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Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 2841.5 — Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act

Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 2841.5

Type: Statute
Source: California Public Utilities Code
Jurisdiction: California
Date: 2008-01-01
Current through: Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

A local publicly owned electric utility serving retail end-use customers shall establish a program that does both of the following:

Citator

Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 2841.5 — Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

A local publicly owned electric utility serving retail end-use customers shall establish a program that does both of the following:

(a) Allows retail end-use customers to utilize combined heat and power systems that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by achieving improved efficiencies utilizing heat that would otherwise be wasted in separate energy applications.

(b) Provides a market for the purchase of excess electricity generated by a combined heat and power system, at a just and reasonable rate, to be determined by the governing body of the utility.