Mitigating the risk of wildfires through electric utility planning and identification of best management practices appropriate to each electric utility's circumstances.
Summary
Directs the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in consultation with the Energy Resilience and Emergency Management Office of the Department of Commerce, to contract with a consultant to recommend a format and list of elements to be included in an electric utility wildfire mitigation plan.
Requires the DNR to publish a recommended electric utility wildfire mitigation plan format and list of elements by April 1, 2024.
Requires each investor-owned and consumer-owned electrical utility to review and revise its wildfire mitigation plan by October 31, 2024, and at a minimum every three years thereafter.
Requires the DNR to submit a summary and compilation of the wildfire mitigation plans to the Legislature by December 31, 2024.
From the Second Substitute House Bill Report (2SHB 1032), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
AN ACT Relating to mitigating the risk of wildfires through electric utility planning and identification of best management practices appropriate to each electric utility's circumstances;