ARTICLE 11. Reports to the Legislature [910. - 920.]

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC 11.
in effect

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910. Section 910.

(a) The commission shall develop, publish, and annually update a report that contains all of the following information: (1) A workplan that describes in clear detail the scheduled proceedings and other decisions that may be considered by the commission during the calendar year. (2) Performance criteria for the commission and the executive director, and an evaluation of the performance of the executive director during the previous year based on criteria established in the prior year’s workplan. (3) An accounting of the commission’s transactions and proceedings from the prior year, together with other facts, suggestions, and recommendations that the commission deems of value to the people of the state. The accounting shall include the activities that the commission has taken, and plans to take, to reduce the costs of, and the rates for, water and energy, including electricity, to improve the competitiveness of the state’s industries, including agriculture, and, to the extent possible, shall include suggestions and recommendations for the reduction of those costs and rates. (4) A description of activities taken and processes instituted to both solicit the input of customers from diverse regions of the state in ratesetting and quasi-legislative proceedings and to process that input in a way that makes it usable in commission decisionmaking. The report shall describe the successes and challenges of these processes, the effect of resource constraints, and efforts to be made during the calendar year to further the goal of increased public participation. (5) A list of the public meetings held outside San Francisco in the previous year, and a schedule of meetings anticipated to be held outside San Francisco during the coming year. (6) A description of the actions taken by the commission using the information provided to it pursuant to Section 53122 of the Government Code, a summary of deenergization event trends and the effect of deenergization events on telecommunications service and public safety, and an analysis of how the impacts of deenergization events on telecommunications service could be mitigated. (7) A description of the audits and inspections conducted to ensure compliance with the commission’s backup electricity rules for providers of telecommunications service, including, but not limited to, the total number of violations identified by the commission in the prior year, aggregated by company, and a summary of enforcement actions taken for those violations. (b) (1) The commission shall submit the report required pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Governor and the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, no later than February 1 of each year. (2) The commission shall post the report in a conspicuous area of its internet website and shall have a program to disseminate the information in the report using computer mailing lists to provide regular updates on the information to those members of the public and organizations that request that information.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910.1. Section 910.1.

(a) The commission shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s timeliness in resolving cases, information on the disposition of applications for rehearings, and the days that commissioners presided in and attended hearings. The report shall include the number of scoping memos issued in each proceeding and the number of orders issued extending the statutory deadlines pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 1701.2, for all adjudication cases, and pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1701.5, for all ratesetting or quasi-legislative cases. (b) For reporting on commissioner attendance at hearings, the report shall include reporting based on attendance at all types of hearings, including by all of the following: (1) Hearing type, including, but not limited to, prehearing conferences, evidentiary hearings, public participation hearings, and workshops. (2) Proceeding type, including quasi-legislative, an adjudication, a rate-setting, or a catastrophic wildfire proceeding. (3) Industry type, including electric, gas, water, telecommunications, or transportation.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910.2. Section 910.2.

(a) The commission shall report to the Legislature the collections from each class of utility and expenditures, both direct and indirect, for regulatory and other authorized commission activities affecting each class. Where expenditures are for overhead, allocations of services common to several classes, or for commission-wide activities, the methods used to calculate the expenditures attributed to the class shall be described in reasonable detail. (b) The report shall be furnished to the Legislature within 60 days after the end of the fiscal year, and shall be subject to audit. The commission shall maintain information and reports necessary to perform an audit pursuant to this section.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910.3. Section 910.3.

(a) (1) The commission shall provide a report to the Legislature on September 1 of each year, on the progress of activities undertaken by each electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), by each community choice aggregator with gross annual revenues exceeding fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), and by each electrical corporation, gas corporation, water corporation, wireless telecommunications service provider, electric service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual California revenues exceeding fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), but not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), in the implementation of women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise development programs pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 8281) of Chapter 7 of Division 4. The report shall include information about which procurements are made with women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises with at least a majority of the enterprise’s workforce in California, to the extent that information is readily accessible. The commission shall recommend a program for carrying out the policy declared in Article 5 (commencing with Section 8281) of Chapter 7 of Division 4, together with recommendations for legislation that it deems necessary or desirable to further that policy. The commission shall make the report available on its internet website. (2) (A) As part of the annual report, the commission may include an analysis of the information described in subdivision (b) of Section 8284 to gauge the efficacy of the programs established pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 8281) of Chapter 7 of Division 4 in attracting business for contractors and subcontractors operating in California. (B) If the commission includes the analysis described in subparagraph (A), the commission shall also, as part of that annual report, analyze the information provided to the commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8290.2. (b) In regard to disabled veteran business enterprises, the commission shall ensure that the programs and legislation recommended pursuant to subdivision (a) are consistent with the disabled veteran business enterprise certification eligibility requirements imposed by the Department of General Services and that the recommendations include only those disabled veteran business enterprises certified by the Department of General Services.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910.4. Section 910.4.

