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Board adopts a new approach to reviewing publicly owned utility wildfire mitigation plans, prioritizing 14 in-depth reviews
Summary
The Wildfire Safety Advisory Board detailed a new review framework June 4 for publicly owned utilities (POUs): it will review all POU wildfire mitigation plans but prioritize 14 plans for in‑depth topical analysis, focusing this year on risk assessment and preemptive de‑energization.
The Wildfire Safety Advisory Board on June 4 described a new, prioritized approach to reviewing the wildfire mitigation plans (WMPs) submitted by publicly owned utilities (POUs) and cooperatives. The board will review all POU plans but will select 14 POUs for deeper, topic-specific evaluations each year; this year the board will emphasize risk assessment and preemptive de‑energization capability.
Board staff explained the change as an attempt to use limited volunteer and staff time more efficiently while ensuring subject-matter expertise informs advisory opinions. The board will issue advisory opinions to every POU but will produce more detailed, focused feedback for the selected 14 that have higher overhead exposure in High Fire Threat Districts.
Staff said the board will develop a rubric and feedback…
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