California Public Utilities Code

§ 744.5

PUC § 744.5 Effective Aug 30, 1991Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 4 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Public Utilities Commission shall, as soon as is practicable after the operative date of the act adding this section, require every electrical corporation which furnishes electricity to an agricultural producer to provide, in accordance with the requirements of subdivision (c), citrus and avocado producers with an electrical energy payment deferral program related to the production of citrus and avocado crops.

(b)For the purposes of this section, “agricultural producer” shall be as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 744.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon verification by the agricultural producer of freeze-related crop losses of not less than 50 percent, the electrical corporation shall provide the electrical energy payment deferral program referenced in subdivision (a). For the purposes of this subdivision, the electrical corporation shall accept the original or a true photocopy of any of the following as verification of crop losses:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 8, Sec. 2. Effective August 30, 1991.