By February 1 of each year, the commission shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature, on all sources and amounts of funding and actual and proposed expenditures, both in the two prior fiscal years and for the proposed fiscal year, including any costs to ratepayers, related to all of the following: (a) Entities or programs established by the commission by order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action, including, but not limited to, the California Clean Energy Fund, the California Emerging Technology Fund, and the Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council. The report shall contain descriptions of relevant issues, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Any governance structure established for an entity or program. (2) Any staff or employees hired by or for the entity or program and their salaries and expenses. (3) Any staff or employees transferred or loaned internally or interdepartmentally for the entity or program and their salaries and expenses. (4) Any contracts entered into by the entity or program, the funding sources for those contracts, and the legislative authority under which the commission entered into the contract. (5) The public process and oversight governing the entity or program’s activities. (b) Entities or programs established by the commission, other than those expressly authorized by statute, under the following sections: (1) Section 379.6. (2) Section 399.8. (3) Section 739.1. (4) Section 2790. (5) Section 2851. (6) Section 921.1. (7) Section 922. (c) Upon an entity ceasing operations, or a program ending, because its activities, including receiving revenue or making expenditures, have concluded, commission reporting on the entity or program pursuant to this section shall continue for the subsequent two fiscal years following the entity ceasing operations or the program ending. Following those subsequent two fiscal years, the commission shall note in the report submitted pursuant to this section which entity ceased operations or program ended, and the commission shall not be subject to any other reporting obligations related to the entity or program pursuant to this section.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910.5. Section 910.5.

(a) The commission shall submit a report by April 1 of each year to the Legislature on residential and household gas and electric service disconnections that includes the following information for each community choice aggregator and each of the four electrical and gas corporations that have the greatest number of customers: (1) For the most recent five years, the total annual number of residential disconnections for nonpayment, reconnections following disconnection for nonpayment, and disconnections for nonpayment that did not result in a reconnection within 30 days. (2) For the most recent five years, the total annual number of households disconnected for nonpayment, households reconnected following disconnection for nonpayment, and households not reconnected within 30 days of being disconnected for nonpayment. A household disconnected more than once in a calendar year shall be counted only once for purposes of this reporting requirement. (b) The commission shall disaggregate the information specified in subdivision (a) to provide that information for each of the following populations: (1) Customers enrolled in the California Alternate Rates for Energy or CARE program. (2) Customers enrolled in a Family Electric Rate Assistance program. (3) Customers receiving a medical baseline allowance. (4) Customers both enrolled in the CARE program and receiving a medical baseline allowance. (5) Customers receiving assistance or a benefit under the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (42 U.S.C. Sec. 8621 et seq.). (6) Customers of a community choice aggregator who, after disconnection, are reconnected to service provided by an electrical corporation. (c) For each of the customer categories listed in subdivision (b), the commission shall further disaggregate the information for individual customers as follows: (1) Disconnected one time. (2) Disconnected two times. (3) Disconnected three or more times. (4) Reconnected one time. (5) Reconnected two times. (6) Reconnected three or more times. (d) For a corporation included in the report pursuant to subdivision (a) that provides both gas and electric service to customers, the commission shall provide the information separately.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910.6. Section 910.6.

The commission shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the commission’s advocacy efforts to keep transmission rates low for ratepayers through its participation in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rate cases and the Independent System Operator’s transmission planning processes. The report shall include all of the following: (a) The number of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rate cases in which the commission participated. (b) The amount of ratepayer moneys saved through the commission’s participation in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rate cases. (c) The nature of the commission’s participation in each rate case, including a description of each issue analyzed in the rate case, such as return on equity, taxes, depreciation, cost-of-service ratemaking, and assumptions for justifying project needs.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910.7. Section 910.7.

The commission shall annually provide the Legislature with an update on the status of its review of public utilities’ balancing accounts pursuant to Section 792.5. The commission shall provide this update as part of its annual report published pursuant to Section 910 or by posting it in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site, or both.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 910.8. Section 910.8.

(a) On or before June 30, 2023, the Low-Income Oversight Board established pursuant to Section 382.1 shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the opportunity and process for expanding the third-party administrator contract used for the Universal Lifeline Telephone Service (ULTS) program, or establishing a similar new contract, to include water, gas, and electric utility service for purposes of facilitating enrollment between low-income assistance programs, minimizing privacy and data sharing concerns, and expediting eligibility verification processes. The report shall include a recommendation for funding the expansion of the contract or establishment of a new contract. (b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2027.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 911. Section 911.

