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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 2020 WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN ATTACHMENT 5 ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON PG&E’S UTILITY SURVE Y RESPONSES

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Page 1: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 2020 WILDFIRE …PG&E’s Approach to Survey In responding to the multiple-choice Utility Survey questions, PG&E approached each one as literally as

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

2020 WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN

ATTACHMENT 5

ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON

PG&E’S UTILITY SURVEY RESPONSES

Page 2: PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 2020 WILDFIRE …PG&E’s Approach to Survey In responding to the multiple-choice Utility Survey questions, PG&E approached each one as literally as

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN

ATTACHMENT 5

ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON

PG&E’S UTILITY SURVEY RESPONSES

Overview and Supplement to Utility Wildfire Mitigation Maturity Model

As part of a substantially revised 2020 Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) process, the

CPUC Wildfire Safety Division (WSD) directed California utilities to complete a

supplementary self-assessment of Wildfire Mitigation Capabilities. The self-assessment

is based on a WSD developed model, the Utility Wildfire Mitigation Maturity Model

(UWMMM or Maturity Model), which describes a methodology and provides a

framework that can be used to assess utility capabilities in reducing wildfire risk and

corresponding maturity levels. As outlined by the WSD, the UWMMM is intended to

provide the CPUC and the public with a view of the utility’s wildfire mitigation capabilities

and identify leading practices that may be shared across California utilities.

The UWMMM is comprised of 52 distinct “capabilities” organized into 10 categories.

In addition, the WSD provided a Utility Survey containing 247 questions that map into

the 52 capabilities. Each California utility is required to self-assess itself along all

247 questions on both its current (January 2020) and future state (January 2023) –

these answers have been recorded and submitted through a digital survey alongside

the 2020 WMP submission, on February 7, 2020. A print-out of those responses is

included as Attachment 4 to PG&E’s 2020 WMP.

Utility Survey Supplemental Information

To support PG&E’s Maturity Model and Survey submission, PG&E is including the

following information to provide additional background and detail on how we

approached the survey and challenges identified in responding to it. PG&E

understands that, as the WSD has stated previously, this Maturity Model and associated

assessments against it are valuable and iterative. PG&E is providing this supplemental

information to improve understanding and information sharing about how PG&E

responded to this survey and to help inform this vital process going forward.

PG&E’s Approach to Survey

In responding to the multiple-choice Utility Survey questions, PG&E approached

each one as literally as possible while also erring on the conservative side when an

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answer fell between two options (i.e., PG&E would choose the lower score). PG&E

further relied on the guidance given in the Survey Response Instructions, which state

that a utility shall indicate that they meet a given response option if they meet all of the

characteristics described within that response option, across all instances where the

question is valid. From PG&E’s perspective, this standard was particularly impactful

with “binary” (i.e., only two options) survey questions given that the two options were

usually at opposite ends of a possible spectrum and a simple yes or no response does

not accurately reflect PG&E’s actual capabilities. In some of these instances, PG&E

had to rely on the professional judgement of Subject Matter Experts (SME) to best

interpret the spirit, intent and specifics of a question; for example, survey question G.I.a

asks “does the utility have a centralized database of situational, operational, and risk

data” with the simple options: no or yes. PG&E answered “yes” to this question,

because, although this data is actually housed in multiple databases, the data is

centralized in a way that is easily accessible and makes sense for various data traits

across multiple databases.

PG&E enlisted the inputs from many internal SMEs to answer the questions within

their expertise. All answers were then reviewed by the Electric Operations Leadership

(including both Category-specific Responsible Directors as well as more senior

Leaders), Legal, and Regulatory teams. PG&E understands that the survey questions,

in combination with other inputs, will be translated by the WSD into maturity “scores” for

each of the 52 capabilities in the UWMMM.

Finally, when self-assessing future state scores, PG&E typically identified a higher

maturity level than the current state in the cases where an established plan with line of

sight supports the future score. In addition, in areas where the answer and/or maturity

score did not change, PG&E is not necessarily stating that no actions will be taken to

improve; there are levels of maturity within each option. Moreover, in some cases

improvements are planned that do not precisely align with a higher answer level

(e.g., PG&E is improving in a way that may be different than what is identified in the

survey answer rubric), or, in other cases, technology, tools, and other actions are being

evaluated or implemented but it is not fully clear at this point how, if or when those

activities will increase performance to the higher answer. PG&E takes answering the

questions to improve the wildfire capability seriously and it will continue to pursue a

wide array of improvements for those goals that do and do not fully align with the WSD’s

Maturity Model for all of California’s utilities.

