California Public Utilities Code

§ 913.22

PUC § 913.22 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 11

Statute text

(a)The commission may assess the extent to which electrical corporation costs associated with new loads from data centers result in cost shifts to other electrical corporation customers. This assessment may include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1)An analysis of potential electrical corporation costs associated with utility procurement to meet growing load demands from data centers’ increased energy consumption.

(2)An analysis of potential electrical corporation costs associated with the installation of new transmission and distribution assets to serve new data centers or expansions of existing data centers, including the costs of stranded assets and assets installed for an entity that ceases operation.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 647, Sec. 3. (SB 57) Effective January 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.