INDUSTRY BRIEFS

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION issued guidelines for utilities to create refueling and service infrastructure needed to meet the state's order to require by 1998 that 2% of all new autos offered for sale in the state are zero emission vehicles, 5% by 2001, and 10% in 2003. CPUC also set guidelines for state gas and power utilities covering development of low emission vehicles (LEVs). State utilities have 60 days to file special applications to fund current LEV programs.