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Energy Safety adopts wildfire mitigation plan guidelines
Summary
The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety adopted a single, evergreen Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) guidelines document that consolidates prior guidance, adds chapter 5 for independent transmission owner requirements, and includes technical and process clarifications requested in stakeholder comments.
The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety adopted final wildfire mitigation plan (WMP) guidelines during a public meeting, Deputy Director Tony Marino said, exercising authority delegated by Energy Safety’s director.
The guidelines set requirements, format, timing and other matters for electrical corporations’ WMP submissions to Energy Safety, which are required under the California Public Utilities Code. "An approved WMP does not relieve an electrical corporation from complying with applicable local, state or federal environmental requirements," Senior Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst Nathan said during the meeting.
Energy Safety staff said the new guidelines replace the prior multi-document approach with a single WMP guidelines document and a separate maturity model and survey. Nathan described the restructured format as intended to…
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