California Public Utilities Code

§ 701.1

PUC § 701.1 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) The Legislature finds and declares that, in addition to other ratepayer protection objectives, a principal goal of electric and natural gas utilities’ resource planning and investment shall be to minimize the cost to society of the reliable energy services that are provided by natural gas and electricity, and to improve the environment and to encourage the diversity of energy sources through improvements in energy efficiency, the development of renewable energy resources, such as wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy, and widespread transportation electrification.

(2)The amendment made to this subdivision by the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 (Chapter 547 of the Statutes of 2015) does not expand the authority of the commission beyond that provided by other law.

(b)The Legislature further finds and declares that, in addition to any appropriate investments in energy production, electrical and natural gas utilities should seek to exploit all practicable and cost-effective conservation and improvements in the efficiency of energy use and distribution that offer equivalent or better system reliability and that are not being exploited by any other entity.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 396, Sec. 24. (AB 1513) Effective January 1, 2020.