§ 2901 Municipal Utility Control Powers

Public Utilities Code·California

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•Cities can choose to keep or give up control over things like water, electricity, or gas companies.
•If a city keeps control, it can later decide to give that control to the state.
•This is about who makes the rules for these companies and their customers.

Example

Your city decides who sets the rules for your water company.

If your city keeps control, they make the rules. If they give it up, the state makes the rules instead.

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§ 2901 Municipal Utility Control Powers

Any municipal corporation may retain or surrender to the commission the powers of control vested in it to supervise and regulate the relationship between any one or more classes of public utilities, and their present or prospective customers, consumers, or patrons, and, if it has retained such powers over any class of public utilities, may thereafter surrender such powers to the commission. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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municipal corporation powers of control public utilities customers, consumers, or patrons commission

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 2901.

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