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WSAB Publishes Final 2023 POU Guidance Advisory Opinion
The California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board today published the final adopted version of the Guidance Advisory Opinion for the 2023 Wildfire Mitigation Plans of Electric Publicly-Owned Utilities and Rural Electric Cooperatives. This document was adopted at the WSAB...
WSAB Publishes Final Recommendations on Energy Safety’s Safety Culture Assessment Process
The WSAB published its final recommendations on Energy Safety’s Safety Culture Assessment process, approved on August 30, 2022. Final Safety Culture Assessment Recommendations
WSAB Publishes Final Guidance Advisory Opinion on 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plans
The WSAB published the final Guidance Advisory Opinion on the 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plans of Electric Publicly Owned Utilities and Rural Electric Cooperatives, approved on February 23, 2022 and issued March 2, 2022. March 2, 2022: Changes to the Guidance Advisory...
WSAB Publishes Recommendations on the 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines, Safety Culture and Performance Metrics for Investor-Owned Utilities and Small and Multi-Jurisdictional Utilities
The WSAB published its recommendations on the 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines, Safety Culture and Performance Metrics for Investor-Owned Utilities and Small and Multi-Jurisdictional Utilities approved at the June 28, 2021 board meeting and issued on June 30,...
WSAB Publishes Recommendations on the 2021 WMP Updates for Large Investor-Owned Utilities
The WSAB published recommendations on the 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) Updates for Large Investor-Owned Utilities, approved on April 14, 2021 and issued April 16, 2021. These recommendations are for Wildfire Safety Divisions consideration as it evaluates the...
WSAB Publishes Final Guidance Advisory Opinion on the 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plans of Electric Publicly-Owned Utilities and Cooperatives
The WSAB published the Final Guidance Advisory Opinion on the 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plans of Electric Publicly Owned Utilities and Cooperatives, approved on December 9, 2020 and issued December 15, 2020. December 8, 2020: Board publishes Revised Guidance Advisory...
WSAB Member Mader Presents the System Hardening for Electric Utility Resiliency (SHEUR) Threshold
WSAB Member Mader presented the System Hardening for Electric Utility Resiliency (SHEUR) Threshold concept at Wildfire Safety Division's August 11 workshop. Board Member Block supported the effort.
WSAB Publishes Recommendations on the 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines
The WSAB published recommendations on the 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan Guidelines were approved on June 24, 2020 and issued June 26, 2020: June 24, 2020: Version voted on the board meeting here; Redline version is available here. June 23, 2020: Board published...
WSAB Publishes Recommendations on the 2020 Utility Wildfire Mitigation Approved
The Board published recommendations for the 2020 Utility Wildfire Mitigation, approved on April 15, 2020. Written comments on the 2020 Utility WMP Recommendations were accepted until close of business on Monday, April 13, 2020. The comments the Board received are...
Governor Newsom Announces California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board Members
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the Wildfire Safety Advisory Board and California Catastrophe Response Council Members on Oct. 30. 2019.