Section 981 Of Chapter 4.7. Core Transport Agent From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4.7.
981
. (a) A core transport agent shall register with the commission
within 90 days after the commission has adopted standards for
financial viability, and technical and operational capacity. As a
precondition to registration, the core transport agent shall provide,
under oath, declaration, or affidavit, all of the following to the
commission:
(1) Legal name and any other names under which the core transport
agent is doing business in California.
(2) Current telephone number.
(3) Current address.
(4) Agent for service of process.
(5) State and date of incorporation, if any.
(6) Number for a customer contact representative, or other
personnel for receiving customer inquiries.
(7) Brief description of the nature of the service being provided.
(8) Disclosure of any civil, criminal, or regulatory sanctions or
penalties imposed within the 10 years immediately prior to
registration, against the company or any owner, partner, officer, or
director of the company pursuant to any state or federal consumer
protection law or regulation, and of any felony convictions of any
kind against the company or any owner, partner, officer, or director
of the company. In addition, a core transport agent shall furnish the
commission with fingerprints for those owners, partners, officers,
and managers of the core transport agent specified by any commission
decision applicable to all core transport agents. The commission
shall submit completed fingerprint cards to the Department of
Justice. Those fingerprints shall be available for use by the
Department of Justice and the Department of Justice may transmit the
fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national
criminal history record check. The commission may use information
obtained from a national criminal history record check conducted
pursuant to this section to determine a core transport agent's
eligibility for registration.
(9) Proof of financial viability. The commission shall develop
uniform standards for determining financial viability and shall
publish those standards for public comment no later than June 30,
2014. In determining the financial viability of the core transport
agent, the commission shall take into account the number of customers
the potential registrant expects to serve, the number of therms of
gas it expects to provide, and any other appropriate criteria to
ensure that core gas customers have adequate recourse in the event of
fraud or nonperformance.
(10) Proof of technical and operational ability. The commission
shall develop uniform standards for determining technical and
operational capacity and shall publish those standards for public
comment no later than June 30, 2014.
(11) A statement stating the following: