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Panel advances bill to strengthen wildfire mitigation, PSPS coordination and undergrounding of abandoned lines
Summary
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy advanced SB 256, a bill to strengthen wildfire mitigation planning, improve wildfire‑related PSPS communications with local emergency centers, encourage undergrounding during recovery and require removal plans for abandoned electrical lines.
Senator (author) presented SB 256, the Enhancing Infrastructure for Wildfire Mitigation Act, to the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee. The bill, as described in committee testimony, would expand wildfire mitigation planning, require greater coordination with local emergency responders, mandate consideration of undergrounding during recovery, and require utilities to prepare removal plans for abandoned lines.
The sponsor described catastrophic local impacts from recent fires — including the Eaton and Palisades fires and losses in Altadena — and said California’s current voluntary undergrounding program and…
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