This law imposes a small additional charge on the use of electrical energy bought from utilities in California, starting from January 1, 2003. The standard rate is set at $0.0003 per kilowatt-hour but can be adjusted annually by the Energy Commission.

The Commission sets this rate each November for the next year. The rate cannot exceed $0.0003 per kilowatt-hour. If the Commission doesn't set a new rate, the current rate remains in place.

If you're using electricity in California and buy it from an electric utility or a U.S. government agency, you have to pay a surcharge. You're off the hook for this surcharge only when it's paid to the state. However, if you pay it through a registered electric utility, you're not responsible for anything more.

If you are an electric utility selling electricity to customers in California, you have to collect a surcharge from each customer when you collect their bill, except if the customer is another electric utility. You start collecting this surcharge beginning with the first regular billing cycle after this law takes effect.

This law allows electric utilities in California to impose a surcharge on each other if they agree to the terms and conditions with the State Board. This is an exception to the usual rule in Section 40019.

This law requires electric utilities to include an energy resources surcharge in the charges for electrical energy sold to consumers. The surcharge amount can be shown separately on the bill, but if it's not, a notice must state that the charges include this surcharge, specifying the rate per kilowatt-hour. Until January 1, 1976, utilities didn't have to include this on the bill itself but had to inform customers about the surcharge in other ways.

If the rate changes, the utility must inform customers of the new rate before or when the bill covering that new rate is sent, especially if the surcharge isn't listed separately or noted on the bill.

This law section states that if an electric utility collects a surcharge from consumers, and there's any part they don't return which isn't actually a surcharge but collected as such, the utility owes that money to the state.

This law says that when an electric utility collects money from a customer for electricity that is subject to a surcharge, the money should be distributed proportionally. This means the payment should cover both the cost of the electricity and the surcharge the customer owes in relation to that electricity.

Electric utilities don’t have to collect a surcharge on accounts that are considered worthless and have been written off according to standard accounting rules. If the utility already paid this surcharge, they can deduct the worthless amount from their taxes. But if they later recover any money from these accounts, they must pay the surcharge they collect with their next tax return.

The board can also establish further rules for handling such uncollected debts to ensure fair administration.

This law clarifies that if a person or company is under the Public Utilities Commission's jurisdiction, they don't need the Commission's permission to follow the rules in this part of the law.

This statute specifies that the rate determined by the board, according to a particular section, becomes effective for billing cycles starting from July 1, 1983, onwards.