Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission with regulatory authority over public utilities, as defined. 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, with certain exceptions, prohibits a public utility from changing a rate, except upon a showing before the commission and a finding by the commission that the new rate is justified.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that prohibition.