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Wildfire Mitigation and Safety
Wildfire Mitigation Plans
Electrical corporations are required to prepare and submit Wildfire Mitigation Plans (WMPs) to Energy Safety for review and approval. WMPs should describe how the electrical corporation is constructing, maintaining, and operating its electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfire.
Safety Culture Assessments
Energy Safety conducts an annual Safety Culture Assessment (SCA) for each electrical corporation. Energy Safety conducts annual SCAs of California’s electrical corporations to evaluate their progress toward safety culture maturity.
Safety Certifications
Energy Safety reviews for issuance electrical corporations’ requests for a safety certification.
Regulatory Recommendations
Energy Safety reviews safety requirements for electrical infrastructure and provides recommendations to the California Public Utilities Commission to address the dynamic risk of climate change and to mitigate wildfire risk.
Executive Compensation Structures
Energy Safety reviews electrical corporations’ executive compensation structures for approval.