California Public Utilities Code

§ 8387

PUC § 8387 Effective Sep 19, 2025Div. 4.1 · Ch. 6

Statute text

(a)Each local publicly owned electric utility and electrical cooperative shall construct, maintain, and operate its electrical lines and equipment in a manner that will minimize the risk of wildfire posed by those electrical lines and equipment.

(b)(1) The local publicly owned electric utility or electrical cooperative shall, before January 1, 2020, prepare a wildfire mitigation plan. After January 1, 2026, a local publicly owned electric utility or electrical cooperative shall prepare a wildfire mitigation plan and shall submit the plan to the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board at least once every four years on a schedule determined by the California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board.

(2)The wildfire mitigation plan shall consider as necessary, at minimum, all of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 119, Sec. 60. (SB 254) Effective September 19, 2025.