Cal. PUC § 743.3
This is the official text of Cal. PUC § 743.3, part of California’s Public Utilities Code — regulates utilities such as electricity, gas, water, and transportation carriers.
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(a) Beginning January 15, 2002, and at least once monthly thereafter, an electrical corporation shall notify each air pollution control district and air quality management district of the name and address of each entity within the district’s boundaries within the electrical corporation’s control or service area with whom the electrical corporation enters into an interruptible service contract or similar arrangement.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “interruptible service contract or similar arrangement” means any arrangement in which a nonresidential electrical customer agrees to reduce or consider reducing its electrical consumption during periods of peak demand or at the request of the Independent System Operator in exchange for compensation, or for assurances not to be blacked out or other similar nonmonetary assurances.
(c) The local air pollution control district or air quality management district shall maintain in a confidential manner the information received pursuant to this section. However, nothing in this subdivision shall affect the applicability of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code, or of any other similar open records statute or ordinance, to information provided pursuant to this section.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “interruptible service contract or similar arrangement” means any arrangement in which a nonresidential electrical customer agrees to reduce or consider reducing its electrical consumption during periods of peak demand or at the request of the Independent System Operator in exchange for compensation, or for assurances not to be blacked out or other similar nonmonetary assurances.
(c) The local air pollution control district or air quality management district shall maintain in a confidential manner the information received pursuant to this section. However, nothing in this subdivision shall affect the applicability of Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code, or of any other similar open records statute or ordinance, to information provided pursuant to this section.
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