News & Updates
News, updates and press releases from the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety.
Energy Safety Releases 2022 Safety Certification Guidelines
SACRAMENTO - Following a public adoption meeting today, (Aug. 25) Energy Safety has released its 2022 Safety Certification Guidelines. The guidelines set forth requirements electrical corporations must meet (PUC 8389(e)) for issuance of a safety certification. The...
Energy Safety Releases Substantial Vegetation Management Audit of PacifiCorp’s 2020 Wildfire Mitigation Plan
SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today released its audit of PacifiCorp’s vegetation management work in 2020. The audit found that there were 11 areas where PacifiCorp failed to fully comply with the vegetation management...
Energy Safety Releases Substantial Vegetation Management Audit of Liberty Utilities 2020 Wildfire Mitigation Plan
SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today released its audit of Liberty Utilities substantial vegetation management work in 2020. The audit found that there were areas where Liberty Utilities failed to fully comply with the...
Energy Safety Releases Draft Decisions on 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Updates for Horizon West Transmission and Trans Bay Cable
SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today released draft decisions on the 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Updates for Horizon West Transmission and Trans Bay Cable. The drafts are published for public review and comment. Opening...
Energy Safety Issues Revision Notice for BVES’s 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Update
SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today issued a Revision Notice to Bear Valley Electric Service (BVES) Inc., for its 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Update. The Revision Notice identified 10 critical issues with BVES’s WMP...
Energy Safety Approves SCE’s 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Update
SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today released its evaluation and approval of Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Update. Energy Safety’s approval of SCE’s WMP will go before the California...
Energy Safety Approves SDG&E’s 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Update
Approval Moves to CPUC for Ratification FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Sandy Cooney July 5, 2022 ...
Energy Safety Rejects Liberty and PacifiCorp 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Updates for Being Incomplete, Orders Resubmission
Sacramento – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today rejected Liberty Utilities and PacifiCorp’s 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Updates and ordered them to be revised and resubmitted. Energy Safety rejected the WMP Update submissions,...
Energy Safety Releases Substantial Vegetation Management Audit of PG&E’s 2020 Wildfire Mitigation Plan
SACRAMENTO - The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today released its audit of PG&E’s substantial vegetation management work in 2020. The audit found that there were areas where PG&E failed to fully comply with the vegetation management...
Energy Safety Releases Draft Decision on Southern California Edison’s 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Update
SACRAMENTO – The Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) today released their draft decision on Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Update. The draft is published for public review and comment. Public comments must be...