SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today issued its Annual Report on Compliance (ARC) for Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 2023 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP).
Energy Safety’s evaluation found that SCE completed 46 of 51, or 90 percent, of its 2023 WMP targets, including nine of the 10 initiatives with the largest planned expenditures. However, SCE failed to meet targets for five of its initiatives. Energy Safety has identified areas for improvement in the accuracy of documentation of SCE’s WMP implementation and expects the company to improve going forward.
Energy Safety acknowledges that in 2023, SCE undertook efforts to reduce its wildfire risk, and in many instances achieved its WMP initiative activity targets. However, there are still areas to improve upon and opportunities to continue learning, especially considering the missed initiative targets that have significant impact on reducing wildfire risk.
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.