California Public Utilities Code

§ 739.1

PUC § 739.1 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The commission shall continue a program of assistance to low-income electricity and gas customers with annual household incomes that are no greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline levels, the cost of which shall not be borne solely by any single class of customer. For one-person households, program eligibility shall be based on two-person household guideline levels. The program shall be referred to as the California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program. The commission shall ensure that the level of discount for low-income electricity and gas customers correctly reflects the level of need.

(b)The commission shall establish rates for CARE program participants, subject to both of the following:

(1)That the commission ensure that low-income ratepayers are not jeopardized or overburdened by monthly energy expenditures, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 382.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 732, Sec. 1. (AB 2672) Effective January 1, 2025.