(a) Beginning February 1, 2016, the commission shall annually publish a report that includes all investigations into gas or electric service safety incidents reported, pursuant to commission requirements, by any gas corporation or electrical corporation. The report shall succinctly describe each safety investigation concluded during the prior calendar year and each investigation that remains open. The categories within the description shall include the month of the safety incident, the reason for the investigation, the facility type involved, and the owner of the facility. (b) The commission shall include in its report required pursuant to Section 910, a summary of the staff safety investigations concluded during the prior calendar year and the staff safety investigations that remain open for any gas corporation or electrical corporation, with a link to the Internet Web site with the report that contains the information required pursuant to subdivision (a).

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 911.1. Section 911.1.

An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or advisory bulletin concerning gas pipeline safety issued by the federal National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shall be reported annually, in detail, to the Legislature with the report required by Section 910. Correspondence from the NTSB that indicates that a recommendation of the NTSB has been closed following an action that the NTSB finds unacceptable shall be noted in the report required by Section 910.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 912. Section 912.

A summary of the audits conducted by the commission pursuant to Section 314.5 shall be provided annually to the Legislature. The commission may provide this information as part of its annual report delivered pursuant to Section 910.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 912.1. Section 912.1.

The Public Utilities Commission shall conduct an audit of the expenditures of the funds received pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5001) of Division 2 each fiscal year. The results of this audit shall be reported in writing, on or before February 15th of each year thereafter, with respect to the audit for the fiscal year ending on the previous June 30th, to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the respective houses of the Legislature.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 912.2. Section 912.2.

On or before April 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall conduct a fiscal and performance audit of the implementation and effectiveness of the California Advanced Services Fund to ensure that funds have been expended in accordance with the approved terms of the grant awards and loan agreements pursuant to Section 281 or 281.2 and shall report its findings to the Legislature. The reports shall include an update to the maps in the final report of the California Broadband Task Force and data on the types and numbers of jobs created as a result of the program administered by the commission pursuant to Section 281 or 281.2 and shall include information specified in Section 914.7.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 912.3. Section 912.3.

Immediately upon completion of an audit of any entity or program created by any order, decision, motion, settlement, or other action by the commission conducted pursuant to Section 314.6, the commission shall transmit a copy of the audit report to the Legislature, including to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees or subcommittees of the Legislature, and to the Governor. The audit report shall be submitted to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913. Section 913.

(a) The reporting requirements of this section apply to electrical corporations with at least 1,000,000 retail customers in California and gas corporations with at least 500,000 retail customers in California. (b) The commission shall prepare a written report on the costs of programs and activities conducted by each electrical corporation and gas corporation that is subject to this section, including activities conducted to comply with their duty to serve. The report shall be completed on an annual basis before April 1 of each year, and shall identify, clearly and concisely, all of the following: (1) Each program mandated by statute and its annual cost to ratepayers. (2) Each program mandated by the commission and its annual cost to ratepayers. (3) Energy purchase contract costs and bond-related costs incurred pursuant to Division 27 (commencing with Section 80000) of the Water Code. (4) All other aggregated categories of costs currently recovered in retail rates as determined by the commission. (c) The report required by subdivision (b) shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature no later than April 1 of each year. (d) The commission shall post the report required by subdivision (b) in a conspicuous area of its Internet Web site.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.1. Section 913.1.

(a) The commission, by May 1, 2010, and by each May 1 thereafter, shall prepare and submit a written report, separate from and in addition to the report required by Section 913, to the Governor and Legislature that contains all of the following: (1) The commission’s recommendations for actions that can be undertaken during the succeeding 12 months to limit electrical corporations’ and gas corporations’ utility costs and rate increases. (2) The commission’s recommendations that may take longer than 12 months to implement, but could lead to substantial reductions in monthly electricity and natural gas utility bills. (3) Considerations of how the adoption of decarbonization policies, including electrification, may impact the total energy costs borne by consumers, including electricity, natural gas, and fuel for transportation, consistent with the state’s energy and environmental goals, including goals for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. (b) In preparing the report required by subdivision (a), the commission shall require electrical corporations with 1,000,000 or more retail customers in California, and gas corporations with 500,000 or more retail customers in California, to study and report on measures the corporation recommends be undertaken to limit costs and rate increases. (c) The commission shall post the report required by subdivision (a) in a conspicuous area of its internet website.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.2. Section 913.2.

