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California Public Utilities Code Section 12821.5

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12821.5.  (a)  Whenever residential light, heat, or power is
furnished through a submeter system by a master-meter customer for
sale to users who are tenants of a mobilehome park, apartment
building, or similar residential complex, the master-meter customer
is responsible for maintenance and repair of its submeter facilities
beyond the master meter, and nothing in this section requires a
district to make repairs to or perform maintenance on the submeter
system.
   (b) Every master-meter customer shall provide an itemized billing
of charges for light, heat, and power to each individual user
generally in accordance with the form and content of bills of the
district to its residential customers, including, but not limited to,
the opening and closing readings for the meter, and the
identification of all rates and quantities under the applicable rate
structure. The master-meter customer shall charge each user of the
service at a rate which does not exceed the rate which would be
applicable if the user were receiving residential light, heat, or
power directly from the district. The master-meter customer shall
also post, in a conspicuous place, the applicable prevailing
residential rate schedule, as published by the district.
   (c) The district shall notify each master-meter customer of its
responsibilities to its users under this section.

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