CA SB782

Requires electrical, natural gas, steam, and fuel oil utilities to provide aggregated energy usage data to owners of properties with 2 or more buildings on single or adjacent parcels with 5 or more active utility accounts combined, upon request.

Authorizes customer consent for utility data sharing to be verified through electronic signature authorization processes under the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Specifies that utilities can share customer electrical or gas consumption data for system operations, grid needs, demand response, energy management, or energy efficiency programs if third parties implement reasonable security procedures and are prohibited from secondary commercial uses without customer consent.

Exempts local publicly owned electric utilities from state reimbursement requirements by allowing them to recover reasonable costs of compliance through their general fund as cost-effective demand-side management services.

Establishes that aggregated energy usage data for buildings with 3 or more utility accounts is not deemed confidential utility information and utilities have no liability for its disclosure.