SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today adopted its 2025 Executive Compensation Submission Structure Guidelines that California’s electric corporations must follow in applying for safety certification. Adoption of the guidelines followed a 30-day public comment period.
Energy Safety does not set or approve the actual salaries for the corporations’ executives.
The guidelines assist electrical corporations seeking safety certification in developing their executive compensation structures. Electrical corporations are statutorily required (Pub. Util. Code § 8389(e)(4))(Pub. Util. Code § 8389(e)(6)) to have an executive compensation structure that meets specific criteria to be eligible for the safety certification process.
The safety certification is designed to encourage electrical corporations to invest in safety and improve safety culture to limit wildfire risks and reduce costs. An electrical corporation with a safety certification is presumed to have acted reasonably in proceedings before the CPUC to recover costs of a utility-caused wildfire unless demonstrated otherwise. Please see the Safety Certification FAQ for more information.