In addition to the information required to be submitted pursuant to Section 913, for each large electrical corporation, as defined in Section 3280, the report required by Section 913 shall also include all of the following information: (a) The amount of ratebase for the transmission assets, distribution assets, and generation assets for the large electrical corporation with 10 years of historical values. (b) The total amount for return on equity and return on debt, reported separately, collected in the revenue requirement for the transmission assets, distribution assets, and generation assets for the large electrical corporation. (c) The total amount of federal, state, and local taxes associated with the return on equity collected in the revenue requirements for the transmission, distribution, and generation assets for the large electrical corporation. (d) The portion of the annual revenue requirement associated with the return on equity, total return on ratebase, and the associated federal, state, and local taxes associated with the return on equity of the large electrical corporation. (e) The actual mix of equity and debt capital in the large electrical corporation’s capital structure compared to the mix of equity and debt capital authorized by the commission.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.3. Section 913.3.

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 454.5 and Section 583, no later than May 1 of each year, the commission shall release to the Legislature for the preceding calendar year the costs of all electricity procurement contracts for eligible renewable energy resources, including unbundled renewable energy credits, and all costs for utility-owned generation approved by the commission. (1) For power purchase contracts, the commission shall release costs in an aggregated form categorized according to the year the procurement transaction was approved by the commission, the eligible renewable energy resource type, including bundled renewable energy credits, the average executed contract price, and average actual recorded costs for each kilowatthour of production. Within each renewable energy resource type, the commission shall provide aggregated costs for different project size thresholds. (2) For each utility-owned renewable generation project, the commission shall release the costs forecast by the electrical corporation at the time of initial approval and the actual recorded costs for each kilowatthour of production during the preceding calendar year. (b) The commission shall report all electrical corporation revenue requirement increases associated with meeting the renewables portfolio standard, as defined in Section 399.12, including direct procurement costs for eligible renewable energy resources and renewable energy credits. (c) The commission shall report all cost savings experienced, or costs avoided, by electrical corporations as a result of meeting the renewables portfolio standard. (d) This section does not require the release of the terms of any individual electricity procurement contracts for eligible renewable energy resources, including unbundled renewable energy credits, approved by the commission. The commission shall aggregate data to the extent required to ensure protection of the confidentiality of individual contract costs even if this aggregation requires grouping contracts of different energy resource type. The commission shall not be required to release the data in any year when there are fewer than three contracts approved.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.4. Section 913.4.

In order to evaluate the progress of the state’s electrical corporations in complying with the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3), the commission shall report to the Legislature no later than November 1 of each year on all of the following: (a) The progress and status of procurement activities by each retail seller pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. (b) For each electrical corporation, an implementation schedule to achieve the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements, including all substantive actions that have been taken or will be taken to achieve the program procurement requirements. (c) The projected ability of each electrical corporation to meet the renewables portfolio standard procurement requirements under the cost limitations in subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 399.15 and any recommendations for revisions of those cost limitations. (d) Any renewable energy procurement plan approved by the commission pursuant to Section 399.13, and a schedule and status report for all substantive procurement, transmission development, and other activities that the commission has approved to be undertaken by an electrical corporation to achieve the procurement requirements of the renewables portfolio standard. (e) Any barriers to, and policy recommendations for, achieving the renewables portfolio standard pursuant to the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. (f) The efforts each electrical corporation is taking to recruit and train employees to ensure an adequately trained and available workforce, including the number of new employees hired by the electrical corporation for purposes of implementing the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program, the goals adopted by the electrical corporation for increasing women, minority, and disabled veterans trained or hired for purposes of implementing the requirements of that program, and, to the extent information is available, the number of new employees hired and the number of women, minority, and disabled veterans trained or hired by persons or corporations owning or operating eligible renewable energy resources under contract with an electrical corporation. This subdivision does not provide the commission with authority to engage in or regulate, or expand its authority to include, workforce recruitment or training. (g) A systemwide assessment of delays to interconnection or transmission approvals for eligible renewable energy resources or energy storage resources, based on the annual reports submitted to the commission by electrical corporations pursuant to Section 399.13.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.5. Section 913.5.

(a) (1) Before July 1, 2022, and every three years thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature on the demand-side management programs it oversees or that are paid for by ratepayers of community choice aggregators, electrical corporations, or gas corporations, including, but not limited to, energy efficiency and demand response programs. (2) The report shall include a list of all demand-side management programs, inclusive of codes and standards programs, with evaluations for each program that include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (A) Program description and target population. (B) Authorized budgets and actual expenditures. (C) Projected and actual energy savings over the program cycle. (D) Projected and actual bill savings to the average participating and the average nonparticipating ratepayer. (E) Cost-effectiveness analysis, including a total resource cost test and a program administrator cost test. (F) Public interest impacts, as applicable. (G) Actual customers served, aggregated by customer class, geographic distribution, and income level. (H) Peak demand reduction, as applicable. (I) Total system benefits, as adopted in the commission’s Decision 21-09-037 (September 23, 2021) Decision Adopting Energy Efficiency Goals for 2022-2032. (3) The commission may provide evaluations at a portfolio level in addition to the individual program evaluation required pursuant to paragraph (2). (b) In the report submitted pursuant to subdivision (a), the commission shall also report to the Legislature on the progress toward achieving the targets established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 454.55 and subdivision (a) of Section 454.56. The commission shall include specific strategies for, and an update on, progress toward maximizing the contribution of energy and electricity efficiency bill savings in disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.6. Section 913.6.

