Bill Text: CA AB2541 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public utilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - Died at Desk. [AB2541 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2541-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2541 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Dahle
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
An act to amend Section 770 of the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2541, as introduced, Dahle. Public utilities.
Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory
authority over public utilities. The Public Utilities Act authorizes
the commission to ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards,
classifications, regulations, practices, measurements, or service to
be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed by specified public
utilities, including all electrical, gas, and water corporations.
Existing law authorizes the commission to establish reasonable rules,
specifications, and standards to secure the accuracy of all meters
and appliances for measurements and requires a public utility that
estimates meter readings to so indicate on its billings and to
correct any incorrect estimate by the next billing period, except as
specified.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the above-described
provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 770 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
770. The commission may may, after
a hearing:
(a) Ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards,
classifications, regulations, practices, measurements, or service to
be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed by all electrical, gas,
water, and heat corporations.
(b) Ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the
measurement of quantity, quality, pressure, or other condition
pertaining to the supply of the product, commodity, or service
furnished or rendered by any such public utility.
electrical, gas, water, or heat corporation. No standard
of the commission applicable to any water corporation shall be
inconsistent with the regulations and standards of the State
Department of Health pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
116275) 116270) of Part 12 of Division
104 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) Prescribe reasonable regulations for the examination and
testing of the product, commodity, or service and for the measurement
thereof.
(d) Establish reasonable rules, specifications, and standards to
secure the accuracy of all meters and appliances for measurements.
The commission shall require a public utility that estimates meter
readings to so indicate on its billings, and shall require any
estimate that is incorrect to be corrected by the next billing
period, except that for reasons beyond its control due to
weather, weather or in cases of unusual
conditions, corrections for any overestimate or underestimate shall
be reflected on the first regularly scheduled bill and based on an
actual reading following the period of inaccessibility.
(e) Provide for the examination and testing of any and all
appliances used for the measurement of any product, commodity, or
service of any such public utility.
electrical, gas, water, or heat corporation.
