The commission may supervise and regulate every public utility in the State and may do all things, whether specifically designated in this part or in addition thereto, which are necessary and convenient in the exercise of such power and jurisdiction.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 701
Generally
Known as the Public Utilities Act
The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).
Applied in 26 court decisions — leading case 17 Cal. 3d 575 - California Housing Finance Agency v. Elliott (1976)
Most recently applied in Diva Limousine, Ltd. v. Uber Techs., Inc. (June 2019)
Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.