules
§§ 486-495.7
Article 3 - Free or Reduced Rates
§§ 521-533
Article 4 - Facilities
§§ 556-564
Article 5 - Reports to the Commission
§§ 581-591
Article 6 - Relocation Assistance
§§ 600
Article 7 - Eminent Domain
§§ 610-626
Article 8 - Consultant and Advisory Services
§§ 631-633
Article 9 - Long-Term Plans and Procurement Plans
§§ 635
Article 10 - Biomethane Procurement
§§ 650-651
Article 11 - Neighborhood Decarbonization Zone Pilot Projects
§§ 660-666
Chapter 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities
§§ 701-940
Article 1 - Generally
§§ 701-719
Article 2 - Rates
§§ 727-758
Article 3 - Equipment, Practices, and Facilities
§§ 761-788
Article 3.5 - Water Utility Infrastructure, Plant and Facilities
§§ 789-790.1
Article 4 - Books and Accounts
§§ 791-799
Article 5 - Stocks and Security Transactions
§§ 816-830
Article 5.5 - Financing of Transition Costs
§§ 840-847
Article 5.6 - Financing Utility Recovery
§§ 848-848.8
Article 5.7 - Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Securitization Act
§§ 849-849.6
Article 5.8 - Catastrophic Wildfire and Ratepayer Protection Financing
§§ 850-850.8
Article 6 - Transfer or Encumbrance of Utility Property
§§ 851-857
Article 7 - Controversies Concerning Relocation of Utility Improvements
§§ 861
Article 8 - Universal Telephone Service
§§ 871-884.5
Article 9 - Telephone Prepaid Debit Cards
§§ 885-887
Article 10 - Natural Gas Surcharge
§§ 890-900
Article 11 - Reports to the Legislature
§§ 910-920
Article 12 - Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program
§§ 921-921.1
Article 13 - Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating (TECH) Initiative
§§ 922
Article 14.5 - Powering Up Californians
§§ 930-940
Chapter 4.5 - Gas Pipeline Safety
§§ 950-978
Article 1 - General
§§ 950-950.5
Article 2 - Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 2011
§§ 955-972
Article 3 - Methane Leakage Abatement
§§ 975-978
Chapter 4.7 - Core Transport Agent
§§ 980-989.5
Chapter 5 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity
§§ 1001-1103
Article 1 - Specified Utilities
§§ 1001-1013
Article 2 - Passenger Stage Corporations
§§ 1031-1046
Article 5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations
§§ 1091-1103
Chapter 6 - Railroad Crossings
§§ 1201-1220
Chapter 6.5 - Protection of Grade Crossings
§§ 1231-1232
Chapter 7 - Valuation of Public Utility Properties
§§ 1351-1354
Chapter 8 - Determination of Just Compensation for Acquisition of Utility Properties
§§ 1401-1421
Chapter 8.5 - Service Duplication
§§ 1501-1507
Chapter 8.7 - School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program
§§ 1600-1640
Article 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
§§ 1600-1601
Article 2 - School Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program
§§ 1610-1618
Article 3 - School Reopening Ventilation and Energy Efficiency Verification and Repair Program
§§ 1620-1627
Article 4 - School Noncompliant Plumbing Fixture and Appliance Program
§§ 1630-1633
Article 5 - Repealer
§§ 1640
Chapter 9 - Hearings and Judicial Review
§§ 1701-1826
Article 1 - Hearings
§§ 1701-1711
Article 2 - Rehearings
§§ 1731-1736
Article 3 - Judicial Review
§§ 1756-1770
Article 4 - Witnesses
§§ 1791-1795
Article 5 - Intervenor’s Fees and Expenses
§§ 1801-1812
Article 6 - Computer Models
§§ 1821-1822
Article 7 - Receiverships
§§ 1825-1826
Chapter 10 - Official Documents and Fees
§§ 1901-1905
Chapter 11 - Violations
