SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today issued its Annual Performance Reports (formerly Annual Reports on Compliance) on Trans Bay Cable’s (TBC) and LS Power’s 2024 Wildfire Mitigation Plans (WMP).
Energy Safety’s assessment of TBC found that it did not have any WMP initiative work planned for 2024 in its 2023-2025 Base WMP and therefore, had no proposed budget. However, TBC spent $35,800 to install a fire suppression system in its spare parts building that was a carry-over expense from its 2023 WMP work. Also, the independent evaluator (IE) assigned relatively low scores to TBC’s quality assurance quality control program maturity, a clear indication that TBC must mature these programs moving forward.
Energy Safety’s assessment of LS Power found three of four of its 2024 initiative targets activities completed in its 2023-2025 Base WMP. LS Power failed to meet its target for one of its 2024 WMP initiative activities to install cameras at both its Orchard and Fern substation sites. Only the Orchard site had camera installations completed in 2024. LS Power also spent below its proposed amount, for initiatives applicable to 2024, by approximately $26,000 (88% of its proposed budget). LS Power explained that actual expenditures deviated from its proposed expenditures for various reasons, including emergency preparedness activities that required less resources than had been forecasted.
Energy Safety will monitor TBC’s and LS Power’s progress and expects improvement for both moving forward,