citation: PUC § 874

text:
The lifeline telephone service rates and charges shall be as follows:

(a) In a residential subscriber’s service area where measured service is not available, the lifeline telephone service rates shall not be more than 50 percent of the rates for basic flat rate service, exclusive of federally mandated end user access charges, available to the residential subscriber.

(b) In a residential subscriber’s service area where measured service is available, the subscriber may elect either of the following:

(1) A lifeline telephone service measured rate of not more than 50 percent of the basic rate for measured service, exclusive of federally mandated end user access charges, available to the residential subscriber.

(2) A lifeline flat rate of not more than 50 percent of the rates for basic flat rate service, exclusive of federally mandated end user access charges, available to the residential subscriber.

(c) The lifeline telephone service installation or connection charge, or both, shall not be more than 50 percent of the charge for basic residential service installation or connection, or both. The commission may limit the number of installation and connection charges, or both, that may be incurred at the reduced rate in any given period.

(d) There shall be no charge to the residential customer who has filed a valid eligibility statement for changing out of lifeline service.

(e) The commission shall assess whether there is a problem with customers who fraudulently obtain lifeline telephone service. If the commission determines that there is a problem, it shall recommend and promulgate appropriate solutions. This assessment and the solutions determined by the commission shall not, in and of themselves, change the procedures developed pursuant to Section 876.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1005, Sec. 53. Effective January 1, 2000.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


kind: section

code: PUC

citation: PUC § 875

text:
(a) In addition to Section 874, every lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be given an allowance, reduced by the amount of any credit or allowance authorized by the Federal Communications Commission, equal to the then current or announced federally mandated residential end user access charges.

(b) The commission may, in a separate proceeding, establish procedures necessary to ensure that the lifeline telephone service program qualifies for any federal funds available for the support of those programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 354, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1993.)

division: 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

part: 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT

chapter: 4. Regulation of Public Utilities

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service

path: 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES > 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT > 4. Regulation of Public Utilities > 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 876

text: The commission shall require every telephone corporation providing telephone service within a service area to file a schedule of rates and charges providing a class of lifeline telephone service. Every telephone corporation providing service within a service area shall inform all eligible subscribers of the availability of lifeline telephone service, and how they may qualify for and obtain service, and shall accept applications for lifeline telephone service according to procedures specified by the commission.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 354, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


text:
(a) The commission, its staff, the lifeline program’s third-party administrator, and lifeline service providers, and their contractors, agents, successors, or assignees, shall not share, disclose, or otherwise make accessible any information provided by an applicant or subscriber to the lifeline program, or a subprogram or pilot program of the lifeline program, to any agency of a local government, a state government, or the federal government, or to any immigration authority without a court-ordered subpoena or valid judicial warrant.

(b) This section does not prohibit the furnishing of applications, records, and data to other public agencies to the extent required for verifying an applicant’s or subscriber’s eligibility for lifeline service.

(c) This section does not prohibit the commission, its staff, the lifeline program’s third-party administrator, or lifeline service providers from using aggregated subscriber or applicant data for analysis, reporting, or program management if the aggregated subscriber or applicant data cannot be used to determine the identities of the persons to whom the data pertains, alone or in combination with other data.

(d) The commission, its staff, the lifeline program’s third-party administrator, and lifeline service providers, and the providers’ agents, successors, or assignees, may request, but may not require, applicants and subscribers to provide social security numbers, in whole or in part, to apply to, or participate in, the lifeline program.

(e) To the extent Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code applies to this article, the Legislature finds and declares that this article is a state law that may provide assistance and services for individuals not lawfully present in the United States within the meaning of subsection (d) of Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.

(f) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions apply:

(1) “Immigration authority” means any federal, state, or local officer, employee, or person performing immigration enforcement functions.

(2) “Immigration enforcement” includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, and also includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person’s presence in, entry, or reentry to, or employment in, the United States.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 347, Sec. 1. (AB 1303) Effective January 1, 2026.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 877

text: Nothing in this article precludes the commission from changing any rate established pursuant to Section 873, either specifically or pursuant to any general restructuring of all telephone rates, charges, and classifications.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 163, Sec. 2. Effective July 16, 1987.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 878

text:
(a) A lifeline telephone service subscriber shall be provided with one lifeline subscription, as defined by the commission, at the subscriber’s principal place of residence, and no other member of that subscriber’s family or household who maintains residence at that place is eligible for lifeline telephone service.

(b) An applicant for lifeline telephone service may report only one address in this state as the principal place of residence.

(c) Multiple lifeline telephone service subscribers may maintain the same address if they are not members of the same household.

(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Adult” means any person 18 years of age or older.

(2) “Economic unit” means all adult individuals contributing to and sharing in the income and expenses of a household.

(3) “Household” means any group of individuals, including the subscriber, who are living together at the same address and as one economic unit. A household may include related and unrelated persons. If an adult has no, or minimal, income and lives with someone who provides financial support to that adult, both persons shall be part of the same household. A child under 18 years of age and living with a parent or guardian shall be part of the same household as the parent or guardian.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 765, Sec. 2. (SB 394) Effective January 1, 2022.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


text:
The commission shall adopt a portability freeze rule for the lifeline program by January 15, 2017. The commission shall consider including all of the following in the rule:

(a) A 60-day duration of the portability freeze.

(b) A period of time when a subscriber would be able to terminate lifeline service without penalty, similar to that established in Section 4.13.5 of commission Decision 14-01-036 (January 16, 2014), Decision Adopting Revisions to Modernize and Expand the California Lifeline Program.

(c) A requirement that the administrator of the lifeline program provide a telephone corporation providing lifeline service with real-time information concerning whether a subscriber has enrolled with another telephone corporation during the period of the portability freeze adopted by the commission pursuant to this section and, if the subscriber enrolled during this period, the date of enrollment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 244. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


text:
(a) (1) Before March 1, 2022, the commission shall, as part of an existing proceeding, adopt updated rules for the lifeline program establishing a modified recertification process that minimizes barriers to lifeline subscriber recertification and reduces the burden and cost of recertification on the lifeline program.

(2) The updated rules adopted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall do all of the following:

(A) Enable a lifeline subscriber to enroll in the lifeline program directly online using an electronic signature.

(B) Enable a lifeline subscriber to complete the annual recertification of lifeline eligibility process directly online using an electronic signature, or by telephone using a telephonic signature. The lifeline program’s third-party administrator shall verify the lifeline subscriber’s identity using the personally identifiable information that the administrator has on file. The commission shall not require a lifeline subscriber to use a commission-issued personal identification number (PIN) for identity verification.

(C) Provide an option for lifeline subscribers to receive communications regarding their lifeline subscription in an electronic format, including, but not limited to, email and short message service.

(b) Before January 1, 2023, the commission shall, as part of an existing proceeding and in consultation with lifeline service providers, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Universal Service Administrative Company, adopt updated rules for the lifeline program with the goal of achieving recertification rates at least equivalent to those rates achieved by the Universal Services Administrative Company as the administrator for the federal lifeline program.

(c) The commission shall annually publicly report on its internet website the participation and recertification rates of eligible lifeline subscribers.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. (AB 74) Effective January 1, 2022.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 879

text:
(a) The commission shall, at least annually, initiate a proceeding to set rates for lifeline telephone service. All telephone corporations providing lifeline telephone service shall annually file, on a date set by the commission, proposed lifeline telephone service rates and a statement of projected revenue needs to meet the funding requirements to provide lifeline telephone service to qualified subscribers, together with proposed funding methods to provide the necessary funding. These funding methods shall include identification of those services whose rates shall be adjusted to provide the necessary funding.

