CPUC staff outlines RMAR filing schedule, recast/backcast rules and methods to show mitigation effectiveness at public workshop

The California Public Utilities Commission’s Safety Policy Division (SPD) hosted a workshop to review staff proposal number 2 for the Risk Mitigation Accountability Report (RMAR) framework and to solicit party comments on filing schedules, change‑control rules and methods to show whether observed risk reductions are attributable to mitigation actions.

SPD regulatory analyst Emily opened the session, introduced co‑presenters including Tony Castoletto and Matthew Raffelson (Level 4), and said the meeting was recorded. Emily said the workshop would address timing and cadence of RMAR filings, requirements for plan and reporting phases, procedures for change control including recast and backcast, and which RMAR tables should be required. She emphasized that no formal commission decisions would be taken at the workshop.

Why it matters: SPD is proposing standardized, table‑based RMAR filings so risk information is comparable across investor‑owned utilities and GRC cycles. Staff framed RMAR as a consolidated statement of risk with a plan phase (forecasts adopted in a GRC) and a reporting phase (annual RMARs that report outcomes, results and projections). The filing schedule staff proposed would require the first plan‑phase RMAR tables six months after a GRC decision and annual reporting due April 30 following the test year, aligned…