BILL NUMBER: SB 1409	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hill

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 451 of the Public Utilities Code, relating
to public utilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1409, as introduced, Hill. Public utilities: rates.
   Existing law authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to fix the
rates and charges for every public utility, and requires that those
rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires a
public utility to furnish and maintain adequate, efficient, just, and
reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities as
are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience
of its patrons, employees, and the public.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive revisions in these provisions.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 451 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to
read:
   451.   (a)    All charges demanded or received
by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for
any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service
rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust
or unreasonable charge demanded or received for  such
  that  product or commodity or service is
unlawful. 
   Every 
    (b)     Every  public utility shall
furnish and maintain  such  adequate, efficient,
just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and
facilities, including telephone facilities, as defined in Section
54.1 of the Civil Code, as are  necesary  
necessary  to promote the safety, health, comfort, and
convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public. 
   All 
    (c)     All  rules made by public
utility affecting or pertaining to its charges or service to the
public shall be just and reasonable.