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Scoring Challenges

As mentioned above, PG&E read each question as literally as possible and

answered conservatively each survey question. Even when applying those principles,

PG&E ran into several issues that could cause confusion or misinterpretation of the

answer.

Survey questions and answer choices were often rigid, highly specific, and may or

may not align with leading practices. For example, multiple survey questions

(e.g., F.III.b, I.III.b, I.III.c) ask about % of customers contacted during events and

suggest that the leading practice is contacting greater than 99.9% of customers.

However, PG&E does not have up-to-date contact information for its entire customer

base as customers have ultimate control of their contact information—this is a common

issue in the utility industry. Therefore, regardless of amount of effort, attaining the top

score in this type of question is likely unattainable.

In the survey itself, questions with binary answers oftentimes are not connected to

other questions or comment fields that would provide further insight into the response.

For example, survey question E.IV.f asks “does the utility remove vegetation waste

along its right of way across the entire grid” while providing the options: no or yes.

PG&E does remove vegetation waste along some of its right of ways, but it does not

remove all vegetation waste along every right of way across the grid. To be

conservative, PG&E answered no for both current and future state, which is not truly

reflective of the situation.

Finally, while PG&E understands that the WSD will compute the final maturity

scores for each capability using the survey responses alongside other inputs, there will

likely be multiple instances where one survey question will have a disproportionate

impact on a maturity score for one or more of the 52 capabilities that may not truly

reflect PG&E’s level of maturity. As an example, on survey question J.V.a

(Capability 52) regarding fuel management,1 a strict interpretation of the answers

requires PG&E to submit the lowest answer, which is expected to result in the entire

capability being graded a ‘0’. Matching back to the maturity model, a ‘0’ score on

capability 52 reads broadly as “Utility does not collaborate with other agencies

conducting non-emergency wildfire planning and initiatives to reduce wildfire risk.”

1 Question J.V.a asks “where does the utility conduct substantial fuel management?” with the options: utility does not conduct fuel management, utility conducts fuel management along rights of way, or utility conducts fuel management throughout service area.

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If scored in that way (a “0” on capability 52 because of question J.V.a), this maturity

assessment would not be accurate as there are several aspects to collaboration on

“wildfire planning and initiative to reduce wildfire risk” that are not being incorporated

into the response due to one score on a single question.

While PG&E appreciates the challenges inherent in creating a model to assess a

concept as complex as utility wildfire mitigation activities, PG&E has some concerns

about public perception issues given some of the scoring challenges outlined above.

Moreover, the UWMMM was designed as a “one size fits all” model for all California

utilities, and some of the practices that the WSD defines as leading or at a higher

maturity level may not be the most prudent or impactful in reducing wildfire risk as it

specifically pertains to PG&E and its service territory.

Future Evolution

PG&E is supportive of a statewide approach to wildfire mitigation maturity and

agrees that the related benchmarking and best practices conversations will be

beneficial. PG&E is looking forward to robust conversations and idea sharing with the

WSD, other utilities, community partners, and the broader public on how continue to

evolve and improve the Maturity Model tool and overall wildfire risk reduction going

forward.

The tables that follow provide additional background and details on the Utility

Survey responses that were officially provided to the WSD through an online tool.

A download of those responses from the online survey tool has been provided in

Attachment 4.

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do

es t

he

uti

lity

use

in

its

wil

dfi

re r

isk

ass

essm

ents

?

ii

Qu

an

tita

tiv

e m

ean

s re

lati

ve

PG

&E

ass

esse

s w

ild

fire

ris

k u

sin

g a

rel

ati

ve

risk

met

ho

do

log

y t

ha

t d

oes

no

t in

clu

de

the

use

of

a q

ua

nti

fied

co

nfi

den

ce i

nte

rva

l. S

pec

ific

all

y,

PG

&E

ca

lcu

late

s ri

sk s

core

s b

y

mu

ltip

lyin

g t

he

exp

ecte

d c

on

seq

uen

ce o

f a

ris

k e

ven

t b

y t

he

lik

elih

oo

d o

f a

n r

isk

ev

ent

occ

urr

ing

(co

nsi

sten

t w

ith

D.1

8-1

2-0

14).

