§ 10005 Municipal Utility Excess Sales

Public Utilities Code·California

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This law lets a city sell, lease, or give away extra water, electricity, heat, or power that it produces beyond what it and its residents need.

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•Only the excess amount can be sold or distributed.
•The city must decide how much excess to share through its legislative body.
•The excess can be sold, leased, or distributed outside the city.

Example

A town generates more electricity from its solar farms than the town's homes and businesses can use.

The town can choose to sell that extra electricity to neighboring towns or businesses outside the city limits.

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§ 10005 Municipal Utility Excess Sales

Whenever, in the operation of a utility, a municipality develops an excess of water, light, heat, or power, over and above the amount which is necessary for the use of the municipality and its inhabitants, or such portion thereof as the legislative body of the municipality determines is to be supplied therewith, the municipality may sell, lease, or distribute the excess outside of its corporate limits. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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municipality excess water, light, heat, or power corporate limits

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 10005.

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