(a) On or before February 1, 2023, and biennially thereafter, the commission, in consultation with the Independent System Operator and the Energy Commission, shall report to the Legislature and the Governor on the progress made toward modernizing the state’s distribution and transmission grid and the impacts of distributed energy resources on the state’s distribution and transmission grid and ratepayers. The report shall evaluate all of the following: (1) Reliability and transmission issues related to connecting distributed energy resources to the local distribution networks and regional grid. (2) Issues related to grid reliability and operation, including interconnection, and the position of federal and state regulators toward distributed energy resource accessibility. (3) The effect on overall grid operation of various distributed energy resources. (4) Barriers affecting the connection of distributed energy resources to the state’s grid. (5) Emerging technologies related to distributed energy resource interconnection and operation. (6) Interconnection issues that may arise for the Independent System Operator and local distribution companies. (7) The effect on peak demand for electricity. (8) The potential for distributed energy resources to benefit the state’s distribution and transmission grid. (b) In addition, the commission shall specifically assess the impacts of the California Solar Initiative program, specified in Section 25781 of the Public Resources Code and Section 2851, the self-generation incentive program authorized by Section 379.6, and the net energy metering program specified in Sections 2827 and 2827.1.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.8. Section 913.8.

On or before July 30, 2020, and by July 30 of every third year thereafter through 2029, the commission shall submit to the Legislature an assessment of the Multifamily Affordable Housing Solar Roofs Program (Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 2870) of Part 2). That assessment shall include the number of qualified multifamily affordable housing property sites that have a qualifying solar energy system for which an award was made pursuant to that program and, for each, the dollar value of the award and the electrical generating capacity of the qualifying renewable energy system, the bill reduction outcomes of the program for the participants, the cost of the program, the total electrical system benefits, the environmental benefits, the progress made toward reaching the goals of the program, the program’s impact on the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program budget, and the recommendations for improving the program to meet its goals. The report shall include an analysis of pending program commitments, reservations, obligations, and projected demands for the program to determine whether future ongoing funding allocations for the program are substantiated. The report shall also include a summary of the other programs intended to benefit disadvantaged communities, including, but not limited to, the Single-Family Affordable Solar Homes Program established by the commission in Decision 07-11-045, the Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing Program established by the commission in Decision 08-10-036, and the Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program (Chapter 7.6 (commencing with Section 2831) of Part 2).

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.9. Section 913.9.

On or before December 31, 2018, and biennially thereafter, the commission shall, in its annual report prepared pursuant to Section 913, identify and report to the Legislature on electrical and gas corporation ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs that are similar to programs administered by the Energy Commission, the State Air Resources Board, and the California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority, and on those programs revised pursuant to Section 381.4.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.10. Section 913.10.

(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the commission, in consultation with the Energy Commission, the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, and the Independent System Operator, shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a study, including findings and recommendations, identifying proposals to reduce the cost to ratepayers of expanding the state’s electrical transmission grid as necessary to achieve the state’s goals, to meet the state’s requirements, and to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases, as specified in statute, regulation, or executive order. (b) In conducting the study, the commission shall evaluate, at minimum, all of the following: (1) Public financing of transmission projects, including approaches to lower the cost of financing, and the use of nonratepayer funds to pay, a portion of the costs of transmission projects necessary to achieve relevant public policy goals. The study shall identify nonratepayer funding sources that may be suitable for this purpose. (2) The costs and benefits of different ownership models, lease agreements, or other public-private arrangements necessary to build the transmission projects using public financing. (3) Other proposals identified by the commission or other consulted parties that, in the judgment of the commission, could accelerate the development of, and reduce the cost to ratepayers of expanding, the state’s electrical transmission grid. (4) Estimated cost savings of each option. (5) Thresholds or criteria for transmission projects to be considered eligible for public financing, including, but not limited to, project size, cost, location, or achievement of statewide policy. (6) Appropriate cost limitations and protections in exercising public financing for this purpose. (7) Relevant local, state, and federal statute applicable to public financing of transmission infrastructure. (c) In conducting the study, the commission shall provide opportunities for public input on which proposals to consider and on draft findings and recommendations. (d) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.11. Section 913.11.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission, Energy Commission, and State Air Resources Board shall, in consultation with all California balancing authorities, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 399.12, as part of a public process, issue a joint report to the Legislature by January 1, 2021, and at least every four years thereafter. (b) The joint report shall include all of the following: (1) A review of the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53, focused on technologies, forecasts, then-existing transmission, and maintaining safety, environmental and public safety protection, affordability, and system and local reliability. (2) An evaluation identifying the potential benefits and impacts on system and local reliability associated with achieving the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53. (3) An evaluation identifying the nature of any anticipated financial costs and benefits to electrical, gas, and water utilities, including customer rate impacts and benefits. (4) The barriers to, and benefits of, achieving the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53. (5) Alternative scenarios in which the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53 can be achieved and the estimated costs and benefits of each scenario.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.12. Section 913.12.

