{"data":{"id":"us-ca/puc-2712","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PUC § 2712","heading":"","body":"“Whether under contract or otherwise” as used in Section 2701 is not to be construed as authorizing a contract by a person or corporation defined in this chapter as a public utility which in anywise deprives the State or the commission or other competent authority of power to regulate the rates and service of any such public utility.","path":["Public Utilities Code - PUC","DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201. - 3299.100.]","PART 2. SPECIFIC PUBLIC UTILITIES [2701. - 2899.]","CHAPTER 2. Water Companies [2701. - 2715.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"56d6bcbd6b618da54af0626a8e3f79f790cbc32ca8d687a76bfce835acfbc0bb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/puc-2711","next":"us-ca/puc-2713"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}