California Code
PART 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT
CHAPTER 2.3 - Electrical Restructuring

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions

Section 330. - 330. In order to provide guidance in carrying out this...

Section 331. - 331. The definitions set forth in this section shall govern...

Section 331.1. - 331.1. For purposes of this chapter, “community choice aggregator” means...

Section 332.1. - 332.1. (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature...

Section 332.2. - 332.2. Rates set by the commission that are subject to...

Section 332.2. - 332.2. Rates set by the commission that are subject to...

ARTICLE 2 - Oversight Board

Section 334. - 334. The Legislature finds and declares that in order to...

Section 335. - 335. In order to ensure that the interests of the...

Section 336. - 336. (a) The five-member Oversight Board shall be comprised as...

Section 337. - 337. (a) The Independent System Operator governing board shall be...

Section 338. - 338. The Oversight Board shall have the exclusive right to...

Section 339. - 339. (a) The Oversight Board is the appeal board for...

Section 340. - 340. The Oversight Board shall take the steps that are...

Section 341. - 341. The Oversight Board may do all of the following:...

Section 341.1. - 341.1. Regulations adopted within 120 days of the effective date...

Section 341.2. - 341.2. The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with...

Section 341.3. - 341.3. Voting members of the Oversight Board shall be required...

Section 341.4. - 341.4. The Oversight Board shall appoint, and fix the salary...

Section 341.5. - 341.5. (a) The Independent System Operator and Power Exchange bylaws...

Section 343. - 343. (a) The Attorney General shall represent the Department of...

ARTICLE 3 - Independent System Operator

Section 345. - 345. The Independent System Operator shall ensure efficient use and...

Section 345.5. - 345.5. (a) The Independent System Operator, as a nonprofit, public...

Section 346. - 346. The Independent System Operator shall immediately participate in all...

Section 347. - 347. The Independent System Operator governing board may form appropriate...

Section 348. - 348. The Independent System Operator shall adopt inspection, maintenance, repair,...

Section 349. - 349. The Independent System Operator shall perform a review following...

Section 349.5. - 349.5. (a) Beginning January 15, 2002, and at least once...

Section 352. - 352. (a) The Independent System Operator may not enter into...

Section 352.5. - 352.5. (a) The Independent System Operator shall make publicly available...

Section 352.7. - 352.7. (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Distributed Energy Resources

Section 353.1. - 353.1. As used in this article, “distributed energy resources” means...

Section 353.2. - 353.2. (a) As used in this article, “ultraclean and low-emission...

Section 353.3. - 353.3. (a) The commission shall require each electrical corporation under...

Section 353.5. - 353.5. Each electrical corporation, as part of its distribution planning...

Section 353.7. - 353.7. Notwithstanding Section 353.3, nothing in this article may result...

Section 353.9. - 353.9. In establishing the rates required under this article, the...

Section 353.11. - 353.11. A local publicly owned electric utility or a local...

Section 353.13. - 353.13. (a) The commission shall require each electrical corporation to...

Section 353.15. - 353.15. (a) In order to evaluate the efficiency, emissions, and...

ARTICLE 4 - Power Exchange

Section 355. - 355. The Power Exchange shall provide an efficient competitive auction,...

Section 356. - 356. The Power Exchange governing board may form appropriate technical...

ARTICLE 5 - Regional Compact

Section 359. - 359. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Transformation of the Independent System Operator

Section 359.5. - 359.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

ARTICLE 6 - Requirements for the Public Utilities Commission

Section 360. - 360. The commission shall ensure that existing, and if necessary,...

Section 360.5. - 360.5. The commission shall determine that portion of each existing...

Section 361. - 361. The commission shall ensure that any funds secured by...

Section 362. - 362. (a) In proceedings pursuant to Section 455.5, 851, or...

Section 363. - 363. (a) In order to ensure the continued safe and...

Section 364. - 364. (a) The commission shall adopt inspection, maintenance, repair, and...

Section 365. - 365. The actions of the commission pursuant to this chapter...

Section 365.1. - 365.1. (a) Except as expressly authorized by this section, and...

