WSAB Publishes Draft Recommendations on Additional Wildfire Mitigation Plan Requirements/Performance Metrics and Safety Culture Assessment

The Wildfire Safety Advisory Board (WSAB) today published draft recommendations to the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) on additional Wildfire Mitigation Plan Requirements/Performance Metrics and Safety Culture Assessment.

The WSAB provides these recommendations to Energy Safety as it updates its 2023-2025 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Guidelines. These recommendations are applicable to the Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs), Independent Transmission Owners (ITOs) and Small and Multi-Jurisdictional Utilities (SMJUs) (collectively “utilities”).

For anyone who is interested in providing comments, please do so by June 7, 2023 to the docket 2024-WSAB-WMP-GPSCA or via e-mail to WSAB@energysafety.ca.gov. Stakeholders can also provide comments during the Board’s June 13 meeting.