IV. EVALUATION OF VMUS' WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN
California Public Utilities Code section 8387(a) requires the following:
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.
The Victorville Fire Department has determined that VMUS complies with this standard due to the construction of VMUS's equipment and resources not being located in an area that is considered an elevated or extreme risk of electric line wildfire. Also, with VMUS's electrical lines being entirely underground, this significantly decreases the opportunity for wildfires to occur above ground during high fire danger conditions.
The following table lists each required element for VMUS' WMP and provides the Victorville Fire Department's assessment of the comprehensiveness of that element within VMUS' WMP.
| Required Element of WMP | Location in WMP | Summary of VMUS WMP | Independent Evaluator's Assessment |
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| PUC § 8387(b)(2)(A): An accounting of the responsibilities of persons responsible for executing the plan. | Section III | Utilities Commission, VMUS staff, City Council and the Victorville Fire Department | VMUS WMP meets this requirement. |
| PUC § 8387(b)(2)(B): The objectives of the wildfire mitigation plan. | Section II | Description of current VMUS policy, practices, and procedures that reduce its wildfire risk. Goal to improve electric grid resiliency. | VMUS WMP meets this requirement. |
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