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Safety Culture Assessments
In 2019, California Assembly Bill 1054 added an annual safety culture assessment requirement to the Public Utilities Code. Public Utilities Code Section 8389(d)(4) requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in consultation with the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety), to develop a process for an annual Safety Culture Assessment for each electrical corporation. The original safety culture assessment framework was adopted by the California Public Utilities Commission (the Commission or CPUC) on November 19, 2020, in Resolution WSD-011. It includes a workforce survey, a management self-assessment, and submission of safety culture objectives and lessons learned. The first Safety Culture Assessment took place in 2021.
Energy Safety seeks to develop a longitudinal view of safety culture across electrical corporations to identify best practices and relative gaps, along with an understanding of each corporation’s relative strengths and opportunities in designing and implementing a strong safety culture. Energy Safety ultimately seeks to assess safety culture outcomes over time and incorporate continuous learning into the Safety Culture Assessment process.
2022
Energy Safety Documents and Docket Log
- Energy Safety’s Final 2022 Safety Culture Assessment (SCA) Guidelines for Electrical Corporations (March 1, 2022)
- Energy Safety’s Draft 2022 Safety Culture Assessment (SCA) Guidelines for Electrical Corporations (January 19, 2022)
- 2022 Safety Culture Assessments (SCAs) Docket Log (2022-SCAs)
Utility Safety Culture Assessments
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
- Southern California Edison (SCE)
- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
- Bear Valley Electric Service (BVES)
- Liberty Utilities
- PacifiCorp
- Horizon West
- Trans Bay Cable
Comments on the 2022 Draft Safety Culture Assessment Guidelines
Energy Safety received the following comments in February 2022:
2021
CPUC Resolution – 2022 SCA Process
Energy Safety Documents and Docket Log
- Final Safety Culture Assessment (SCA) Requirements of Electrical Corporations (January 22, 2021)
- Draft Safety Culture Assessment (SCA) Requirements of Electrical Corporations (December 3, 2020)
- 2021 Safety Culture Assessments (SCAs) Docket Log (2021-SCAs)
Utility Safety Culture Assessments
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
- Southern California Edison (SCE)
- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
- Bear Valley Electric Service (BVES)
- Liberty Utilities
- PacifiCorp
- Horizon West
- Trans Bay Cable
Comments on the 2021 Draft Safety Culture Assessment Requirements
The following comments were received in December 2020:
- California Association of Small and Multi-Jurisdictional Utilities (CASMU)
- Coalition of California Utility Employees
- Green Power Institute
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
- Protect Our Communities Foundation
- Public Advocates Office
- Small Business Utility Advocates
- Southern California Edison (SCE)
- William B. Abrams
2020
CPUC Resolution – 2021 SCA Process
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