Section 1002.5 Of Article 1. Specified Utilities From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
1002.5
. In issuing a certificate of convenience and necessity for
additional natural gas pipeline capacity proposed for construction
within this state, the commission shall consider the state's need to
provide sufficient and competitively priced natural gas supplies for
both present and anticipated future residential, industrial,
commercial, and utility demand. When it finds that it is in the state'
s best interests to do so, the commission shall expeditiously issue
certificates of convenience and necessity for those additional
natural gas pipeline capacity projects.