(b) The commission shall commence a proceeding within 30 days after the date set for the filings required in subdivision (a), giving interested parties an opportunity to comment on the proposed rates and funding requirements and the proposed funding methods. The commission may change the rates, funding requirements, and funding methods proposed by the telephone corporations in any manner necessary, including reasonably spreading the funding among the services offered by the telephone corporations, to meet the public interest. Within 60 days of the annual filing, the commission shall issue an order setting lifeline telephone service rates and funding methods for each telephone corporation making a filing as required in subdivision (a). The commission may establish a lifeline service pool composed of the rate adjustments and surcharges imposed by the commission pursuant to this section for the purpose of funding lifeline telephone service.

(c) Any order issued by the commission pursuant to this section shall require telephone corporations providing lifeline telephone service to apply the funding requirement in the form of a surcharge to service rates which may be separately identified on the bills of customers using those services. The commission shall not allow any surcharge under this section on the rates charged by those telephone corporations for lifeline telephone service.

(d) The commission shall permit telephone corporations operating between service areas to adjust the rates of any service which may be affected by any surcharge imposed by this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 354, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


text: Notwithstanding Section 879, the commission shall issue its initial order adopting required rates and funding requirements not later than October 31, 1987, and prior to the issuance of that order, may fund lifeline telephone service through the use of an interim surcharge on service rates for telephone service provided by telephone corporations operating between service areas. The interim surcharge shall not exceed 4 percent of the service rates.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 354, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 880

text: The commission may determine any question of fact in its administration of this article.

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 882

text:
(a) The Public Utilities Commission shall, as soon as practicable, open a proceeding or proceedings to, or as part of existing proceedings shall, consider ways to ensure that advanced telecommunications services are made available as ubiquitously and economically as possible, in a timely fashion, to California’s citizens, institutions, and businesses. The proceeding or proceedings should be completed within one year of commencement.

(b) The proceeding or proceedings shall develop rules, procedures, orders, or strategies, or all of these, that seek to achieve the following goals:

(1) To provide all citizens and businesses with access to the widest possible array of advanced communications services.

(2) To provide the state’s educational and health care institutions with access to advanced communications services.

(3) To ensure cost-effective deployment of technology so as to protect ratepayers’ interests and the affordability of telecommunications services.

(c) In the proceeding or proceedings, the commission should also consider, but need not limit its consideration to, all of the following:

(1) Whether the definition of universal service should be broadened.

(2) How to encourage the timely and economic development of an advanced public communications infrastructure, which may include a variety of competitive providers.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1005, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2000.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 883

text:
(a) The commission shall, on or before February 1, 2001, issue an order initiating an investigation and opening a proceeding to examine the current and future definitions of universal service. That proceeding shall include public hearings that encourage participation by a broad and diverse range of interests from all areas of the state, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Consumer groups.

(2) Communication service providers, including all providers of high-speed access services.

(3) Facilities-based telephone providers.

(4) Information service providers and Internet access providers.

(5) Rural and urban users.

(6) Public interest groups.

(7) Representatives of small and large businesses and industry.

(8) Local agencies.

(9) State agencies, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) The Government Operations Agency.

(B) The State Department of Education.

(C) The State Department of Public Health.

(D) The California State Library.

(10) Colleges and universities.

(b) The objectives of the proceeding set forth in subdivision (a) shall include all of the following:

(1) To investigate the feasibility of redefining universal service in light of current trends toward accelerated convergence of voice, video, and data, with an emphasis on the role of basic telecommunications and Internet services in the workplace, in education and workforce training, access to health care, and increased public safety.

(2) To evaluate the extent to which technological changes have reduced the relevance of existing regulatory regimes given their current segmentation based upon technology.

(3) To receive broad-based input from a cross section of interested parties and make recommendations on whether video, data, and Internet service providers should be incorporated into an enhanced Universal Lifeline Service program, as specified, including relevant policy recommendations regarding regulatory and statutory changes and funding options that are consistent with the principles set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 871.7.

(4) To reevaluate prior definitions of basic service in a manner that will, to the extent feasible, effectively incorporate the latest technologies to provide all California residents with all of the following:

(A) Improved quality of life.

(B) Expanded access to public and private resources for education, training, and commerce.

(C) Increased access to public resources enhancing public health and safety.

(D) Assistance in bridging the “digital divide” through expanded access to new technologies by low income, disabled, or otherwise disadvantaged Californians.

(5) To assess projected costs of providing enhanced universal lifeline service in accordance with the intent of this article, and to delineate the subsidy support needed to maintain the redefined scope of universal service in a competitive market.

(6) To design and recommend an equitable and broad-based subsidy support mechanism for universal service in competitive markets in a manner that conforms with subdivision (c) of Section 871.7.

(7) To develop a process to periodically review and revise the definition of universal service to reflect new technologies and markets consistent with subdivision (c) of Section 871.7.

(8) To consider whether similar regulatory treatment for the provision of similar services is appropriate and feasible.

(c) In conducting its investigation, the commission shall take into account the role played by a number of diverse but convergent industries and providers, even though many of these entities are not subject to economic regulation by the commission or any other government entity.

(d) The recommendations of the commission shall be consistent with state policies for telecommunications as set forth in Section 709, and with all of the following principles:

(1) Universal service shall, to the extent feasible, be provided at affordable prices regardless of linguistic, cultural, ethnic, physical, financial, and geographic considerations.

(2) Consumers shall be provided access to all information needed to allow timely and informed choices about telecommunications products and services that are part of the universal service program and how best to use them.

(3) Education, health care, community, and government institutions shall be positioned as early recipients of new and emerging technologies so as to maximize the economic and social benefits of these services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 425, Sec. 5. (SB 385) Effective January 1, 2018.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 884

text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any program administered by the commission that addresses the inequality of access to high-speed broadband services by providing those services to schools and libraries at a discounted price, provide comparable discounts to a nonprofit community technology program.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law or existing program of the commission, but consistent with the purposes for which those funds were appropriated from the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund in Item 8660-001-0493 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2003 (Chapter 157 of the Statutes of 2003), and reappropriated in Item 8660-491 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2006 (Chapter 47 of the Statutes of 2006), the commission may expend up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) of the unencumbered amount of those funds for the nonrecurring installation costs for high-speed broadband services for community organizations that are eligible for discounted rates pursuant to Section 280.

(c) For the purpose of this section:

(1) “High-speed broadband services” means a system for the digital transmission of information over the Internet at a speed of at least 384 kilobits per second.

(2) “Nonprofit community technology program” means a community-based nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and engages in diffusing technology into local communities and training local communities that have no access to, or have limited access to, the Internet and advanced telecommunications technologies.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 870, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


text:
The commission may require each internet service provider, as defined in Section 3100 of the Civil Code, to report the following information regarding each free, low-cost, income-qualified, or affordable internet service plan advertised by the provider:

(a) The cost of the plan, including any fees and taxes.

(b) The eligibility requirements for the plan.

(c) The data limitations of the plan.

(d) The number of California residents enrolled in the plan.

(e) A description of the outreach efforts undertaken by the provider to eligible populations to increase awareness about the plan.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 658, Sec. 4. (AB 14) Effective October 8, 2021.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


text:
(a) This section shall apply to all customers eligible to receive discounts for telecommunications services under the federal Universal Service E-rate program administered by the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company that also apply for discounts on telecommunications services provided through the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 280.

