California Public Utilities Code

§ 8380

PUC § 8380 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 4.1 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)For purposes of this section, “electrical or gas consumption data” means data about a customer’s electrical or natural gas usage that is made available as part of an advanced metering infrastructure, and includes incremental and monthly meter-specific electricity data, to the extent produced by that infrastructure, and the name, account number, and address of the customer.

(b)(1) An electrical corporation or gas corporation shall not share, disclose, or otherwise make accessible to any third party a customer’s electrical or gas consumption data, except as provided in subdivision (f) or upon the consent of the customer. Customer consent may be verified through an electronic signature authorization process pursuant to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).

(2)An electrical corporation or gas corporation shall not sell a customer’s electrical or gas consumption data or any other personally identifiable information for any purpose.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 188, Sec. 2. (AB 2788) Effective January 1, 2021.