Authorizes the Public Utility Commission to order the sale of an incumbent water utility to another water utility or entity when the incumbent water utility is not able to provide safe and adequate service.

Summary

<b>Digest: Allows the PUC to order the sale of a water utility that is not able to provide service. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).</b> [<i>Digest: Allows the PUC to order a water utility that is not able to provide service to be bought. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).</i>] Authorizes the Public Utility Commission to order the [<i>acquisition</i>] <b>sale</b> of an incumbent water utility [<i>by</i>]<b> to</b> another water utility or entity when the incumbent water utility is not able to provide [<i>safe, adequate, efficient and reasonable</i>] <b>safe and adequate</b> service. <b>Requires the commission to provide the incumbent water utility reasonable opportunity to take alternative actions to the sale. Increases, from $5,000 to $100,000, the amount of fees that the commission may use to make emergency repairs to public utility plants that provide water service. Authorizes the commission to order a public utility that provides water service to make emergency repairs.</b>