Section 770 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 may after hearing:
(a) Ascertain and fix just and reasonable standards,
classifications, regulations, practices, measurements, or service to
be furnished, imposed, observed, and followed by all electrical, gas,
water, and heat corporations.
(b) Ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the
measurement of quantity, quality, pressure, or other condition
pertaining to the supply of the product, commodity, or service
furnished or rendered by any such public utility. No standard of the
commission applicable to any water corporation shall be inconsistent
with the regulations and standards of the State Department of Health
pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of
Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) Prescribe reasonable regulations for the examination and
testing of the product, commodity, or service and for the measurement
thereof.
(d) Establish reasonable rules, specifications, and standards to
secure the accuracy of all meters and appliances for measurements.
The commission shall require a public utility that estimates meter
readings to so indicate on its billings, and shall require any
estimate that is incorrect to be corrected by the next billing
period, except that for reasons beyond its control due to weather, or
in cases of unusual conditions, corrections for any overestimate or
underestimate shall be reflected on the first regularly scheduled
bill and based on an actual reading following the period of
inaccessibility.
(e) Provide for the examination and testing of any and all
appliances used for the measurement of any product, commodity, or
service of any such public utility.