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2026-28 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines

Pursuant to Government Code section 15475.6, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (Energy Safety) releases for public comment the following draft guidelines on the electrical corporations’ Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) submittals (Package 1). These guidelines establish requirements that will apply after adoption and beginning with
2026-2028 Base WMP submittals.

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Public Comment

Energy Safety herein provides a comparative redline document showing the differences between the Draft WMP Guidelines and the Revised Draft WMP Guidelines as well as a clean document copy. Stakeholders are invited to provide written comments only on Energy Safety’s revisions to the Draft WMP Guidelines. Energy Safety will not consider written comments that are unrelated to these revisions.

Opening comments on the revisions will be accepted through February 6, 2025, 5:00 p.m. These are the second round of comments on the Revised Draft WMP Guidelines – Package 1.

Reply comments will be accepted through February 18, 2025, 5:00 p.m.

Comments on the Revised Draft WMP Guidelines must be submitted to the Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines docket (#WMP-Guidelines) and titled “[Commenter Name] Comments on the Revised Draft WMP Guidelines.”

Comments on the Policy Division Process Guidlines must be submitted to the Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines docket (#WMP-Guidelines)1 and titled “[Commenter Name] [Opening/Reply] comments on the Policy Division Process Guidelines.”

To receive notifications of the comments on these documents, subscribe to Energy Safety’s WMPs service list by following the instructions at: https://energysafety.ca.gov/events-and-meetings/how-to-participate-in-public-events/.

Forthcoming Documents

Energy Safety will publish the Draft Electrical Corporation Wildfire Mitigation Maturity Model and Survey Guidelines (Package 2) within the next month. Separate written public comment periods will be established for Package 2 at the time of publication.

Adoption Meeting

Pursuant to Government Code section 15475.6, Energy Safety will hold a public meeting to adopt the guidelines and will provide an opportunity for the public and stakeholders to comment on the guidelines during that meeting. Energy Safety will hold this public meeting at a later date and will provide at least 10-days’ notice

Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines