Section 761.5 Of Article 3. Equipment, Practices, And Facilities From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Where the commission determines that it would be
cost-effective, the commission shall authorize electrical and gas
corporations to participate in a centralized credit check system to
share information on customers; and the electrical and gas
corporations may also share information on customers with telephone
corporations and publicly owned public utilities. No public utility
which participates in the centralized credit check system shall
utilize any information obtained through the database for its
internal marketing purposes. A public utility may release pertinent
information to a collection agency for the purpose of collecting an
outstanding bill, but shall not otherwise release, transfer, or sell
any information obtained through the centralized credit check system.
(b) Every electrical and gas corporation which participates in a
centralized credit check system is subject to the Consumer Credit
Reporting Agencies Act (Title 1.6 (commencing with Section 1785.1) of
Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the federal Fair Credit
Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).