Has previously pre-emptively shut off electricity in response to elevated wildfire risk? ☐ Yes ☒ NoIf yes, then provide the following data for calendar year 2022: N/A.
B. STATUTORY CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
Table 2: Cross References to Statutory Requirements
RequirementStatutory LanguageLocation in WMP
Persons ResponsiblePUC § 8387(b)(2)(A): An accounting of the responsibilities of persons responsible for executing the plan.Section 3-B Page 8
Objectives of the PlanPUC § 8387(b)(2)(B): The objectives of the wildfire mitigation plan.Section 2 Page: 6
Preventive StrategiesPUC § 8387(b)(2)(C): A description of the preventive strategies and programs to be adopted by the local publicly owned electric utility or electrical cooperative to minimize the risk of its electrical lines and equipment causing catastrophic wildfires, including consideration of dynamic climate change risks.Section 5 Page 14
Evaluation MetricsPUC § 8387(b)(2)(D): A description of the metrics the local publicly owned electric utility or electrical cooperative plans to use to evaluate the wildfire mitigation plan’s performance and the assumptions that underlie the use of those metrics.Section 7-A Page 17
Impact of MetricsPUC § 8387(b)(2)(E): A discussion of how the application of previously identified metrics to previous wildfire mitigation plan performances has informed the wildfire mitigation plan.Section 7-B Page 18
Deenergization ProtocolsPUC § 8387(b)(2)(F): Protocols for disabling reclosers and deenergizing portions of the electrical distribution system that consider the associated impacts on public safety, as well as protocols related to mitigating the public safety impacts of those protocols, including impacts on critical first responders and on health and communication infrastructure.Section 5-E & F Page 15
Customer Notification ProceduresPUC § 8387(b)(2)(G): Appropriate and feasible procedures for notifying a customer who may be impacted by the deenergizing of electrical lines. The procedures shall consider the need to notify, as a priority, critical first responders, health care facilities, and operators of telecommunications infrastructure.Section 6 Page 15
Vegetation ManagementPUC § 8387(b)(2)(H): Plans for vegetation management.Section 5-C Page 15
InspectionsPUC § 8387(b)(2)(I): Plans for inspections of the local publicly owned electric utility’s or electrical cooperative’s electrical infrastructure.Section 5-D Page 15
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