Section 365.2. - 365.2. The commission shall ensure that bundled retail customers of...

Section 365.3. - 365.3. (a) The commission shall post, in a consolidated location...

Section 365.5. - 365.5. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the commission from...

Section 366. - 366. (a) The commission shall take actions as needed to...

Section 366.1. - 366.1. (a) As used in this section, the following terms...

Section 366.2. - 366.2. (a) (1) Customers shall be entitled to aggregate their...

Section 366.3. - 366.3. Bundled retail customers of an electrical corporation shall not...

Section 366.5. - 366.5. (a) No change in the aggregator or supplier of...

Section 367. - 367. The commission shall identify and determine those costs and...

Section 367.7. - 367.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in...

Section 368. - 368. Each electrical corporation shall propose a cost recovery plan...

Section 368.5. - 368.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the...

Section 369. - 369. The commission shall establish an effective mechanism that ensures...

Section 370. - 370. The commission shall require, as a prerequisite for any...

Section 371. - 371. (a) Except as provided in Sections 372 and 374,...

Section 372. - 372. (a) It is the policy of the state to...

Section 373. - 373. (a) Electrical corporations may apply to the commission for...

Section 374. - 374. (a) In recognition of statutory authority and past investments...

Section 374.5. - 374.5. Any electrical corporation serving agricultural customers that have multiple...

Section 375. - 375. (a) In order to mitigate potential negative impacts on...

Section 376. - 376. To the extent that the costs of programs to...

Section 377. - 377. The commission shall continue to regulate the facilities for...

Section 377.1. - 377.1. Section 377 does not apply to the four run-of-river...

Section 377.2. - 377.2. Notwithstanding Section 377, a facility for the generation of...

Section 378. - 378. The commission shall authorize new optional rate schedules and...

Section 379. - 379. Nuclear decommissioning costs shall not be part of the...

Section 379.5. - 379.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or before...

Section 379.6. - 379.6. (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature...

Section 379.8. - 379.8. (a) As used in this section, “advanced electrical distributed...

Section 379.9. - 379.9. (a) In administering the self-generation incentive program pursuant to...

Section 379.10. - 379.10. (a) In administering the self-generation incentive program pursuant to...

Section 380. - 380. (a) The commission, in consultation with the Independent System...

Section 380.5. - 380.5. (a) In establishing a demand response program, the commission...

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

Section 381. - 381. (a) To ensure that the funding for the programs...

Section 381.1. - 381.1. (a) No later than July 15, 2003, the commission...

Section 381.2. - 381.2. (a) (1) The commission shall investigate the ability of...

Section 381.4. - 381.4. The commission shall require an electrical or gas corporation...

Section 381.5. - 381.5. It is the intent of the Legislature to protect...

Section 382. - 382. (a) Programs provided to low-income electricity customers, including, but...

Section 382.1. - 382.1. (a) There is hereby established a Low-Income Oversight Board...

Section 384. - 384. (a) Funds transferred to the Energy Commission pursuant to...

Section 384.5. - 384.5. (a) On or before March 1, 2014, the commission...

ARTICLE 8 - Publicly Owned Utilities

Section 385. - 385. (a) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall establish...

Section 386. - 386. (a) Each local publicly owned electric utility shall ensure...

ARTICLE 9 - State Agencies

Section 388. - 388. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state...

ARTICLE 10 - Nonutility Power Generators

Section 390. - 390. (a) Subject to applicable contractual terms, energy prices paid...

Section 390.1. - 390.1. Any nonutility power generator using renewable fuels that has...

ARTICLE 11 - Information Practices

Section 391. - 391. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 392. - 392. (a) (1) Electrical corporations shall disclose each component of...

Section 392.1. - 392.1. (a) The commission shall compile and regularly update the...

ARTICLE 12 - Consumer Protection

Section 394. - 394. (a) As used in this section, “electric service provider”...

Section 394.1. - 394.1. (a) The registration shall be deemed approved and a...

Section 394.2. - 394.2. (a) The commission shall accept, compile, and attempt to...

