California Public Utilities Code

§ 6354

PUC § 6354 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 3 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)Surcharges calculated pursuant to Section 6353 shall be recovered from the transportation customer through the energy transporter’s normal billing process.

(b)Surcharges collected from the transportation customer shall be remitted to the municipality granting a franchise pursuant to this division in the manner and at the time prescribed for payment of franchise fees in the energy transporter’s franchise agreement. In recognition of costs to be incurred by energy transporters in administering the surcharge established by this chapter, the energy transporter may retain interest earned on cash balances resulting from the timing difference between the monthly collection of the surcharge and the remittance thereof, as required by individual franchise agreements.

(c)In the event that payment on a transportation customer closed account becomes more than 90 days delinquent, or a transportation customer notifies the utility that they refuse to pay the surcharge, the energy transporter shall, within 30 days, notify the municipality of the delinquency and provide information on the name and address of the delinquent transportation customer and the surcharge amount owed. The energy transporter shall not be liable for these delinquent surcharges.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 400. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.