The California Wildfire Safety Advisory Board (WSAB) issued the Guidance Advisory Opinion for the 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plans of Electric Publicly Owned Utilities and Cooperatives (“2021 WSAB Guidance Advisory Opinion”) on December 15, 2020. Victorville Municipal Utility Services (VMUS) provides this document to the WSAB in order to respond to each of the recommendations included in the 2021 WSAB Guidance Advisory Opinion. VMUS has provided a narrative response and/or a cross reference to the location in the adopted Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) where the topic is addressed.
WSAB requested that POUs provide an informational table to assist the Staff and Board members in understanding the unique characteristics of each POU.
Table 1: Context-Setting Information
Utility Name Victorville Municipal Utility Services (VMUS)
Service Territory Size 6 square miles
Owned Assets ☐ Transmission ☒ Distribution ☐ Generation
Number of Customers Served 33 customer accounts
Customer Class Makeup Number of Accounts Share of Total Load (MWh)
Population Within Service Territory N/A people
0% Residential;0% Government;0% Agricultural;0% Small/Medium Business;100% Commercial/Industrial 0% Residential;0% Government;0% Agricultural;0% Small/Medium Business;100% Commercial/Industrial
Service Territory Location/Topography1 0% Agriculture0% Barren/Other0% Conifer Forest0% Conifer Woodland99% Desert0% Hardwood Forest0% Hardwood Woodland0% Herbaceous
1 This data shall be based on the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, California Multi-Source Vegetation Layer Map, depicting WHR13 Types (Wildlife Habitat Relationship classes grouped into 13 major land cover types) available at: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=b7ec5d68d8114b1fb2bfbf4665989eb3.
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