{"data":{"id":"us-ca/puc-779.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PUC § 779.5","heading":"","body":"The decision of an electrical, gas, heat, telephone, or water corporation to require a new residential applicant to deposit a sum of money with the corporation prior to establishing an account and furnishing service shall be based solely upon the credit worthiness of the applicant as determined by the corporation.","path":["Public Utilities Code - PUC","DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201. - 3299.100.]","PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201. - 2120.]","CHAPTER 4. Regulation of Public Utilities [701. - 940.]","ARTICLE 3. Equipment, Practices, and Facilities [761. - 788.]"],"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":"8f2fcce52e2596077bb27acb79ed233f8ac7182e043b085840a2c965a64608a9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/puc-779.4","next":"us-ca/puc-779.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}