2010 California Code
Public Utilities Code
Chapter 5.5. Electric Microutilities

2780.  As used in this chapter, the term "electric microutility"
means any electrical corporation that is regulated by the commission
and organized for the purpose of providing sole-source generation,
distribution, and sale of electricity exclusively to a customer base
of fewer than 2,000 customers.



2780.1.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the commission
consider the legal, administrative, and operational costs that an
electric microutility faces if it is named as a respondent in a
hearing generally applicable to electrical corporations. The limited
resources of a microutility are disproportionately strained by the
cost of response.
   (b) Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that the
commission consider the costs described in subdivision (a) before
naming an electric microutility as a respondent in a hearing
generally applicable to electrical corporations.