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<br /> RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br /> <br />Board Memorandum <br /> <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JUNE 27, 2022 <br />SUBJECT: RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES 2022 WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN PREPARED <br />IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE SECTION <br />8387 FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE WILDFIRE SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD <br />ISSUE: <br />Consider approving the Riverside Public Utilities 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan for submittal to the <br />Wildfire Safety Advisory Board in accordance with California Public Utilities Code Section 8387. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />That the Board of Public Utilities approve the Riverside Public Utilities 2022 Wildfire Mitigation <br />Plan, Version 2, for submittal to the Wildfire Safety Advisory Board in accordance with California <br />Public Utilities Code Section 8387. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) is prepared to meet the <br />standards set forth in Section 8387 of the Public Utilities Code. Senate Bill (SB) 901 amended <br />Section 8387 of the Public Utilities Code when it passed in September 2018. The new code <br />section tasked all private and publicly owned utilities and corporations, among other actions, to <br />construct, maintain, and operate their electrical system in a manner that minimizes the risk of <br />wildfire. To ensure that each utility addressed the risk of their electric systems causing a wildfire, <br />several requirements were put in place and are summarized here: <br />1. All utilities, public and private, are required to prepare a WMP and update the plan annually. <br />2. A prescriptive list of required elements for the WMP is identified and must be addressed <br />by each utility. <br />3. The utility must have their WMP reviewed and assessed for comprehensiveness by an <br />independent evaluator with experience in assessing the safe operation of electrical <br />infrastructure. <br />4. Both the WMP and the report issued by the independent evaluator must be presented at a <br />public meeting of the util governing board. <br />5. <br />On July 12, 2019, Assembly Bill (AB) 1054 and AB 111 were passed. Neither bill changed the <br />required content of the WMP established by SB 901, but they did change procedure. AB 111 <br />required state agencies to form a new Wildfire Safety Division and establish a Wildfire Safety <br />Advisory Board (Wildfire Board) in 2020. Per the legislation, the new Division and the Wildfire <br /> <br />