§ 409 Public Utility Fee Deposits

Public Utilities Code·California

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•Money from fees and charges (not penalties) goes to a special account for the Public Utilities Commission.
•Penalties from breaking rules go to the General Fund, not the special account.
•This is about where the money goes, not how much you pay.

Example

You pay a fee for your electricity bill.

That fee goes to a special account to help run the Public Utilities Commission. But if the electricity company breaks a rule and gets fined, that fine money goes to the General Fund instead.

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§ 409 Public Utility Fee Deposits

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees and charges collected pursuant to this code by the commission from each public utility subject to Section 431, with the exception of any penalty collected pursuant to Section 405 or 406, shall be deposited in the Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account, in addition to the fee authorized by Section 431. (b) A penalty collected pursuant to Section 405 or 406 shall be deposited in the General Fund. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1147, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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commission penalty utilities reimbursement account general fund california public utilities utility exception addition

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 409.

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