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AB-157 Electricity: rates.(2019-2020)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 739.13 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read:

739.13.
 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Eligible customer” means a customer who is 65 years of age or older and resides in a residence that is 2,000 square feet or less.
(2) “Total rate adjustment component” means a charge imposed by San Diego Gas and Electric on customers with usage in excess of 130 percent of baseline quantity that reflects the cost shift resulting from the limitations in residential tiered rates pursuant to Section 80110 of the Water Code, as added by Chapter 4 of the Statutes of 2001, 1st Extraordinary Session, and Section 739.9, as added by Chapter 337 of the Statutes of 2009.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding other law, the commission shall require San Diego Gas and Electric, upon application by an eligible customer, to exempt that customer from the total rate adjustment component.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any credit received by customers with usage up to 130 percent of baseline quantity pursuant to the total rate adjustment component.
SEC. 2.
 The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique circumstances faced by senior citizens who are customers of San Diego Gas and Electric.
SEC. 3.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.