On or before December 1, 2024, and biennially thereafter, the commission, in consultation with California balancing authorities, as defined in Section 399.12, shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes all of the following: (a) A description of the electrical transmission project applications submitted to the commission for certificates of public convenience and necessity in the preceding two-year period. (b) The number of electrical transmission projects that were issued certificates of public convenience and necessity in the preceding two-year period. (c) The number of electrical transmission projects that, in the preceding two-year period, went into operation, were approved by the Independent System Operator, and did not require the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity. (d) The estimated transmission capital cost added to the rate base for each electrical transmission project that was, in the preceding two-year period, either approved by the Independent System Operator or issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.13. Section 913.13.

The commission shall annually publish on its internet website and submit to the Legislature a report that includes both of the following: (a) A report on the progress made to grow the use of distributed energy resources among residential customers in disadvantaged communities and in low-income households. (b) An aggregated list, by census tract and ZIP Code, of all renewable electrical generation facilities, as defined in Section 2827, that began to receive service pursuant to a net energy metering contract or tariff during the preceding calendar year, including, but not limited to, median household income, home ownership, and racial composition, as applicable.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.14. Section 913.14.

(a) For purposes of this section, both of the following definitions apply: (1) “Large electrical corporation” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3280. (2) “Significant voltage-related incident” means a deviation in electrical service voltage delivered by an electrical corporation to a customer that falls outside the standard electrical service voltage range of plus or minus 5 percent of nominal voltage and that results in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property. (b) (1) On or before January 1, 2027, the commission shall require each large electrical corporation to commence a study to evaluate significant voltage-related incidents across its residential, commercial, and industrial customers that resulted in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property totaling five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more. (2) Each study shall, at a minimum, do all of the following: (A) Evaluate associated consumer protections within the service territory of the large electrical corporation. (B) Quantify the frequency and causes of significant voltage-related incidents that resulted in property damage, including, but not limited to, the number and geographic distribution of significant voltage-related incidents reported from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, inclusive. (C) Identify the causes of significant voltage-related incidents, including electrical grid instability, system failures, or natural disasters such as wildfires and storms, reported from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, inclusive. (D) Evaluate the impacts of, and damage caused by, significant voltage-related incidents on the large electrical corporation’s operations and service reliability and customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property, including, but not limited to, the frequency of high- and low-voltage changes by voltage class across different customer classes, including residential, commercial, and industrial customer classes. (E) Quantify the extent of reported property damage, including total monetary claims filed, approved, and denied, to different customer classes, including residential, commercial, and industrial customer classes, resulting from significant voltage-related incidents. (F) Evaluate any trends in customer complaints related to significant voltage-related incidents. (G) Examine response times and management and resolution of complaints or claims related to significant voltage-related incidents that resulted in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property. (H) Describe consumer protections from significant voltage-related incidents in the large electrical corporation’s service territory. (I) Evaluate the adequacy of the consumer protections related to reporting and public disclosure of significant voltage-related incidents that resulted in damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property. (J) Identify current outreach and support related to significant voltage-related incidents, including, but not limited to, whether current practices adequately serve low-income, rural, and limited English proficiency customers seeking reimbursement for damage to customer-owned equipment, appliances, or property. (c) On or before July 1, 2027, the commission shall publish hyperlinks on its internet website to the studies conducted by the large electrical corporations, and report on the studies to the Legislature. (d) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2031.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.15. Section 913.15.

(a) Within 24 months of establishing a community renewable energy program pursuant to Section 769.3, if applicable, and annually thereafter for the duration of the program, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on the facilities deployed and customers subscribed, pursuant to that program, including an analysis of low-income customer participation. (b) (1) On or before March 31, 2024, the commission shall report to the Legislature on its actions taken pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 769.3 and its justification for terminating, modifying, or retaining each customer renewable energy subscription program pursuant to that subdivision. (2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this subdivision is inoperative on January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. (3) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.17. Section 913.17.

Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission, Energy Commission, and State Air Resources Board, in consultation with California balancing authorities, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 399.12, and as part of, or an interim addendum to, the quadrennial joint report required pursuant to Section 913.11, as applicable, shall issue a joint reliability progress report that reviews system and local reliability within the context of the policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 454.53, with a particular focus on summer reliability. The joint reliability progress report shall identify challenges and gaps, if any, to achieving system and local reliability and identify the amount and cause of any delays to achieving compliance with all energy and capacity procurement requirements set by the commission.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.20. Section 913.20.

Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, in coordination with the Energy Commission, the Independent System Operator, and the Department of Water Resources, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature each year on the status of new resource additions and revisions to the state’s electric demand forecast, and the impact of these updates on the need for keeping the Diablo Canyon powerplant online.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.21. Section 913.21.

Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the commission shall annually submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the types, amounts, and costs to ratepayers of eligible energy resources procured pursuant to Section 454.52.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 913.22. Section 913.22.

(a) The commission may assess the extent to which electrical corporation costs associated with new loads from data centers result in cost shifts to other electrical corporation customers. This assessment may include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) An analysis of potential electrical corporation costs associated with utility procurement to meet growing load demands from data centers’ increased energy consumption. (2) An analysis of potential electrical corporation costs associated with the installation of new transmission and distribution assets to serve new data centers or expansions of existing data centers, including the costs of stranded assets and assets installed for an entity that ceases operation. (3) Identification of opportunities to prevent or mitigate any substantial cost shifts, if the cost shifts are identified. (b) The commission shall submit an assessment completed pursuant to this section to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature and publicly post a copy of the assessment on the commission’s internet website on or before January 1, 2027. (c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2031.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 914. Section 914.

The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by public utilities pursuant to Section 7912, to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or their successor committees, and within a reasonable time thereafter, shall make the information available to the public on its Internet Web site.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 914.1. Section 914.1.

The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, in a document that can be made public, information relative to the actions undertaken by the commission implementing the lifeline telecommunications universal service program pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 873.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 914.2. Section 914.2.

The commission, in its annual report prepared pursuant to Section 914.1, shall assess whether having telephone corporations provide the name and address of its lifeline customers to other public utilities for the purpose of low-income ratepayer assistance outreach efforts has been helpful in the low-income ratepayer assistance outreach efforts.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 914.3. Section 914.3.

By December 31 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report that includes, based on yearend data, on an aggregated basis, the information submitted by holders pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5960. All information reported by the commission pursuant to this section shall be disclosed to the public only as provided for pursuant to Section 583. No individually identifiable customer or subscriber information shall be subject to public disclosure.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 914.4. Section 914.4.

The commission shall annually report the information required to be reported by holders of state franchises pursuant to Section 5920, to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, or their successor committees, and within a reasonable time thereafter, shall make the information available to the public on its Internet Web site.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 914.6. Section 914.6.

The commission shall report to the Legislature and the Governor annually on the effectiveness of the program administered pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 280.5.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 914.7. Section 914.7.

By April 1, 2019, and by April 1 of each year thereafter, the commission shall provide to the Legislature either a report or the biennial fiscal and performance audit conducted pursuant to Section 912.2 that includes all of the following information: (a) The remaining unserved areas in the state. (b) The amount of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year. (c) The recipients of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year. (d) The geographic regions of the state affected by funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year, including information by county. (e) The expected benefits to be derived from the funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year. (f) Details on the status of each project funded through the California Advanced Services Fund and whether the project has been completed or the expected completion date of the project. (g) Actual broadband adoption levels from funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year. (h) The cost per household for each project. (i) The number of formerly unserved households subscribing to broadband service in areas covered by projects funded by the California Advanced Services Fund. (j) The number of subscriptions resulting from the broadband adoption program funded by the California Advanced Services Fund. (k) An update on the expenditures from the California Advanced Services Fund, broadband adoption levels, the progress in achieving the goals of the program, and an accounting of the remaining unserved households in each region of the state as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year. ( l ) The amount of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund to match federal funds. (m) Additional details on efforts to leverage non-California Advanced Services Fund moneys. (n) The status of the California Advanced Services Fund balance and the projected amount to be collected in each year to fund approved projects.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 916.1. Section 916.1.

The commission shall annually report the results of its investigation pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 7661 relative to any incident that results in a notification required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 7661, including its findings concerning the cause or causes of the incident and any action undertaken by the commission in response to those findings. The commission may include the information required to be reported pursuant to this section in its report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 916.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 916.2. Section 916.2.

