California Public Utilities Code

§ 9602

PUC § 9602 Effective Sep 24, 1996Div. 4.9

Statute text

(a)After a public hearing, the local regulatory body of each local publicly owned electric utility shall determine whether it will authorize direct transactions between electricity suppliers and end use customers, subject to implementation of the nonbypassable severance fee or transition charge referred to in Section 9603.

(b)If the regulatory body authorizes direct transactions, a phase-in of these transactions shall commence no later than the latter of January 1, 2000, or two years after the start of the phase-in of direct transactions by the electrical corporations pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 365, and shall be completed by the later of December 31, 2010, or two years after the completion of the phase-in by electrical corporations.

(c)The regulatory body shall develop a phase-in schedule at the conclusion of which all customers shall have the right to engage in direct transactions.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 854, Sec. 12. Effective September 24, 1996.