California Public Utilities Code

§ 326

PUC § 326 Effective Jul 12, 2019Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)By January 1, 2020, the commission shall establish the Wildfire Safety Division within the commission, located in Sacramento, California. The Wildfire Safety Division shall do all of the following:

(1)Oversee and enforce electrical corporations’ compliance with wildfire safety pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 8385) of Division 4.1.

(2)In consultation with the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board, develop and recommend to the commission performance metrics to achieve maximum feasible risk reduction to be used to develop the wildfire mitigation plan and evaluate an electrical corporation’s compliance with that plan. For this purpose, “maximum feasible” means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, legal, social, and technological factors.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 81, Sec. 7. (AB 111) Effective July 12, 2019.