Public Utilities Code section 782

In order to encourage the development of geothermal resources in the State of California, the commission may, upon a complaint by a geothermal energy producer, prohibit any electrical corporation from curtailing the generation, production, or transmission of electricity from a geothermal powerplant operated by such corporation, if the commission deems that such curtailment is not in the public interest.

Source: Section 782, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=782. (updated Jan. 1, 1978; accessed Jun. 30, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 782, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PUC§ionNum=782. (last accessed May 12, 2025).