Section 394.25. - 394.25. (a) The commission may enforce the provisions of Sections...

Section 394.27. - 394.27. When a customer files a claim with an electrical...

Section 394.3. - 394.3. To carry out essential elements of a sustainable and...

Section 394.4. - 394.4. Rules that implement the following minimum standards shall be...

Section 394.5. - 394.5. (a) Except for an electrical corporation as defined in...

Section 394.6. - 394.6. For purposes of this article, service territory of a...

Section 394.7. - 394.7. (a) The commission shall maintain a list of residential...

Section 394.8. - 394.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, requirements placed...

Section 394.9. - 394.9. Unclaimed refunds ordered by the commission, and any accrued...

Section 395. - 395. (a) In addition to any other right to revoke...

Section 396. - 396. (a) A consumer damaged by a violation of this...

Section 396.5. - 396.5. The governing body of a community choice aggregator shall...

ARTICLE 13 - Allocation of Electrical System Costs

Section 397. - 397. (a) (1) The commission shall, in an existing or...

ARTICLE 14 - Disclosure of Sources of Electrical Generation

Section 398.1. - 398.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is...

Section 398.2. - 398.2. The definitions set forth in this section shall govern...

Section 398.3. - 398.3. (a) Beginning January 1, 1998, or as soon as...

Section 398.4. - 398.4. (a) Every retail supplier that makes an offering to...

Section 398.5. - 398.5. (a) Retail suppliers shall annually report to the Energy...

Section 398.6. - 398.6. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

ARTICLE 15 - Reliable Electric Service Investments Act

Section 399. - 399. (a) This article shall be known, and may be...

Section 399.2. - 399.2. (a) (1) It is the policy of this state,...

Section 399.2.5. - 399.2.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 1001 to 1013, inclusive, an application...

Section 399.3. - 399.3. Nothing in Section 399.2 shall be construed to preclude...

Section 399.4. - 399.4. (a) (1) In order to ensure that prudent investments...

Section 399.8. - 399.8. (a) In order to ensure that the citizens of...

Section 399.9. - 399.9. (a) No part of this article shall be construed...

ARTICLE 16 - California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program

Section 399.11. - 399.11. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 399.12. - 399.12. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 399.12.5. - 399.12.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 399.12, a small...

Section 399.12.6. - 399.12.6. (a) (1) Any procurement of biomethane delivered through a...

Section 399.13. - 399.13. (a) (1) The commission shall direct each electrical corporation...

Section 399.14. - 399.14. (a) (1) An electrical corporation, pursuant to Chapter 5...

Section 399.15. - 399.15. (a) In order to fulfill unmet long-term resource needs,...

Section 399.16. - 399.16. (a) Various electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources...

Section 399.17. - 399.17. (a) (1) Subject to this section, the requirements of...

Section 399.18. - 399.18. (a) This section applies to an electrical corporation that...

Section 399.19. - 399.19. (a) The commission shall modify, and extend until December...

Section 399.20. - 399.20. (a) (1) It is the policy of this state...

Section 399.20.3. - 399.20.3. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 399.20.5. - 399.20.5. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) and paragraph...

Section 399.21. - 399.21. (a) The commission, by rule, shall authorize the use...

Section 399.22. - 399.22. (a) For purposes of this section, “state agency” means...

Section 399.24. - 399.24. (a) To meet the energy and transportation needs of...

Section 399.25. - 399.25. The Energy Commission shall do all of the following:...

Section 399.26. - 399.26. (a) In order for the state to meet the...

Section 399.30. - 399.30. (a) (1) To fulfill unmet long-term generation resource needs,...

Section 399.31. - 399.31. A retail seller may procure renewable energy credits associated...

Section 399.32. - 399.32. (a) It is the policy of the state and...

Section 399.33. - 399.33. (a) This section shall only apply to a gas-fired...

ARTICLE 17 - Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction

Section 400. - 400. The commission and the Energy Commission shall do all...

Section 400.2. - 400.2. For the purposes of this article, “green electrolytic hydrogen”...

Section 400.3. - 400.3. The commission, State Air Resources Board, and Energy Commission...