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HomePublic Utilities CodeDiv. 3Ch. 3§ 6462 Public Utility Property Valuation

§ 6462 Public Utility Property Valuation

Public Utilities Code·California
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§ 6462 Public Utility Property Valuation

Key Takeaways

  • •If the city wants to buy property from a company (like a utility company), the Public Utilities Commission decides how much it's worth.
  • •The price can change over time—it goes up if the company adds new stuff (like better pipes) and goes down if things get old or broken.
  • •The city can include this price in the company’s permit, so everyone knows the rules.

Example

A water company has pipes under the street, and the city wants to buy them to upgrade the system.

The Public Utilities Commission will decide how much the pipes are worth. If the company adds new pipes later, the price goes up. If the old pipes get rusty, the price goes down.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
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§ 6462 Public Utility Property Valuation

The valuation for the purpose of public acquisition of property used and useful, or in the discretion of the city or city and county prospectively useful, and owned by the grantee at the time application is made for a resettlement franchise, permit, or privilege shall be fixed by the Public Utilities Commission. The valuation of such property as fixed by the commission may be set forth in the resettlement franchise, permit, or privilege, in which case a readjustment from time to time of this valuation by the addition of the cost of extensions and betterments and by the deduction of the value of property sold or abandoned, and of the amount of depreciation sustained by the property used or useful or prospectively useful, shall be made in such manner as may in the resettlement franchise be provided. (Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

resettlement franchiseacquisitioncommissionpropertyvaluationcalifornia public utilitiesdiscretionapplication

Related Statutes

  • § 6461 Municipal Franchise Property Acquisition
  • § 454 Public Utility Rate Changes
  • § 3341.2 Project Financing Authority Powers
  • § 3356 Electric Generation Site Development
  • § 451.1 Wildfire Cost Recovery Standards

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 6462.
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