California Public Utilities Code

§ 398.4

PUC § 398.4 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 2.3 · Art. 14

Statute text

(a)Every retail supplier that makes an offering to sell electricity that is consumed in California shall disclose its electricity sources and the associated greenhouse gases emissions intensity for the previous calendar year.

(b)The disclosures required by this section shall be made to potential end-use consumers in all product-specific written promotional materials that are distributed to consumers by either printed or electronic means, including the retail supplier’s internet website, if one exists, except that advertisements and notices in general circulation media shall not be subject to this requirement.

(c)The disclosures required by this section shall be made annually to end-use consumers of the offered electricity. The annual disclosure shall be made on the retail supplier’s internet website by October 1 of each year, and in written promotional materials by the end of the first complete billing cycle for the fourth quarter of the year, and shall be consistent with information provided to the Energy Commission pursuant to Section 398.5. A retail supplier may distribute the disclosures required by this section via email to any end-use consumer that has consented to receive email in lieu of printed materials.

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Legislative history

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