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Energy Safety to create vegetation-management best practices focused on remote sensing and QA/QC
Summary
Energy Safety staff briefed the Wildfire Safety Advisory Board on a plan to develop utility vegetation-management best management practices (BMPs) focused first on remote sensing (LiDAR, satellite) and quality-assurance/quality-control metrics; staff said research and engagement will begin this fall and draft BMPs are expected next spring.
Chair Jennifer Block called the Wildfire Safety Advisory Board to order on Sept. 3, 2025, and staff from the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) presented a plan to develop best management practices for utility vegetation management tailored to wildfire safety. Colin Blank, supervisor in Energy Safety’s Environmental Science Division, told the board the effort will begin this month with public notice, research and stakeholder engagement through winter, and draft guidance expected in March 2026.
The draft released by staff will focus initially on two topics: integrating remote sensing technologies (for example, aerial LiDAR, satellite imagery and UAV data) into inspection and remediation, and improving quality-management metrics (QA/QC) so different electrical corporations use consistent definitions for “pass rates,”…
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