§§ 2100-2120
Part 2 - SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES
§§ 2701-2899
Chapter 2 - Water Companies
§§ 2701-2715
Chapter 2.5 - Public Water System Investment and Consolidation Act of 1997
§§ 2718-2720
Chapter 2.7 - Consolidation for Safe Drinking Water Act of 2021
§§ 2721-2722
Chapter 3 - Private and Mutual Water Service Law
§§ 2725-2729
Chapter 4.5 - Electrical and Gas Corporations
§§ 2771-2775.7
Chapter 5 - Electrical Cooperatives
§§ 2776-2778
Chapter 5.5 - Electric Microutilities
§§ 2780-2780.1
Chapter 6 - Home Insulation Assistance and Financing
§§ 2781-2790
Chapter 6.5 - Transfer of Facilities in Master-Metered Mobilehome Parks and Manufactured Housing Communities to Gas or Electric Corporation Ownership
§§ 2791-2799
Chapter 7 - Private Energy Producers
§§ 2801-2829
Article 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
§§ 2801-2807
Article 2 - Interconnection of Facilities
§§ 2811-2816
Article 3 - Rights, Obligations, and Charges
§§ 2821-2829
Chapter 7.5 - Local Government Renewable Energy Self-Generation Program
§§ 2830
Chapter 7.6 - Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program
§§ 2831-2833
Chapter 7.7 - Energy Storage Systems
§§ 2835-2839
Chapter 8 - Energy Efficiency Systems
§§ 2840-2843
Article 1 - Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act
§§ 2840-2843
Chapter 9 - Solar Energy Systems
§§ 2851-2869
Article 1 - Solar Energy Systems
§§ 2851-2854.6
Article 3 - Independent Solar Energy Producers
§§ 2868-2869
Chapter 9.5 - Multifamily Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program
§§ 2870
Chapter 10 - Telephone Corporations
§§ 2871-2899
Article 1 - Automatic Dialing-Announcing Devices
§§ 2871-2876
Article 2 - Customer and Subscriber Services
§§ 2881-2890.2
Article 3 - Customer Right of Privacy
§§ 2891-2894.10
Article 4 - Telecommunication Services
§§ 2895-2899
Part 3 - SURRENDER OF MUNICIPAL CONTROL
§§ 2901-2976
Chapter 1 - Surrender of Control by Municipal Corporations
§§ 2901-2976
Article 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
§§ 2901-2907
Article 2 - Petition for Election
§§ 2931-2939
Article 3 - Elections
§§ 2961-2976
Part 4 - PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMODITIES AND SERVICES
§§ 3001-3255
Chapter 1 - Gas Producers’ Cooperative Associations
§§ 3001-3224
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 3001-3004
Article 2 - General Provisions
§§ 3021-3031
Article 3 - Purposes
§§ 3051
Article 4 - Articles of Incorporation
§§ 3061-3063
Article 5 - Bylaws
§§ 3081-3092
Article 6 - Directors and Management
§§ 3101-3110
Article 7 - Powers
§§ 3121-3131
Article 8 - Financial Provisions
§§ 3151-3154
Article 9 - Members
§§ 3171-3181
Article 10 - Marketing Contracts
§§ 3201-3206
Article 11 - Reorganization of Corporations Organized Pursuant to Other Laws
§§ 3221-3224
Chapter 2 - Gas Producer Acquisition of Easement Rights
§§ 3250-3255
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 3250-3252
Article 2 - Acquisition of Easement Rights
§§ 3255
Part 5 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§§ 3260
Part 6 - Wildfire
§§ 3280-3299.100
Chapter 1 - Definitions
§§ 3280
Chapter 2 - The Wildfire Fund
§§ 3281-3289
Chapter 3 - Operation of the Fund
§§ 3291-3297
Chapter 4 - The Continuation Account
§§ 3298-3298.6
Chapter 5 - Operation of the Account
§§ 3299-3299.20
Chapter 6 - Right of First Refusal of an electrical Corporation
§§ 3299.100