Cal. PUC § 913.22
This is the official text of Cal. PUC § 913.22, part of California’s Public Utilities Code — regulates utilities such as electricity, gas, water, and transportation carriers.
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(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(c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2031.
(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(c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2031.
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