§ 80822

California Water Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Pursuant to Section 80820, the department may establish a schedule and mechanism for a local publicly owned electric utility to voluntarily obtain from the department eligible energy resources to be acquired by the department through its central procurement function on a contract-by-contract basis.

(b) In order to voluntarily participate, a local publicly owned electric utility shall commit to the imposition of a nonbypassable charge on its ratepayers sufficient at all times to fund its participation and on terms and conditions as set forth in Section 80826.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 367, Sec. 15. (AB 1373) Effective October 7, 2023.)

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