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HomePublic Utilities CodeDiv. 1Pt. 1Ch. 4Art. 4§ 794 Utility Accounting Requirements

§ 794 Utility Accounting Requirements

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§ 794 Utility Accounting Requirements

Key Takeaways

  • •The government can tell companies (like electric or water companies) how to keep track of their money and records.
  • •If the government says how to do it, the company must follow those rules exactly.
  • •The company can only add extra records if they help explain the ones the government asked for.

Example

A water company decides to track its money in a new way, using its own spreadsheet.

If the government already told them how to track their money, the water company can’t just use its own spreadsheet. They have to use the government’s way unless their extra notes help explain the government’s rules.

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

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§ 794 Utility Accounting Requirements

The commission may, after notice, and hearing if requested within 15 days after receipt of notice, prescribe by order the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts shall be entered, charged, or credited. Where the commission has prescribed the forms of accounts, records, or memoranda to be kept by any public utility for any of its business, it is unlawful for such public utility to keep any accounts, records, or memoranda for such business other than those so prescribed, or those prescribed by or under the authority of any other state or of the United States, except such accounts, records, or memoranda as are explanatory of and supplemental to those prescribed by the commission. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 832.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

commissionhearingutilitythe california publicunited statesauthority

Related Statutes

  • § 795 Public Utility Depreciation Rates
  • § 729 Utility Rate Regulation Authority
  • § 761 Public Utility Service Standards
  • § 792 Utility Accounting Requirements
  • § 797 Utility Affiliate Transaction Audits

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Public Utilities Code. Section 794.
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