(b) A teleconnect discount shall be applied after applying an E-rate discount. The commission shall first apply an E-rate discount, regardless of whether the customer has applied for an E-rate discount or has been approved, if the customer, in the determination of the commission, meets the eligibility requirements for an E-rate discount.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the teleconnect discount shall be applied without regard to an E-rate discount for a school district that meets the conditions specified for compensation pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 42280) of Chapter 7 of Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education Code, unless that school district has applied for, and been approved to receive, the E-rate discount.

(d) In establishing a discount under the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund program, the commission shall give priority to bridging the “digital divide” by encouraging expanded access to state-of-the-art technologies for rural, inner-city, low-income, and disabled Californians.

(e) As used in this section:

(1) “E-rate discount” means an actual discount under the E-rate program, or a representative discount figure as determined by the commission.

(2) “E-rate program” means the federal Universal Service E-rate program administered by the Schools and Libraries Division of the Universal Service Administrative Company.

(3) “Teleconnect discount” means a discount on telecommunications services provided through the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund program set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 280.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 195. Effective January 1, 2009.)

article: 8. Universal Telephone Service


citation: PUC § 885

text:
(a) Any entity offering the services of telephone prepaid debit cards is subject to the registration requirements of Section 1013, commencing January 1, 1999, unless that entity is certificated by the commission to provide telephone service. An entity subject to this requirement includes any of the following:

(1) An entity that is an underlying interexchange carrier and offers and administers the services of telephone prepaid debit cards.

(2) An entity that purchases bulk time from an underlying interexchange carrier and thereby offers and administers the services of telephone prepaid debit cards (that is, the entity repackages and resells the time as prepaid debit cards).

(b) Resellers of telephone prepaid debit cards who do not engage in any of the activities described in subdivision (a) are not subject to the registration requirement imposed by subdivision (a). Resellers that are not subject to the registration requirement imposed by subdivision (a) include both of the following:

(1) Retailers who only provide a marketing venue for telephone prepaid debit cards.

(2) Entities that only print information on telephone prepaid debit cards.

(c) Telephone prepaid debit cards offered in a promotional manner or gratis shall not subject the provider to the registration requirement imposed by subdivision (a), unless the cards are issued in conjunction with the sale of related goods or services.

(d) The commission shall maintain a list of certificated interexchange carriers and shall supply that information upon request.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 799, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 9. Telephone Prepaid Debit Cards

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citation: PUC § 886

text: Entities that are required to register, but have failed to do so, or entities that are denied registration by the commission, shall not offer the services of telephone prepaid debit cards. Entities that are required to register, but have failed to do so, and entities denied registration that offer telephone prepaid debit cards shall be subject to fines or other sanctions that may be ordered by the commission.

article: 9. Telephone Prepaid Debit Cards


citation: PUC § 887

text: The commission may enforce the standards and requirements of Section 17538.9 of the Business and Professions Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 745, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)

article: 9. Telephone Prepaid Debit Cards


citation: PUC § 890

text:
(a) On and after January 1, 2001, there shall be imposed a surcharge on all natural gas consumed in this state. The commission shall establish a surcharge to fund low-income assistance programs required by Sections 739.1, 739.2, and 2790 and cost-effective energy efficiency and conservation activities and public interest research and development authorized by Section 740 and not adequately provided by the competitive and regulated markets. Upon implementation of this article, funding for those programs shall be removed from the rates of gas utilities.

(b) (1) Except as specified in Section 898, a public utility gas corporation, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 891, shall collect the surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) from any person consuming natural gas in this state who receives gas service from the public utility gas corporation.

(2) A public utility gas corporation is relieved from liability to collect the surcharge insofar as the base upon which the surcharge is imposed is represented by accounts which have been found to be worthless and charged off in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. If the public utility gas corporation has previously paid the amount of the surcharge it may, under regulations prescribed by the State Board of Equalization, take as a deduction on its return the amount found to be worthless and charged off. If any accounts are thereafter collected in whole or in part, the surcharge so collected shall be paid with the first return filed after that collection. The commission may by regulation promulgate other rules with respect to uncollected or worthless accounts as it determines to be necessary to the fair and efficient administration of this part.

(c) Except as specified in Section 898, all persons consuming natural gas in this state that has been transported by an interstate pipeline, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 891, shall be liable for the surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision (a).

(d) The commission shall annually determine the amount of money required for the following year to administer this chapter and fund the natural gas related programs described in subdivision (a) for the service territory of each public utility gas corporation.

(e) The commission shall annually establish a surcharge rate for each class of customer for the service territory of each public utility gas corporation. A customer of an interstate gas pipeline, as defined in Section 891, shall pay the same surcharge rate as the customer would pay if the customer received service from the public utility gas corporation in whose service territory the customer is located. The commission shall determine the total volume of retail natural gas transported within the service territory of a utility gas provider, that is not subject to exemption pursuant to Section 896, for the purpose of establishing the surcharge rate.

(f) The commission shall allocate the surcharge for gas used by all customers, including those customers who were not subject to the surcharge prior to January 1, 2001.

(g) The commission shall notify the State Board of Equalization of the surcharge rate for each class of customer served by an interstate pipeline in the service territory of a public utility gas corporation.

(h) The State Board of Equalization shall notify each person who consumes natural gas delivered by an interstate pipeline of the surcharge rate for each class of customer within the service territory of a public utility gas corporation.

(i) The surcharge imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be in addition to any other charges for natural gas sold or transported for consumption in this state. Effective on July 1, 2001, the surcharge imposed pursuant to this article shall be identified as a separate line item on the bill of a customer of a public utility gas corporation.

(j) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), public utility gas corporations shall continue to collect in rates those costs of programs described in subdivision (a) of Section 890 that are uncollected prior to the operative date of this article.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 932, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge

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citation: PUC § 891

text:
(a) “Gas utility” means any public utility gas corporation or interstate pipeline as defined in this section.

(b) “Public utility gas corporation” means a public utility gas corporation as defined in Section 216.

(c) “Interstate pipeline” means any entity that owns or operates a natural gas pipeline delivering natural gas to consumers in the state and is subject to rate regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(d) Each gas utility shall notify the State Board of Equalization of its status under this section. Each person who consumes natural gas delivered by an interstate pipeline shall annually register with the State Board of Equalization. The State Board of Equalization may require any documentation that it determines to be necessary to implement this article.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 892

text: The revenue from the surcharge imposed pursuant to this article and collected by a public utility gas corporation shall be paid to the State Board of Equalization in the form of remittances. Persons consuming natural gas delivered by an interstate pipeline shall pay the surcharge to the State Board of Equalization in the form of remittances. The board shall transmit the payments to the Treasurer who shall deposit the payments in the Gas Consumption Surcharge Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


text: The surcharges imposed by this part and the amounts thereof required to be collected by public utility gas corporations are due quarterly on or before the last day of the month next succeeding each calendar quarter.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


text: On or before the last day of the month following each calendar quarter, a return for the preceding quarterly period shall be filed with the State Board of Equalization in such form as the board may prescribe. A return shall be filed by every public utility gas corporation, and by every person consuming, as defined in this article, natural gas transported by a provider other than the public utility gas corporation. The return shall be signed by the person required to file the return or by his or her duly authorized agent.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 893

text: The State Board of Equalization shall administer the surcharge imposed pursuant to this article in accordance with the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 894

text: The State Board of Equalization may collect any unpaid surcharge imposed pursuant to this article.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 895

text:
Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the Gas Consumption Surcharge Fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, as follows:

(a) To the commission or an entity designated by the commission to fund programs described in subdivision (a) of Section 890. If the commission designates the Energy Commission to receive funds for public interest research and development, both of the following shall apply:

(1) The Controller shall transfer the funds to a separate subaccount within the Public Interest Research, Development, and Demonstration Fund. Notwithstanding Section 384 of this code and Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the subaccount are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to pay the Energy Commission for its costs in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this article.

