The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:

(a) In order to ensure that all core customers of a gas corporation continue to receive safe basic gas service in a competitive market, each existing gas corporation should continue to provide this essential service.

Terms Used In California Public Utilities Code 328

  • Basic gas service: includes transmission, storage for reliability of service, and distribution of natural gas, purchasing natural gas on behalf of a customer, revenue cycle services, and after-meter services. See California Public Utilities Code 328.1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.

(b) No customer should have to pay separate fees for utilizing services that protect public or customer safety.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 909, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)