Section 7000.

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a utility shall mean all of the following:

(1) An electric corporation.

(2) A water corporation.

(3) A telephone corporation.

(4) A telecommunications carrier, as defined in Section 153 of Title 47 of the United States Code.

(5) A gas corporation.

(6) A local publicly owned electric utility and a publicly owned gas utility.

(7) A special district that owns or operates utilities.

(b) This chapter shall also apply to the following entities:

(1) A cable television corporation.

(2) A cable operator, as defined in Section 522 of Title 47 of the United States Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2009.)