(2) The Energy Commission may administer the program pursuant to Chapter 7.1 (commencing with Section 25620) of Division 15 of the Public Resources Code.

(b) To pay the commission for its costs in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this article.

(c) To pay the State Board of Equalization for its costs in administering this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 76. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021.)

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 896

text: “Consumption” means the use or employment of natural gas. Consumption does not include the use or employment of natural gas to generate power for sale, the sale or purchase of natural gas for resale to end users, the sale or use of gas for enhanced oil recovery, natural gas utilized in cogeneration technology projects to produce electricity, or natural gas that is produced in California and transported on a proprietary pipeline. Consumption does not include the consumption of natural gas which this state is prohibited from taxing under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 897

text: Nothing in this article impairs the rights and obligations of parties to contracts approved by the commission, as the rights and obligations were interpreted as of January 1, 1998.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 898

text: Notwithstanding Section 890, a municipality, district, or public agency that offers in published tariffs home weatherization services, rate assistance for low-income customers, or programs similar to those described in subdivision (a) of Section 890, shall not be required to collect a surcharge pursuant to this article from customers within its service territory. A municipality, district, or public agency shall be required to collect a surcharge pursuant to this article from customers served by the municipality, district, or public agency outside of its service territory unless the commission determines that the entity offers those customers services similar to those offered by gas utilities as described in subdivision (a) of Section 890.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 899

text: Sections 890 and 892 do not apply to any gas customer of a municipality, district, or public agency exempted by Section 898 from collecting a surcharge.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 900

text: The commission shall determine the most efficient and cost-effective way to provide programs pursuant to Sections 739.1, 739.2, and 2790 in a consistent manner statewide by utility provider service territory. In determining the most cost-effective way to provide service that benefits persons eligible for low-income programs, the commission shall consider factors, including, but not limited to, outreach efforts to reach the targeted population and the types of discounts and services that should be provided by each utility. On or before July 1, 2001, the commission shall develop and implement efficient and cost-effective programs pursuant to Sections 739.1, 739.2, and 2790. The commission may conduct compliance audits to ensure compliance with any commission order or resolution relating to the implementation of programs pursuant to Sections 739.1, 739.2, and 2790, and may conduct financial audits.

article: 10. Natural Gas Surcharge


citation: PUC § 910

text:
(a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information:

(1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year.

(2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior year’s workplan.

(3) An accounting of the commission’s transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the state’s industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates.

(4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation.

(5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year.

(6) A description of the actions taken by the commission using the information provided to it pursuant to Section 53122 of the Government Code, a summary of deenergization event trends and the effect of deenergization events on telecommunications service and public safety, and an analysis of how the impacts of deenergization events on telecommunications service could be mitigated.

(7) A description of the audits and inspections conducted to ensure compliance with the commission’s backup electricity rules for providers of telecommunications service, including, but not limited to, the total number of violations identified by the commission in the prior year, aggregated by company, and a summary of enforcement actions taken for those violations.

(b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year.

(2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 740, Sec. 1. (AB 2765) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature

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text:
(a) The commission shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s timeliness in resolving cases, information on the disposition of applications for rehearings, and the days that commissioners presided in and attended hearings. The report shall include the number of scoping memos issued in each proceeding and the number of orders issued extending the statutory deadlines pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 1701.2, for all adjudication cases, and pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1701.5, for all ratesetting or quasi-legislative cases.

(b) For reporting on commissioner attendance at hearings, the report shall include reporting based on attendance at all types of hearings, including by all of the following:

(1) Hearing type, including, but not limited to, prehearing conferences, evidentiary hearings, public participation hearings, and workshops.

(2) Proceeding type, including quasi-legislative, an adjudication, a rate-setting, or a catastrophic wildfire proceeding.

(3) Industry type, including electric, gas, water, telecommunications, or transportation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 205, Sec. 1. (AB 1532) Effective October 1, 2025.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) The commission shall report to the Legislature the collections from each class of utility and expenditures, both direct and indirect, for regulatory and other authorized commission activities affecting each class. Where expenditures are for overhead, allocations of services common to several classes, or for commission-wide activities, the methods used to calculate the expenditures attributed to the class shall be described in reasonable detail.

(b) The report shall be furnished to the Legislature within 60 days after the end of the fiscal year, and shall be subject to audit. The commission shall maintain information and reports necessary to perform an audit pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 432.5 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 14. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) (1) The commission shall provide a report to the Legislature on September 1 of each year, on the progress of activities undertaken by each electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), by each community choice aggregator with gross annual revenues exceeding fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), and by each electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), but not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), in the implementation of women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise development programs pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 8281) of Chapter 7 of Division 4. The report shall include information about which procurements are made with women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises with at least a majority of the enterprise’s workforce in California, to the extent that information is readily accessible. The commission shall recommend a program for carrying out the policy declared in Article 5 (commencing with Section 8281) of Chapter 7 of Division 4, together with recommendations for legislation that it deems necessary or desirable to further that policy. The commission shall make the report available on its internet website.

(2) (A) As part of the annual report, the commission may include an analysis of the information described in subdivision (b) of Section 8284 to gauge the efficacy of the programs established pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 8281) of Chapter 7 of Division 4 in attracting business for contractors and subcontractors operating in California.

(B) If the commission includes the analysis described in subparagraph (A), the commission shall also, as part of that annual report, analyze the information provided to the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8290.2.

(b) In regard to disabled veteran business enterprises, the commission shall ensure that the programs and legislation recommended pursuant to subdivision (a) are consistent with the disabled veteran business enterprise certification eligibility requirements imposed by the Department of General Services and that the recommendations include only those disabled veteran business enterprises certified by the Department of General Services.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 784, Sec. 2. (SB 1177) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
By February 1 of each year, the commission shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature, on all sources and amounts of funding and actual and proposed expenditures, both in the two prior fiscal years and for the proposed fiscal year, including any costs to ratepayers, related to all of the following:

(a) Entities or programs established by the commission by order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action, including, but not limited to, the California Clean Energy Fund, the California Emerging Technology Fund, and the Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council. The report shall contain descriptions of relevant issues, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(1) Any governance structure established for an entity or program.

(2) Any staff or employees hired by or for the entity or program and their salaries and expenses.

(3) Any staff or employees transferred or loaned internally or interdepartmentally for the entity or program and their salaries and expenses.

(4) Any contracts entered into by the entity or program, the funding sources for those contracts, and the legislative authority under which the commission entered into the contract.

(5) The public process and oversight governing the entity or program’s activities.

(b) Entities or programs established by the commission, other than those expressly authorized by statute, under the following sections:

(1) Section 379.6.

(2) Section 399.8.

(3) Section 739.1.

(4) Section 2790.

(5) Section 2851.

