California Public Utilities Commission

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The California Public Utilities Commission is a state regulatory agency that oversees and sets policies for privately owned utilities in California, including electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, water, and transportation companies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public utilities commission ⓘ
state regulatory agency ⓘ
abbreviation CPUC ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cal PUC ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction California ⓘ
appointedBy Governor of California ⓘ
canInclude President of the Commission ⓘ
canIssue decisions ⓘ
orders ⓘ
rules and regulations ⓘ
city San Francisco ⓘ
confirmedBy California State Senate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
foundedBy State of California Legislature ⓘ
governingBody five‑member commission ⓘ
hasBoardSize 5 commissioners ⓘ
headquartersLocation San Francisco, California ⓘ
jurisdiction State of California ⓘ
legalForm state agency ⓘ
locatedIn San Francisco, California ⓘ
oversees electricity rates for investor‑owned utilities in California ⓘ
natural gas rates for investor‑owned utilities in California ⓘ
telecommunications service quality in California ⓘ
transportation safety for regulated carriers in California ⓘ
water utility rates for investor‑owned utilities in California ⓘ
parentOrganization State of California ⓘ
partOf Government of California ⓘ
regulates certain transportation companies in California ⓘ
household goods carriers in California ⓘ
passenger carriers in California ⓘ
privately owned electric utilities in California ⓘ
privately owned natural gas utilities in California ⓘ
privately owned telecommunications companies in California ⓘ
privately owned water utilities in California ⓘ
rail safety in California ⓘ
rail transit systems in California ⓘ
ride‑sharing services in California ⓘ
responsibility advancing clean energy policies in California ⓘ
consumer protection for utility customers in California ⓘ
ensuring affordable utility services in California ⓘ
ensuring reliable utility services in California ⓘ
ensuring safe utility services in California ⓘ
implementing state energy and climate policies for regulated utilities ⓘ
setsPolicyFor electric utilities in California ⓘ
natural gas utilities in California ⓘ
telecommunications utilities in California ⓘ
transportation utilities in California ⓘ
water utilities in California ⓘ
state California ⓘ
streetAddress 505 Van Ness Avenue ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
website https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/ ⓘ

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California State Agencies → include → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Metro L Line (Los Angeles) → safetyAuthority → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California Energy Commission → worksWith → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California Public Utilities Commission → abbreviation → CPUC ⓘ
linked to: California Public Utilities Commission
California Air Resources Board → collaboratesWith → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Pacific Telesis → regulatedBy → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California electrical grid → regulatoryAuthority → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California electricity crisis → involves → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Aliso Canyon Oil Field → regulator → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion → regulatoryBodyInvestigating → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission → regulatedBy → California Public Utilities Commission (for certain activities) ⓘ
subject linked to: SFPUC
linked to: California Public Utilities Commission
Hetch Hetchy Power System → regulator → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Camp Fire → investigatedBy → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California Energy Commission → collaboratesWith → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: CEC
Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20) → benefits → California utilities ⓘ
linked to: California Public Utilities Commission
California Independent System Operator → regulator → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Integrated Energy Policy Report → usedBy → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Silver Line (San Diego Trolley) → safetyAuthority → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
subject linked to: Silver Line
Pacific Bell → regulatedBy → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Pacific Gas and Electric Company → regulator → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California wind energy sector → regulatedBy → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Cal PUC → officialName → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
Cal PUC → shortName → CPUC ⓘ
linked to: California Public Utilities Commission
CAEATFA → collaboratesWith → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California Public Utilities Code → administeredBy → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California Public Utilities Code → enforcedBy → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California renewable portfolio standard → regulator → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ
California renewable portfolio standard → administeredBy → California Public Utilities Commission ⓘ