PG

&E

als

o f

act

ors

in

hig

h c

on

seq

uen

ce,

low

rela

tiv

e fr

equ

ency

ev

ents

(i.

e.,

tail

ev

ents

) u

sin

g a

Mu

lti-

Att

rib

ute

Va

lue

Fu

nct

ion

th

at

ass

oci

ate

s u

p t

o 1

0 t

imes

mo

re "

imp

ort

an

ce"

to t

ail

ev

ents

th

an

rel

ati

vel

y c

om

mo

n

even

ts.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

usi

ng

th

is m

eth

od

olo

gy

.

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ilit

y I

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pp

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d

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ula

tio

n

3E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re

con

seq

uen

ces

for

com

mu

nit

ies

A.I

II.a

Ho

w i

s es

tim

ate

d c

on

seq

uen

ce o

f

ign

itio

n r

ela

yed

?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

ca

teg

ori

zes

ign

itio

n e

ven

ts e

ith

er a

s a

lo

w o

r h

igh

ris

k t

o c

om

mu

nit

ies

an

d w

ill

con

tin

ue

do

ing

so

. P

G&

E i

s a

lso

alw

ay

s lo

ok

ing

fo

r a

pp

rop

ria

te w

ay

s to

id

enti

fy

ign

itio

n r

isk

su

ch a

s ra

nk

ing

th

e ri

sk o

f ci

rcu

its.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

3E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re

con

seq

uen

ces

for

com

mu

nit

ies

A.I

II.b

Wh

at

met

rics

are

use

d t

o e

stim

ate

th

e

con

seq

uen

ce o

f ig

nit

ion

ris

k?

iii

Ca

tast

rop

hic

ev

ent

mea

ns

at

lea

st o

ne

fata

lity

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s R

EA

X a

nd

Tec

hn

osy

lva

to

est

ima

te c

on

seq

uen

ce o

f ig

nit

ion

ris

k

usi

ng

po

ten

tia

l p

op

ula

tio

n i

mp

act

ed,

nu

mb

er o

f st

ruct

ure

s a

nd

nu

mb

er o

f a

cres

bu

rned

. T

hes

e to

ols

do

no

t in

clu

de

the

nu

mb

er o

f p

ote

nti

al

fata

liti

es.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

on

im

pro

vin

g i

ts e

stim

ati

on

mo

del

bu

t d

oes

no

t a

nti

cip

ate

ha

vin

g a

ir

qu

ali

ty a

nd

GH

G a

na

lyse

s b

ein

g i

nco

rpo

rate

d i

n t

he

esti

ma

tio

n b

y 2

02

3.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

3E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re

con

seq

uen

ces

for

com

mu

nit

ies

A.I

II.c

Is t

he

ign

itio

n r

isk

im

pa

ct a

na

lysi

s

av

ail

ab

le f

or

all

sea

son

s?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

's i

gn

itio

n r

isk

im

pa

ct a

na

lysi

s is

av

ail

ab

le t

hro

ug

ho

ut

all

sea

son

s o

f th

e y

ear.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

3E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re

con

seq

uen

ces

for

com

mu

nit

ies

A.I

II.d

Ho

w a

uto

ma

ted

is

the

ign

itio

n r

isk

esti

ma

tio

n p

roce

ss?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

's c

urr

ent

ign

itio

n r

isk

est

ima

tio

n p

roce

ss i

s n

ot

au

tom

ate

d.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

on

au

tom

ati

ng

th

e p

roce

sses

as

mu

ch a

s p

ract

ica

lly

fea

sib

le t

hro

ug

h i

nte

gra

tio

n

of

dif

fere

nt

da

ta s

ou

rces

.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

3E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re

con

seq

uen

ces

for

com

mu

nit

ies

A.I

II.e

Ho

w g

ran

ula

r is

th

e ig

nit

ion

ris

k

esti

ma

tio

n p

roce

ss?

iii

iii

No

ne

Gra

nu

lari

ty f

or

ign

itio

n r

isk

est

ima

tio

n p

roce

sses

are

do

ne

at

the

ass

et l

evel

fo

r

dis

trib

uti

on

an

d a

t th

e ci

rcu

it l

evel

fo

r tr

an

smis

sio

n.