(6) Section 921.1.

(7) Section 922.

(c) Upon an entity ceasing operations, or a program ending, because its activities, including receiving revenue or making expenditures, have concluded, commission reporting on the entity or program pursuant to this section shall continue for the subsequent two fiscal years following the entity ceasing operations or the program ending. Following those subsequent two fiscal years, the commission shall note in the report submitted pursuant to this section which entity ceased operations or program ended, and the commission shall not be subject to any other reporting obligations related to the entity or program pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 353, Sec. 37. (AB 1533) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) The commission shall submit a report by April 1 of each year to the Legislature on residential and household gas and electric service disconnections that includes the following information for each community choice aggregator and each of the four electrical and gas corporations that have the greatest number of customers:

(1) For the most recent five years, the total annual number of residential disconnections for nonpayment, reconnections following disconnection for nonpayment, and disconnections for nonpayment that did not result in a reconnection within 30 days.

(2) For the most recent five years, the total annual number of households disconnected for nonpayment, households reconnected following disconnection for nonpayment, and households not reconnected within 30 days of being disconnected for nonpayment. A household disconnected more than once in a calendar year shall be counted only once for purposes of this reporting requirement.

(b) The commission shall disaggregate the information specified in subdivision (a) to provide that information for each of the following populations:

(1) Customers enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program.

(2) Customers enrolled in a Family Electric Rate Assistance program.

(3) Customers receiving a medical baseline allowance.

(4) Customers both enrolled in the CARE program and receiving a medical baseline allowance.

(5) Customers receiving assistance or a benefit under the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 8621 et seq.).

(6) Customers of a community choice aggregator who, after disconnection, are reconnected to service provided by an electrical corporation.

(c) For each of the customer categories listed in subdivision (b), the commission shall further disaggregate the information for individual customers as follows:

(1) Disconnected one time.

(2) Disconnected two times.

(3) Disconnected three or more times.

(4) Reconnected one time.

(5) Reconnected two times.

(6) Reconnected three or more times.

(d) For a corporation included in the report pursuant to subdivision (a) that provides both gas and electric service to customers, the commission shall provide the information separately.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 362, Sec. 4. (SB 598) Effective January 1, 2018.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
The commission shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s advocacy efforts to keep transmission rates low for ratepayers through its participation in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rate cases and the Independent System Operator’s transmission planning processes. The report shall include all of the following:

(a) The number of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rate cases in which the commission participated.

(b) The amount of ratepayer moneys saved through the commission’s participation in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rate cases.

(c) The nature of the commission’s participation in each rate case, including a description of each issue analyzed in the rate case, such as return on equity, taxes, depreciation, cost-of-service ratemaking, and assumptions for justifying project needs.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 51, Sec. 44. (SB 854) Effective June 27, 2018.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: The commission shall annually provide the Legislature with an update on the status of its review of public utilities’ balancing accounts pursuant to Section 792.5. The commission shall provide this update as part of its annual report published pursuant to Section 910 or by posting it in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site, or both.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 805, Sec. 5. (AB 2168) Effective January 1, 2017.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) On or before June 30, 2023, the Low-Income Oversight Board established pursuant to Section 382.1 shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the opportunity and process for expanding the third-party administrator contract used for the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (ULTS) program, or establishing a similar new contract, to include water, gas, and electric utility service for purposes of facilitating enrollment between low-income assistance programs, minimizing privacy and data sharing concerns, and expediting eligibility verification processes. The report shall include a recommendation for funding the expansion of the contract or establishment of a new contract.

(b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2027.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 840, Sec. 3. (SB 1208) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


citation: PUC § 911

text:
(a) Beginning February 1, 2016, the commission shall annually publish a report that includes all investigations into gas or electric service safety incidents reported, pursuant to commission requirements, by any gas corporation or electrical corporation. The report shall succinctly describe each safety investigation concluded during the prior calendar year and each investigation that remains open. The categories within the description shall include the month of the safety incident, the reason for the investigation, the facility type involved, and the owner of the facility.

(b) The commission shall include in its report required pursuant to Section 910, a summary of the staff safety investigations concluded during the prior calendar year and the staff safety investigations that remain open for any gas corporation or electrical corporation, with a link to the Internet Web site with the report that contains the information required pursuant to subdivision (a).

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 915 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 49. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or advisory bulletin concerning gas pipeline safety issued by the federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shall be reported annually, in detail, to the Legislature with the report required by Section 910. Correspondence from the NTSB that indicates that a recommendation of the NTSB has been closed following an action that the NTSB finds unacceptable shall be noted in the report required by Section 910.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 33. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: The commission shall report the findings of any risk assessment required by Section 1103 to the Legislature.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 425, Sec. 6. (SB 385) Effective January 1, 2018.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


citation: PUC § 912

text: A summary of the audits conducted by the commission pursuant to Section 314.5 shall be provided annually to the Legislature. The commission may provide this information as part of its annual report delivered pursuant to Section 910.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 34. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: The Public Utilities Commission shall conduct an audit of the expenditures of the funds received pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5001) of Division 2 each fiscal year. The results of this audit shall be reported in writing, on or before February 15th of each year thereafter, with respect to the audit for the fiscal year ending on the previous June 30th, to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the respective houses of the Legislature.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 5012 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 61. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: On or before April 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall conduct a fiscal and performance audit of the implementation and effectiveness of the California Advanced Services Fund to ensure that funds have been expended in accordance with the approved terms of the grant awards and loan agreements pursuant to Section 281 or 281.2 and shall report its findings to the Legislature. The reports shall include an update to the maps in the final report of the California Broadband Task Force and data on the types and numbers of jobs created as a result of the program administered by the commission pursuant to Section 281 or 281.2 and shall include information specified in Section 914.7.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 112, Sec. 9. (SB 156) Effective July 20, 2021.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: Immediately upon completion of an audit of any entity or program created by any order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the commission conducted pursuant to Section 314.6, the commission shall transmit a copy of the audit report to the Legislature, including to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees or subcommittees of the Legislature, and to the Governor. The audit report shall be submitted to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 421, Sec. 20. (SB 19) Effective January 1, 2018.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


citation: PUC § 913

text:
(a) The reporting requirements of this section apply to electrical corporations with at least 1,000,000 retail customers in California and gas corporations with at least 500,000 retail customers in California.

(b) The commission shall prepare a written report on the costs of programs and activities conducted by each electrical corporation and gas corporation that is subject to this section, including activities conducted to comply with their duty to serve. The report shall be completed on an annual basis before April 1 of each year, and shall identify, clearly and concisely, all of the following:

(1) Each program mandated by statute and its annual cost to ratepayers.

(2) Each program mandated by the commission and its annual cost to ratepayers.

(3) Energy purchase contract costs and bond-related costs incurred pursuant to Division 27 (commencing with Section 80000) of the Water Code.

(4) All other aggregated categories of costs currently recovered in retail rates as determined by the commission.

(c) The report required by subdivision (b) shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature no later than April 1 of each year.

(d) The commission shall post the report required by subdivision (b) in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 36. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) The commission, by May 1, 2010, and by each May 1 thereafter, shall prepare and submit a written report, separate from and in addition to the report required by Section 913, to the Governor and Legislature that contains all of the following:

(1) The commission’s recommendations for actions that can be undertaken during the succeeding 12 months to limit electrical corporations’ and gas corporations’ utility costs and rate increases.

