California Public Utilities Code

§ 9607

PUC § 9607 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 4.9

Statute text

(a)The intent of this section is to avoid cost-shifting to customers of an electrical corporation resulting from the transfer of distribution services from an electrical corporation to an irrigation district.

(b)Except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 9608, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an irrigation district that offered electrical service to retail customers as of January 1, 1999, may not construct, lease, acquire, install, or operate facilities for the distribution or transmission of electricity to retail customers located in the service territory of an electrical corporation providing electrical distribution services, unless the district has first applied for and received the approval of the commission and implements its service consistent with the commission’s order. The commission shall find that service to be in the public interest and shall approve the request of a district to provide distribution or transmission of electricity to retail customers located in the service territory of an electrical corporation providing electrical distribution service if, after notice and hearing, the commission determines all of the following:

(1)The district will provide universal service to all retail customers who request service within the area to be served, at published tariff rates and on a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory basis, comparable to that provided by the current retail service provider.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 51. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.