Electricity: wildfire mitigation: deenergization events and reliability.

Senator Cervantes' legislation requires electrical corporations to develop support plans for vulnerable populations during power shutoffs and mandates detailed reporting on service interruptions. The bill directs utilities to collaborate with state agencies and community organizations serving individuals with access and functional needs to create publicly available assistance protocols for deenergization events.

Following each power shutoff, electrical corporations must document the timing, location, and duration, along with the number and types of affected customers, including those receiving financial assistance or medical baseline allowances. These reports will be provided to local officials to inform response planning. By 2027, the Public Utilities Commission will determine whether to require additional data, such as census tract-level impacts and effects on disadvantaged communities.

The legislation also establishes new reliability reporting requirements for both electrical corporations and local publicly owned utilities. Annual reports must detail service interruption frequency and duration, with the Commission evaluating potential expansions to include system-level metrics and granular demographic data. While maintaining transparency, the bill requires sufficient confidentiality protections for electrical system security information.