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Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 451

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Known as the Public Utilities Act

The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).

Applied in 21 court decisions — leading case 31 Cal. 4th 781 - Southern California Edison Co. v. Peevey (2003)

Most recently applied in 3 Cal. 5th 248 - Jacks v. City of Santa Barbara (June 2017)

Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 700.

How often courts cite this section

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citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

All charges demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two or more public utilities, for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge demanded or received for such product or commodity or service is unlawful.

Every public utility shall furnish and maintain such adequate, efficient, just, and reasonable service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, including telephone facilities, as defined in Section 54.1 of the Civil Code, as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees, and the public.

All rules made by a public utility affecting or pertaining to its charges or service to the public shall be just and reasonable.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.