(a) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to include in ratepayer-supported research and development programs, activities that relate to improving the energy efficiency of manufactured housing and mobilehomes if those programs are evaluated in accordance with the guidelines established by Section 740.1. The commission may develop a program involving utilities, representatives of the manufactured housing and mobilehome industries, and organizations representing senior citizens and consumers to increase the construction and marketing of energy efficiency measures for mobilehomes and manufactured housing.
(b) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to provide incentives to seniors, low-income households, and others who buy new manufactured homes, or mobilehomes, which incorporate energy efficient measures.
(c) The commission may authorize gas and electrical corporations to recover through rates the reasonable costs associated with the programs specified in subdivisions (a) and (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 176. Effective January 1, 2005.)