The commission shall annually report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, on sites on railroad lines in the state it finds to be hazardous. The report shall include, but not be limited to, information on all of the following: (a) A list of all railroad derailment accident sites in the state on which accidents have occurred within at least the previous five years. The list shall describe the nature and probable causes of the accidents, if known, and shall indicate whether the accidents occurred at or near sites that the commission has determined, pursuant to subdivision (b), pose a local safety hazard. (b) A list of all railroad sites in the state that the commission determines, pursuant to Section 20106 of Title 49 of the United States Code, pose a local safety hazard. The commission may submit in the annual report the list of railroad sites submitted in the immediate prior year annual report, and may amend or revise that list from the immediate prior year as necessary. Factors that the commission shall consider in determining a local safety hazard may include, but need not be limited to, all of the following: (1) The severity of grade and curve of track. (2) The value of special skills of train operators in negotiating the particular segment of railroad line. (3) The value of special railroad equipment in negotiating the particular segment of railroad line. (4) The types of commodities transported on or near the particular segment of railroad line. (5) The hazard posed by the release of the commodity into the environment. (6) The value of special railroad equipment in the process of safely loading, transporting, storing, or unloading potentially hazardous commodities. (7) The proximity of railroad activity to human activity or sensitive environmental areas. (8) A list of the root causes and significant contributing factors of all train accidents or derailments investigated. (c) In determining which railroad sites pose a local safety hazard pursuant to subdivision (b), the commission shall consider the history of accidents at or near the sites. The commission shall not limit its determination to sites at which accidents have already occurred, but shall identify potentially hazardous sites based on the criteria enumerated in subdivision (b) and all other criteria that the commission determines influence railroad safety. The commission shall also consider whether any local safety hazards at railroad sites have been eliminated or sufficiently remediated to warrant removal of the site from the list required under subdivision (b). (d) The commission may combine the information required to be reported by this section with the report prepared pursuant to Section 916.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 916.3. Section 916.3.

(a) The commission shall annually report to the Legislature on or before November 30 of each year on its compliance with the requirements of Section 765.5. The annual report shall include a determination by the commission of the impact on competition, if any, of the regulatory fees assessed railroad corporations and motor carriers for the support of the commission’s activities. (b) The commission may combine the information required by this section with the report prepared pursuant to Section 916.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 916.4. Section 916.4.

An action taken by the commission on a safety recommendation letter or safety advisory pursuant to Section 765 shall be reported annually, in detail, to the Legislature with the report required by Section 910. Correspondence from the federal National Transportation Safety Board indicating that a recommendation has been closed following an action that the federal National Transportation Safety Board finds unacceptable shall be noted in the report required by Section 910.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 916.5. Section 916.5.

By January 1 of each year, the commission shall submit to the Legislature a detailed budget for the expenditure of railroad corporation fees for the ensuing budget year, consistent with Section 421.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 918. Section 918.

The commission shall, within 30 days prior to commencement of the regular session of the Legislature, submit to the Governor a full and true report of transactions under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5001) of Division 2 during the preceding biennium, including a complete statement of receipts and expenditures during the period.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 918.2. Section 918.2.

The commission and the Department of Insurance shall collaborate on a study of transportation network company insurance to assess whether coverage requirements are appropriate to the risk of transportation network company services in order to promote data-driven decisions on insurance requirements, and shall report the findings of this study to the Legislature no later than December 31, 2017.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 918.3. Section 918.3.

(a) The commission and the Department of Insurance shall collaborate on a study of the impacts of the requirements established for uninsured motorist coverage and underinsured motorist coverage under paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 5433 to assess whether those coverage requirements are appropriate to the risk of transportation network company services in order to promote data-driven decisions on insurance requirements, and shall report the findings of this study to the Assembly Committee on Insurance and the Senate Committee on Insurance on or before December 31, 2030. (b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section shall become inoperative on December 31, 2034, and, as of January 1, 2035, is repealed.

Cal. Public Utilities Code - PUC § 920. Section 920.

(a) (1) Unless expressly directed otherwise, a report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this article is to be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, except that an electronic copy may be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate, unless specifically requested to submit a printed copy of the report, with an electronic copy submitted to Legislative Counsel in compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 10242.5 of the Government Code. (2) Any report that is expressly directed to be submitted to a committee of the Legislature shall be submitted as an electronic copy, unless specifically requested to submit a printed copy by chair of that committee, with an electronic copy submitted to Legislative Counsel in compliance with subdivision (c) of Section 10242.5 of the Government Code. (b) Any report required to be submitted to the Governor pursuant to this article shall be submitted as an electronic copy unless specifically requested to submit a printed copy of the report by the Governor.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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