(2) The commission’s recommendations that may take longer than 12 months to implement, but could lead to substantial reductions in monthly electricity and natural gas utility bills.

(3) Considerations of how the adoption of decarbonization policies, including electrification, may impact the total energy costs borne by consumers, including electricity, natural gas, and fuel for transportation, consistent with the state’s energy and environmental goals, including goals for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.

(b) In preparing the report required by subdivision (a), the commission shall require electrical corporations with 1,000,000 or more retail customers in California, and gas corporations with 500,000 or more retail customers in California, to study and report on measures the corporation recommends be undertaken to limit costs and rate increases.

(c) The commission shall post the report required by subdivision (a) in a conspicuous area of its internet website.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 569, Sec. 1. (AB 2462) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
In addition to the information required to be submitted pursuant to Section 913, for each large electrical corporation, as defined in Section 3280, the report required by Section 913 shall also include all of the following information:

(a) The amount of ratebase for the transmission assets, distribution assets, and generation assets for the large electrical corporation with 10 years of historical values.

(b) The total amount for return on equity and return on debt, reported separately, collected in the revenue requirement for the transmission assets, distribution assets, and generation assets for the large electrical corporation.

(c) The total amount of federal, state, and local taxes associated with the return on equity collected in the revenue requirements for the transmission, distribution, and generation assets for the large electrical corporation.

(d) The portion of the annual revenue requirement associated with the return on equity, total return on ratebase, and the associated federal, state, and local taxes associated with the return on equity of the large electrical corporation.

(e) The actual mix of equity and debt capital in the large electrical corporation’s capital structure compared to the mix of equity and debt capital authorized by the commission.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 119, Sec. 35. (SB 254) Effective September 19, 2025.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 454.5 and Section 583, no later than May 1 of each year, the commission shall release to the Legislature for the preceding calendar year the costs of all electricity procurement contracts for eligible renewable energy resources, including unbundled renewable energy credits, and all costs for utility-owned generation approved by the commission.

(1) For power purchase contracts, the commission shall release costs in an aggregated form categorized according to the year the procurement transaction was approved by the commission, the eligible renewable energy resource type, including bundled renewable energy credits, the average executed contract price, and average actual recorded costs for each kilowatthour of production. Within each renewable energy resource type, the commission shall provide aggregated costs for different project size thresholds.

(2) For each utility-owned renewable generation project, the commission shall release the costs forecast by the electrical corporation at the time of initial approval and the actual recorded costs for each kilowatthour of production during the preceding calendar year.

(b) The commission shall report all electrical corporation revenue requirement increases associated with meeting the renewables portfolio standard, as defined in Section 399.12, including direct procurement costs for eligible renewable energy resources and renewable energy credits.

(c) The commission shall report all cost savings experienced, or costs avoided, by electrical corporations as a result of meeting the renewables portfolio standard.

(d) This section does not require the release of the terms of any individual electricity procurement contracts for eligible renewable energy resources, including unbundled renewable energy credits, approved by the commission. The commission shall aggregate data to the extent required to ensure protection of the confidentiality of individual contract costs even if this aggregation requires grouping contracts of different energy resource type. The commission shall not be required to release the data in any year when there are fewer than three contracts approved.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 913.4 by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 23. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
In order to evaluate the progress of the state’s electrical corporations in complying with the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3), the commission shall report to the Legislature no later than November 1 of each year on all of the following:

(a) The progress and status of procurement activities by each retail seller pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

(b) For each electrical corporation, an implementation schedule to achieve the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements, including all substantive actions that have been taken or will be taken to achieve the program procurement requirements.

(c) The projected ability of each electrical corporation to meet the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements under the cost limitations in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 399.15 and any recommendations for revisions of those cost limitations.

(d) Any renewable energy procurement plan approved by the commission pursuant to Section 399.13, and a schedule and status report for all substantive procurement, transmission development, and other activities that the commission has approved to be undertaken by an electrical corporation to achieve the procurement requirements of the renewables portfolio standard.

(e) Any barriers to, and policy recommendations for, achieving the renewables portfolio standard pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

(f) The efforts each electrical corporation is taking to recruit and train employees to ensure an adequately trained and available workforce, including the number of new employees hired by the electrical corporation for purposes of implementing the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, the goals adopted by the electrical corporation for increasing women, minority, and disabled veterans trained or hired for purposes of implementing the requirements of that program, and, to the extent information is available, the number of new employees hired and the number of women, minority, and disabled veterans trained or hired by persons or corporations owning or operating eligible renewable energy resources under contract with an electrical corporation. This subdivision does not provide the commission with authority to engage in or regulate, or expand its authority to include, workforce recruitment or training.

(g) A systemwide assessment of delays to interconnection or transmission approvals for eligible renewable energy resources or energy storage resources, based on the annual reports submitted to the commission by electrical corporations pursuant to Section 399.13.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 229, Sec. 3. (SB 1174) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) (1) Before July 1, 2022, and every three years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature on the demand-side management programs it oversees or that are paid for by ratepayers of community choice aggregators, electrical corporations, or gas corporations, including, but not limited to, energy efficiency and demand response programs.

(2) The report shall include a list of all demand-side management programs, inclusive of codes and standards programs, with evaluations for each program that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Program description and target population.

(B) Authorized budgets and actual expenditures.

(C) Projected and actual energy savings over the program cycle.

(D) Projected and actual bill savings to the average participating and the average nonparticipating ratepayer.

(E) Cost-effectiveness analysis, including a total resource cost test and a program administrator cost test.

(F) Public interest impacts, as applicable.

(G) Actual customers served, aggregated by customer class, geographic distribution, and income level.

(H) Peak demand reduction, as applicable.

(I) Total system benefits, as adopted in the commission’s Decision 21-09-037 (September 23, 2021) Decision Adopting Energy Efficiency Goals for 2022-2032.

(3) The commission may provide evaluations at a portfolio level in addition to the individual program evaluation required pursuant to paragraph (2).

(b) In the report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall also report to the Legislature on the progress toward achieving the targets established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 454.55 and subdivision (a) of Section 454.56. The commission shall include specific strategies for, and an update on, progress toward maximizing the contribution of energy and electricity efficiency bill savings in disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 762, Sec. 4. (AB 3264) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) On or before February 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator and the Energy Commission, shall report to the Legislature and the Governor on the progress made toward modernizing the state’s distribution and transmission grid and the impacts of distributed energy resources on the state’s distribution and transmission grid and ratepayers. The report shall evaluate all of the following:

(1) Reliability and transmission issues related to connecting distributed energy resources to the local distribution networks and regional grid.

(2) Issues related to grid reliability and operation, including interconnection, and the position of federal and state regulators toward distributed energy resource accessibility.

(3) The effect on overall grid operation of various distributed energy resources.

(4) Barriers affecting the connection of distributed energy resources to the state’s grid.

(5) Emerging technologies related to distributed energy resource interconnection and operation.

(6) Interconnection issues that may arise for the Independent System Operator and local distribution companies.

(7) The effect on peak demand for electricity.

(8) The potential for distributed energy resources to benefit the state’s distribution and transmission grid.

