California Public Utilities Code

§ 663

PUC § 663 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 3 · Art. 11

Statute text

(a)On or before July 1, 2026, in a new or existing proceeding, the commission, in consultation with the state’s gas corporations, shall establish a voluntary program to facilitate the cost-effective decarbonization of priority neighborhood decarbonization zones, not to exceed 30 pilot projects across the state and affecting no more than 1 percent of each gas corporation’s customers within their service territory. A pilot project where a gas corporation obtains the consent of 100 percent of property owners with natural gas service within the pilot project boundary shall not count toward the 30 pilot project limit.

(b)In administering the pilot projects established pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall establish all of the following:

(1)A process for gas corporations to determine and submit pilot projects for approval.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 602, Sec. 3. (SB 1221) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 666.