California Public Utilities Code

§ 755

PUC § 755 Effective Jan 1, 2006Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)It is the intent of the Legislature that:

(1)An electrical, gas, or water corporation that offers customers credit card or debit card payment options, may recover the reasonable expenses incurred by the electrical, gas, or water corporation for providing the customers the option of paying their bills by credit card or debit card.

(2)Only the customers that choose to use these payment options incur the additional charge and that no portion of the expense is shifted to customers that do not choose to pay a bill by credit card or debit card, unless and until the commission determines that the savings to ratepayers exceeds the net cost of accepting those cards.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 426, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.