California PUC signs off on wildfire mitigation plans for investor-owned utilities

摘要

California regulators Thursday approved legislatively mandated plansaimed at preventing wildfires by cutting back vegetation from electricalequipment, installing insulated electric lines, stepping up inspectionsand setting up monitoring cameras, among other measures.In addition to approving the individual plans, which the state'sinvestor-owned utilities proposed, the California Public UtilitiesCommission also issued an overall decision that addresses issuescommon to all the plans. Those plans are required by Senate Bill 901, alaw the state passed in 2018 after devastating blazes swept throughutility service areas, threatening the companies' financial viability.