SACRAMENTO – Energy Safety today issued its Annual Report on Compliance (ARC) for the approved 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Update of Southern California Edison (SCE).
Energy Safety’s evaluation found that SCE completed 63 of its 65 2022 WMP initiatives, including all ten initiatives with the largest allocated expenditure. Energy Safety found the two missed targets did not significantly hinder SCE’s ability to mitigate its wildfire risk. While SCE achieved its overarching objectives, Energy Safety identified areas for improvement and continued learning.
Energy Safety is required to conduct an annual assessment of the electrical corporations’ implementation of their approved WMPs and WMP Updates.
Energy Safety will continue to monitor SCE’s implementation of its ongoing wildfire mitigation activities and push the company to improve its ability to ultimately eliminate utility-caused catastrophic wildfires in California.
The ARCs for Horizon West Transmission, San Diego Gas and Electric, and PacifiCorp were released on Sept. 24, Sept. 26, and Oct. 1, respectively. Additional ARCs on approved 2022 WMP Updates for the remaining electrical corporations will be released in the coming weeks.