California Public Utilities Code

§ 740.16

PUC § 740.16 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)(1) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(A)State policy incentivizes and encourages the increased use of electric vehicles, and relies, in part, on the ratepayers of electrical corporations to fund policies intended to increase the usage of electric vehicles.

(B)Changes in electrical demand and generation have created escalating peak and low periods of electrical supply and demand, and the cost of wholesale electricity and electricity delivery during peak demand periods is typically greater than during other periods.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 484, Sec. 1. (SB 676) Effective January 1, 2020.