Electricity: deenergization events: report: compensation.
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Overview
This bill aims to provide financial compensation to California residents who experience power outages due to deenergization events undertaken by electrical corporations to mitigate wildfire risk. It requires companies to automatically credit customers $30 for every 24 hours of outage, and to file detailed reports with the Public Utilities Commission outlining the event’s specifics and associated costs. The bill also mandates a standardized cost calculation methodology and allows the commission to impose fines on companies that violate deenergization protocols, directing those revenues to customer credits.
Key provisions
- Requires electrical corporations to automatically provide a $30 per 24-hour reimbursement credit to affected customers.
- Mandates electrical corporations to file post-deenergization event reports with the Public Utilities Commission.
- Requires the commission to develop a standardized methodology for calculating customer outage costs.
- Authorizes the commission to assess fines or penalties on electrical corporations for deenergization protocol violations.
- Directs revenues from fines to automatic customer credits.
- Requires wildfire mitigation plans to include procedures for compensating customers impacted by deenergization.
- Updates the wildfire mitigation plan requirements to include more detailed risk assessments and vegetation management plans.
- Specifies notification procedures for customers impacted by deenergization events.
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