Section 780.5 Of Article 3. Equipment, Practices, And Facilities From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
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. The commission shall require every residential unit in an
apartment house or similar multiunit residential structure,
condominium, and mobilehome park for which a building permit has been
obtained on or after July 1, 1982, other than a dormitory or other
housing accommodation provided by any postsecondary educational
institution for its students or employees and other than farmworker
housing, to be individually metered for electrical and gas service,
except that separate metering for gas service is not required for
residential units which are not equipped with gas appliances
requiring venting or are equipped with only vented decorative
appliances or which receive the majority of energy used for water or
space heating from a solar energy system or through cogeneration
technology.