Electrical corporations: computation of average residential consumption of electricity and the baseline quantity for electricity usage.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to fix the rates and charges for every public utility and requires that those rates and charges be just and reasonable. Existing law requires the commission to designate a baseline quantity of electricity and gas necessary for a significant portion of the reasonable energy needs of the average residential customer and to establish a higher energy allowance above the baseline for residential customers dependent on life-support equipment. This bill would require the commission, when computing the average residential consumption of electricity and the baseline quantity for electricity usage, to appropriately account for any consumption that is met by residential customer generation located on the customer's side of the meter.