Electricity: electrical infrastructure: permanently abandoned transmission facilities: emergency response: liaisons.
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Fiscal committee
No
Appropriation
No
Current location
Enrolled
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill requires California’s electrical corporations and local publicly owned electric utilities to remove permanently abandoned transmission facilities and establish procedures for coordinating with emergency response agencies. It mandates that wildfire mitigation plans include an accounting of all transmission facilities, including abandoned ones, and a plan for their removal. The bill also requires electrical corporations to assign liaison representatives to local emergency operations centers to improve coordination during emergencies. Finally, it exempts the bill from reimbursement requirements under the California Constitution.
Key provisions
- Requires electrical corporations to remove permanently abandoned transmission facilities.
- Mandates wildfire mitigation plans include accounting of all transmission facilities, including abandoned ones.
- Requires electrical corporations to assign liaison representatives to local emergency operations centers.
- Updates General Order No. 95 to include requirements for removing abandoned transmission facilities.
- Establishes procedures for coordinating efforts between electrical corporations and emergency response agencies.
- Requires electrical corporations to notify customers of potential deenergization events.
- Specifies requirements for wildfire risk assessments and mitigation plans.
- Defines ‘permanently abandoned transmission facility’.
Who is affected
- Electrical corporations
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