No

ch

an

ge

is e

xp

ecte

d i

n t

he

futu

re.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

3E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re

con

seq

uen

ces

for

com

mu

nit

ies

A.I

II.f

Ho

w a

re t

he

ou

tpu

ts o

f th

e ig

nit

ion

ris

k

imp

act

ass

essm

ent

too

l ev

alu

ate

d?

iii

iIn

dep

end

ent

- ca

n e

ith

er b

e a

n i

nte

rna

l a

sses

smen

t

(in

dep

end

ent

fro

m r

esp

on

sib

le/a

cco

un

tab

le t

eam

)

or

an

ex

tern

al

thir

d p

art

y

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ev

alu

ate

s o

utp

uts

of

the

ign

itio

n r

isk

im

pa

ct a

sses

smen

t to

ol,

bu

t th

e

eva

lua

tio

n i

s d

on

e b

y t

he

resp

on

sib

le t

eam

, n

ot

an

in

dep

end

ent

exp

ert.

In

th

e fu

ture

,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to i

nco

rpo

rate

in

dep

end

ent

ass

essm

ent

thro

ug

h e

ith

er e

xte

rna

l th

ird

pa

rty

or

an

in

tern

al

ass

essm

ent

tea

m t

ha

t is

in

dep

end

ent

of

the

tea

m

resp

on

sib

le/a

cco

un

tab

le f

or

exec

uti

ng

th

e ri

sk i

mp

act

an

aly

sis.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

3E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re

con

seq

uen

ces

for

com

mu

nit

ies

A.I

II.g

Wh

at

oth

er i

np

uts

are

use

d t

o e

stim

ate

imp

act

?

ii

Veg

eta

tio

n a

nd

wea

ther

are

use

d t

o e

stim

ate

con

seq

uen

ce o

r sp

rea

d,

no

t li

kel

iho

od

of

ign

itio

n.

PG

&E

use

s v

eget

ati

on

an

d w

eath

er t

o e

stim

ate

th

e co

nse

qu

ence

(a

ka

sp

rea

d)

of

a

wil

dfi

re s

ho

uld

an

ig

nit

ion

ta

ke

pla

ce.

Th

ese

two

in

pu

ts,

alo

ng

wit

h o

ther

s su

ch a

s

mo

istu

re t

yp

es,

hel

p i

nfo

rm t

he

Tec

hn

osy

lva

ou

tpu

ts.

PG

&E

is

wo

rkin

g o

n d

evel

op

ing

solu

tio

ns

wit

h T

ech

no

sylv

a t

ha

t w

hen

ov

erla

id w

ith

ad

dit

ion

al

wea

ther

da

ta,

cou

ld

hel

p i

den

tify

veg

eta

tio

n s

pec

ies

or

stri

ke

tree

s. T

his

da

ta h

as

bee

n c

oll

ecte

d i

n T

ier

2/3

HF

TD

.A

Ris

k M

ap

pin

g a

nd

Sim

ula

tio

n

4E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re a

nd

PS

PS

ris

k-

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct

A.I

V.a

Ho

w i

s ri

sk r

edu

ctio

n i

mp

act

est

ima

ted

? i

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ha

s a

n S

ME

in

form

ed p

roce

ss t

o e

stim

ate

th

e p

ote

nti

al

risk

red

uct

ion

by

in

itia

tiv

e, b

ut

do

es n

ot

ha

ve

eno

ug

h o

per

ati

on

al

his

tory

to

va

lid

ate

th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of

the

risk

red

uct

ion

by

in

itia

tiv

e w

ith

th

e ex

cep

tio

n o

f P

SP

S.

PG

&E

ca

lcu

late

s a

PS

PS

de-

ener

giz

iati

on

sco

pin

g c

rite

ria

est

ima

ted

ris

k r

edu

ctio

n p

erce

nta

ge

tha

t is

ba

sed

on

his

tori

cal

ou

tag

e d

ata

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

va

lid

ate

its

ris

k r

edu

ctio

n e

stim

ati

on

pro

cess

th

rou

gh

act

ua

l p

erfo

rma

nce

of

the

circ

uit

s.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

4E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re a

nd

PS

PS

ris

k-

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct

A.I

V.b

Ho

w a

uto

ma

ted

is

yo

ur

ign

itio

n r

isk

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct a

sses

smen

t to

ol?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

's c

urr

ent

ign

itio

n r

isk

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct a

sses

smen

t is

no

t a

uto

ma

ted

. In

th

e

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

on

au

tom

ati

ng

th

e a

sses

smen

t a

s m

uch

as

pra

ctic

all

y f

easi

ble

,

thro

ug

h i

nte

gra

tio

n o

f d

iffe

ren

t d

ata

so

urc

es.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

4E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re a

nd

PS

PS

ris

k-

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct

A.I

V.c

Ho

w g

ran

ula

r is

th

e ig

nit

ion

ris

k

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct a

sses

smen

t to

ol?