(b) In addition, the commission shall specifically assess the impacts of the California Solar Initiative program, specified in Section 25781 of the Public Resources Code and Section 2851, the self-generation incentive program authorized by Section 379.6, and the net energy metering program specified in Sections 2827 and 2827.1.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 228, Sec. 5. (AB 242) Effective January 1, 2022.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: On or before July 30, 2020, and by July 30 of every third year thereafter through 2029, the commission shall submit to the Legislature an assessment of the Multifamily Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program (Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 2870) of Part 2). That assessment shall include the number of qualified multifamily affordable housing property sites that have a qualifying solar energy system for which an award was made pursuant to that program and, for each, the dollar value of the award and the electrical generating capacity of the qualifying renewable energy system, the bill reduction outcomes of the program for the participants, the cost of the program, the total electrical system benefits, the environmental benefits, the progress made toward reaching the goals of the program, the program’s impact on the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program budget, and the recommendations for improving the program to meet its goals. The report shall include an analysis of pending program commitments, reservations, obligations, and projected demands for the program to determine whether future ongoing funding allocations for the program are substantiated. The report shall also include a summary of the other programs intended to benefit disadvantaged communities, including, but not limited to, the Single-Family Affordable Solar Homes Program established by the commission in Decision 07-11-045, the Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing Program established by the commission in Decision 08-10-036, and the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program (Chapter 7.6 (commencing with Section 2831) of Part 2).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 214. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: On or before December 31, 2018, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall, in its annual report prepared pursuant to Section 913, identify and report to the Legislature on electrical and gas corporation ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs that are similar to programs administered by the Energy Commission, the State Air Resources Board, and the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, and on those programs revised pursuant to Section 381.4.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 425, Sec. 7. (SB 385) Effective January 1, 2018.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, and the Independent System Operator, shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a study, including findings and recommendations, identifying proposals to reduce the cost to ratepayers of expanding the state’s electrical transmission grid as necessary to achieve the state’s goals, to meet the state’s requirements, and to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, as specified in statute, regulation, or executive order.

(b) In conducting the study, the commission shall evaluate, at minimum, all of the following:

(1) Public financing of transmission projects, including approaches to lower the cost of financing, and the use of nonratepayer funds to pay, a portion of the costs of transmission projects necessary to achieve relevant public policy goals. The study shall identify nonratepayer funding sources that may be suitable for this purpose.

(2) The costs and benefits of different ownership models, lease agreements, or other public-private arrangements necessary to build the transmission projects using public financing.

(3) Other proposals identified by the commission or other consulted parties that, in the judgment of the commission, could accelerate the development of, and reduce the cost to ratepayers of expanding, the state’s electrical transmission grid.

(4) Estimated cost savings of each option.

(5) Thresholds or criteria for transmission projects to be considered eligible for public financing, including, but not limited to, project size, cost, location, or achievement of statewide policy.

(6) Appropriate cost limitations and protections in exercising public financing for this purpose.

(7) Relevant local, state, and federal statute applicable to public financing of transmission infrastructure.

(c) In conducting the study, the commission shall provide opportunities for public input on which proposals to consider and on draft findings and recommendations.

(d) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 762, Sec. 5. (AB 3264) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions.)

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text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission, Energy Commission, and State Air Resources Board shall, in consultation with all California balancing authorities, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 399.12, as part of a public process, issue a joint report to the Legislature by January 1, 2021, and at least every four years thereafter.

(b) The joint report shall include all of the following:

(1) A review of the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53, focused on technologies, forecasts, then-existing transmission, and maintaining safety, environmental and public safety protection, affordability, and system and local reliability.

(2) An evaluation identifying the potential benefits and impacts on system and local reliability associated with achieving the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53.

(3) An evaluation identifying the nature of any anticipated financial costs and benefits to electrical, gas, and water utilities, including customer rate impacts and benefits.

(4) The barriers to, and benefits of, achieving the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53.

(5) Alternative scenarios in which the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53 can be achieved and the estimated costs and benefits of each scenario.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 353, Sec. 38. (AB 1533) Effective January 1, 2025.)

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text:
On or before December 1, 2024, and biennially thereafter, the commission, in consultation with California balancing authorities, as defined in Section 399.12, shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes all of the following:

(a) A description of the electrical transmission project applications submitted to the commission for certificates of public convenience and necessity in the preceding two-year period.

(b) The number of electrical transmission projects that were issued certificates of public convenience and necessity in the preceding two-year period.

(c) The number of electrical transmission projects that, in the preceding two-year period, went into operation, were approved by the Independent System Operator, and did not require the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity.

(d) The estimated transmission capital cost added to the rate base for each electrical transmission project that was, in the preceding two-year period, either approved by the Independent System Operator or issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 390, Sec. 3. (SB 319) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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text:
The commission shall annually publish on its internet website and submit to the Legislature a report that includes both of the following:

(a) A report on the progress made to grow the use of distributed energy resources among residential customers in disadvantaged communities and in low-income households.

(b) An aggregated list, by census tract and ZIP Code, of all renewable electrical generation facilities, as defined in Section 2827, that began to receive service pursuant to a net energy metering contract or tariff during the preceding calendar year, including, but not limited to, median household income, home ownership, and racial composition, as applicable.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 774, Sec. 2. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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text:
(a) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions apply:

(1) “Large electrical corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3280.

(2) “Significant voltage-related incident” means a deviation in electrical service voltage delivered by an electrical corporation to a customer that falls outside the standard electrical service voltage range of plus or minus 5 percent of nominal voltage and that results in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property.

(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2027, the commission shall require each large electrical corporation to commence a study to evaluate significant voltage-related incidents across its residential, commercial, and industrial customers that resulted in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property totaling five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more.

(2) Each study shall, at a minimum, do all of the following:

(A) Evaluate associated consumer protections within the service territory of the large electrical corporation.

(B) Quantify the frequency and causes of significant voltage-related incidents that resulted in property damage, including, but not limited to, the number and geographic distribution of significant voltage-related incidents reported from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, inclusive.

(C) Identify the causes of significant voltage-related incidents, including electrical grid instability, system failures, or natural disasters such as wildfires and storms, reported from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, inclusive.

(D) Evaluate the impacts of, and damage caused by, significant voltage-related incidents on the large electrical corporation’s operations and service reliability and customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property, including, but not limited to, the frequency of high- and low-voltage changes by voltage class across different customer classes, including residential, commercial, and industrial customer classes.

(E) Quantify the extent of reported property damage, including total monetary claims filed, approved, and denied, to different customer classes, including residential, commercial, and industrial customer classes, resulting from significant voltage-related incidents.

(F) Evaluate any trends in customer complaints related to significant voltage-related incidents.

(G) Examine response times and management and resolution of complaints or claims related to significant voltage-related incidents that resulted in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property.

(H) Describe consumer protections from significant voltage-related incidents in the large electrical corporation’s service territory.

(I) Evaluate the adequacy of the consumer protections related to reporting and public disclosure of significant voltage-related incidents that resulted in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property.

(J) Identify current outreach and support related to significant voltage-related incidents, including, but not limited to, whether current practices adequately serve low-income, rural, and limited English proficiency customers seeking reimbursement for damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property.

(c) On or before July 1, 2027, the commission shall publish hyperlinks on its internet website to the studies conducted by the large electrical corporations, and report on the studies to the Legislature.

(d) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2031.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 420, Sec. 2. (SB 593) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.)

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text:
(a) Within 24 months of establishing a community renewable energy program pursuant to Section 769.3, if applicable, and annually thereafter for the duration of the program, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on the facilities deployed and customers subscribed, pursuant to that program, including an analysis of low-income customer participation.

