General Government
8660 Public Utilities Commission

The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) regulates critical and essential services such as privately-owned telecommunications, electric, natural gas, and water companies, in addition to overseeing railroad/rail transit and moving and transportation companies. The PUC is the only agency in the state charged with protecting private utility consumers. As such, the PUC is responsible for ensuring that customers have safe, reliable utility service at reasonable rates, protecting against fraud, and promoting the health of California's economy, which depends on the infrastructure the utilities and the PUC provide.
MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Aliso Canyon: Natural Gas Storage Facilities - An increase of $1.5 million Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account and 10 positions to support Public Utilities Commission regulation of natural gas storage facilities.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Enacted
2016-17*
Positions
Dollars
6680 Regulation of Utilities
466.6
$753,573
6685 Universal Service Telephone Programs
36.2
861,696
6690 Regulation of Transportation
168.5
31,969
6695 Office of Ratepayer Advocates
167.0
33,480
9900100 Administration
269.4
55,257
9900200 Administration - Distributed
-
-55,258
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,107.7
$1,680,717
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,107.7
$1,680,717

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

 Entire Public Utilities Commission Budget (pdf * - 63K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 21K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 12K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.