California Public Utilities Code

§ 743

PUC § 743Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)As used in this section, “steel producer” means a producer of steel products in California which in 1981 or any subsequent year produced at least 75,000 tons of rolled or finished steel and which has a maximum demand for electricity of 4,000 kilowatts or more at one plant location. Any steel producer which transfers any substantial amount of employment from its facilities in this state to any out-of-state facility or otherwise substantially reduces employment at its facilities in this state below the June 30, 1985, level, or fails to maintain and make reasonable and prudent investments in its facilities, as determined by the commission, is ineligible for any electric rate established pursuant to this section.

(b)As used in this section, “frozen food processor” means a corporation or person engaged in the processing of food in California, which food is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, in Industry No. 2037 and Industry No. 2038 of Group 203, of Food and Kindred Products Major Group 20, as specified in Section 2900.3 of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. “Processing of food” includes the postprocessing storage of frozen food in a warehouse, or other facility, until the frozen food leaves the control or responsibility of the frozen food processor or until the frozen food processor no longer has an obligation to store the food.

(c)As used in this section, “system average rate” means total jurisdictional revenues of the electrical corporation divided by total jurisdictional sales.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 878, Sec. 1.