(b) (1) On or before March 31, 2024, the commission shall report to the Legislature on its actions taken pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 769.3 and its justification for terminating, modifying, or retaining each customer renewable energy subscription program pursuant to that subdivision.

(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(3) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 350, Sec. 3. (AB 2316) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission, Energy Commission, and State Air Resources Board, in consultation with California balancing authorities, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 399.12, and as part of, or an interim addendum to, the quadrennial joint report required pursuant to Section 913.11, as applicable, shall issue a joint reliability progress report that reviews system and local reliability within the context of the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53, with a particular focus on summer reliability. The joint reliability progress report shall identify challenges and gaps, if any, to achieving system and local reliability and identify the amount and cause of any delays to achieving compliance with all energy and capacity procurement requirements set by the commission.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 353, Sec. 39. (AB 1533) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, in coordination with the Energy Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the Department of Water Resources, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature each year on the status of new resource additions and revisions to the state’s electric demand forecast, and the impact of these updates on the need for keeping the Diablo Canyon powerplant online.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 53, Sec. 11. (SB 124) Effective July 10, 2023.)

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text: Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission shall annually submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the types, amounts, and costs to ratepayers of eligible energy resources procured pursuant to Section 454.52.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 9. (AB 1373) Effective October 7, 2023.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) The commission may assess the extent to which electrical corporation costs associated with new loads from data centers result in cost shifts to other electrical corporation customers. This assessment may include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) An analysis of potential electrical corporation costs associated with utility procurement to meet growing load demands from data centers’ increased energy consumption.

(2) An analysis of potential electrical corporation costs associated with the installation of new transmission and distribution assets to serve new data centers or expansions of existing data centers, including the costs of stranded assets and assets installed for an entity that ceases operation.

(3) Identification of opportunities to prevent or mitigate any substantial cost shifts, if the cost shifts are identified.

(b) The commission shall submit an assessment completed pursuant to this section to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature and publicly post a copy of the assessment on the commission’s internet website on or before January 1, 2027.

(c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2031.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 647, Sec. 3. (SB 57) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


citation: PUC § 914

text: The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by public utilities pursuant to Section 7912, to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or their successor committees, and within a reasonable time thereafter, shall make the information available to the public on its Internet Web site.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 41. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, in a document that can be made public, information relative to the actions undertaken by the commission implementing the lifeline telecommunications universal service program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 873.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 42. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: The commission, in its annual report prepared pursuant to Section 914.1, shall assess whether having telephone corporations provide the name and address of its lifeline customers to other public utilities for the purpose of low-income ratepayer assistance outreach efforts has been helpful in the low-income ratepayer assistance outreach efforts.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 43. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: By December 31 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report that includes, based on yearend data, on an aggregated basis, the information submitted by holders pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5960. All information reported by the commission pursuant to this section shall be disclosed to the public only as provided for pursuant to Section 583. No individually identifiable customer or subscriber information shall be subject to public disclosure.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 842, Sec. 36. (SB 1222) Effective January 1, 2017.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by holders of state franchises pursuant to Section 5920, to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or their successor committees, and within a reasonable time thereafter, shall make the information available to the public on its Internet Web site.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 45. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: The commission shall report to the Legislature and the Governor annually on the effectiveness of the program administered pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 280.5.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 47. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
By April 1, 2019, and by April 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall provide to the Legislature either a report or the biennial fiscal and performance audit conducted pursuant to Section 912.2 that includes all of the following information:

(a) The remaining unserved areas in the state.

(b) The amount of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.

(c) The recipients of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.

(d) The geographic regions of the state affected by funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year, including information by county.

(e) The expected benefits to be derived from the funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.

(f) Details on the status of each project funded through the California Advanced Services Fund and whether the project has been completed or the expected completion date of the project.

(g) Actual broadband adoption levels from funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.

(h) The cost per household for each project.

(i) The number of formerly unserved households subscribing to broadband service in areas covered by projects funded by the California Advanced Services Fund.

(j) The number of subscriptions resulting from the broadband adoption program funded by the California Advanced Services Fund.

(k) An update on the expenditures from the California Advanced Services Fund, broadband adoption levels, the progress in achieving the goals of the program, and an accounting of the remaining unserved households in each region of the state as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year.

(l) The amount of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund to match federal funds.

(m) Additional details on efforts to leverage non-California Advanced Services Fund moneys.

(n) The status of the California Advanced Services Fund balance and the projected amount to be collected in each year to fund approved projects.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 658, Sec. 5. (AB 14) Effective October 8, 2021.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


citation: PUC § 916

text: On or before November 30 of each year, the commission shall report to the Legislature on its rail safety activities.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 50. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: The commission shall annually report the results of its investigation pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7661 relative to any incident that results in a notification required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7661, including its findings concerning the cause or causes of the incident and any action undertaken by the commission in response to those findings. The commission may include the information required to be reported pursuant to this section in its report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 916.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 51. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, on sites on railroad lines in the state it finds to be hazardous. The report shall include, but not be limited to, information on all of the following:

(a) A list of all railroad derailment accident sites in the state on which accidents have occurred within at least the previous five years. The list shall describe the nature and probable causes of the accidents, if known, and shall indicate whether the accidents occurred at or near sites that the commission has determined, pursuant to subdivision (b), pose a local safety hazard.

(b) A list of all railroad sites in the state that the commission determines, pursuant to Section 20106 of Title 49 of the United States Code, pose a local safety hazard. The commission may submit in the annual report the list of railroad sites submitted in the immediate prior year annual report, and may amend or revise that list from the immediate prior year as necessary. Factors that the commission shall consider in determining a local safety hazard may include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The severity of grade and curve of track.

(2) The value of special skills of train operators in negotiating the particular segment of railroad line.

(3) The value of special railroad equipment in negotiating the particular segment of railroad line.

(4) The types of commodities transported on or near the particular segment of railroad line.

(5) The hazard posed by the release of the commodity into the environment.

(6) The value of special railroad equipment in the process of safely loading, transporting, storing, or unloading potentially hazardous commodities.

(7) The proximity of railroad activity to human activity or sensitive environmental areas.

(8) A list of the root causes and significant contributing factors of all train accidents or derailments investigated.

(c) In determining which railroad sites pose a local safety hazard pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission shall consider the history of accidents at or near the sites. The commission shall not limit its determination to sites at which accidents have already occurred, but shall identify potentially hazardous sites based on the criteria enumerated in subdivision (b) and all other criteria that the commission determines influence railroad safety. The commission shall also consider whether any local safety hazards at railroad sites have been eliminated or sufficiently remediated to warrant removal of the site from the list required under subdivision (b).

(d) The commission may combine the information required to be reported by this section with the report prepared pursuant to Section 916.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 7711 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 67. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text:
(a) The commission shall annually report to the Legislature on or before November 30 of each year on its compliance with the requirements of Section 765.5. The annual report shall include a determination by the commission of the impact on competition, if any, of the regulatory fees assessed railroad corporations and motor carriers for the support of the commission’s activities.

(b) The commission may combine the information required by this section with the report prepared pursuant to Section 916.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 765.6 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 22. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 11. Reports to the Legislature


text: An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or safety advisory pursuant to Section 765 shall be reported annually, in detail, to the Legislature with the report required by Section 910. Correspondence from the federal National Transportation Safety Board indicating that a recommendation has been closed following an action that the federal National Transportation Safety Board finds unacceptable shall be noted in the report required by Section 910.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 612, Sec. 52. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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