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Industry Public Utility Wildfire Mitigation Plan
In 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill ("SB") 1028 (stats. 2016), which required publicly owned utilities ("POUs") to identify additional wildfire mitigation measures that the POU could take if the POU governing board first found that its overhead electric lines and equipment posed a significant risk of causing a catastrophic wildfire. SB 1028 required that the POU governing board (Industry Public Utilities Commission) must base this determination on "historical fires and local conditions," and must consult with local fire departments and other entities with responsibilities for the control of wildfires within the relevant area. These requirements were specified in the newly added Public Utilities Code Section 8387.
In 2018, the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) completed the development of the statewide Fire Threat Map that designates areas of the state at an elevated risk of electric line-ignited wildfires. Then Governor Brown signed SB 901 (stats. 2018), which addressed a wide range of issues relating to wildfire prevention, response, and recovery. SB 901 substantially revised the Public Utilities Code Section 8387, eliminating the prior process established by SB 1028 and instead making it mandatory for all POUs (regardless of size or wildfire risk) to develop a wildfire mitigation plan. Pursuant to the amended Section 8387, all POUs must present a wildfire mitigation plan to its governing board prior to January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter.
In 2019, two new bills (SB 1054 and SB 111) made additional major reforms relating to wildfires. As part of these reforms, SB 111 created a new state agency called the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board ("WSAB") and SB 1054 requires that all POUs must submit their wildfire mitigation plans to the WSAB by June 30 of each year, starting in 2020. The WSAB will then review the POU plans and will provide comments and advisory opinions on the content and sufficiency of the plans.
As recommended by WSAB, following documents are posted on IPUC’s website: