Section 740.6 Of Article 2. Rates From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.
740.6
. (a) The commission may authorize investor-owned gas and
electric utilities to match grants provided to nonprofit agencies and
local governments to participate in the Department of Economic
Opportunity's pilot program to identify and counsel low-income
individuals and group facilities that are eligible to receive rate
discounts and weatherization benefits offered by those utilities. The
amount of utility matching funds for the pilot program shall be
limited to a statewide total of three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000). The commission shall require that utility expenditures
for those purposes be recoverable in rates.
(b) If federal funds become available for low-income energy
assistance or weatherization programs that may be secured with
matching funds from states or utilities, the commission may authorize
investor-owned gas and electric utilities to match those federal
funds, and shall require that utility expenditures for those purposes
be recoverable in rates.