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

cu

rren

t p

roce

ss f

or

esti

ma

tio

n o

f w

ild

fire

ris

k-r

edu

ctio

n i

mp

act

use

s S

MA

P

wh

ich

is

less

gra

nu

lar

tha

n r

egio

na

l. P

G&

E's

pro

cess

fo

r es

tim

ati

ng

PS

PS

ris

k

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct y

ield

s a

hig

her

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

, lo

ok

ing

at

the

sco

pe

for

de-

ener

giz

ati

on

vs.

th

e a

ctu

al

for

pre

vio

us

PS

PS

ev

ents

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s to

imp

rov

e it

s es

tim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re a

nd

PS

PS

ris

k-r

edu

ctio

n i

mp

act

to

th

e ci

rcu

it l

evel

.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

4E

stim

ati

on

of

wil

dfi

re a

nd

PS

PS

ris

k-

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct

A.I

V.d

Ho

w a

re i

gn

itio

n r

isk

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct

ass

essm

ent

too

l es

tim

ate

s a

sses

sed

?

iii

i"I

nd

epen

den

t" c

an

eit

her

be

an

in

tern

al

ass

essm

ent

(in

dep

end

ent

fro

m r

esp

on

sib

le/a

cco

un

tab

le t

eam

)

or

an

ex

tern

al

thir

d p

art

y.

PG

&E

ass

ess

its

esti

ma

tes

of

ign

itio

n r

isk

red

uct

ion

im

pa

cts

wit

h l

imit

ed

form

al

evid

ence

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s o

n u

tili

zin

g e

xp

ert

ass

essm

ents

.

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isk

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dfi

re a

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k-

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct

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V.e

Wh

at

ad

dit

ion

al

info

rma

tio

n i

s u

sed

to

esti

ma

te r

isk

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct?

iiii

i"E

stim

ate

" in

clu

des

a r

ela

tiv

e p

rio

riti

zati

on

sca

le

fro

m l

ow

to

hig

h a

nd

th

is i

nfo

rms

ou

r w

ork

pri

ori

tiza

tio

n.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s ex

isti

ng

ha

rdw

are

ty

pe

an

d c

on

dit

ion

to

est

ima

te r

isk

red

uct

ion

imp

act

. F

or

tra

nsm

issi

on

, P

G&

E a

lso

use

s a

n O

per

ab

ilit

y A

sses

smen

t m

od

el t

ha

t

fact

ors

in

ma

inte

na

nce

ta

gs

/ eq

uip

men

t co

nd

itio

n.

PG

&E

ha

s st

ruct

ure

d i

ts w

ork

ma

na

gem

ent

in a

wa

y t

ha

t p

rio

riti

zes

risk

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct,

bu

t d

oes

no

t q

ua

nti

fy i

t.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to g

ath

er a

dd

itio

na

l d

ata

th

at

can

be

inco

rpo

rate

d i

nto

calc

ula

tio

ns

use

d t

o e

stim

ate

ris

k r

edu

ctio

n i

mp

act

.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

5R

isk

ma

ps

an

d

sim

ula

tio

n

alg

ori

thm

s

A.V

.aW

ha

t is

th

e p

roto

col

to u

pd

ate

ris

k

ma

pp

ing

alg

ori

thm

s?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

foll

ow

a w

ell

def

ined

pro

cess

fo

r u

pd

ati

ng

ris

k m

ap

pin

g a

lgo

rith

ms.

PG

&E

pla

ns

on

cre

ati

ng

a w

ell

def

ined

pro

cess

es i

n t

he

futu

re.

PG

&E

do

es v

iew

dev

iati

on

s (m

ap

ped

in

ER

WIN

) a

nd

Tec

hn

osy

lva

act

s o

n d

evia

tio

ns.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

5R

isk

ma

ps

an

d

sim

ula

tio

n

alg

ori

thm

s

A.V

.bH

ow

au

tom

ate

d i

s th

e m

ech

an

ism

to

det

erm

ine

wh

eth

er t

o u

pd

ate

alg

ori

thm

s

ba

sed

on

dev

iati

on

s?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

use

s a

pa

rtia

lly

au

tom

ate

d p

roce

ss t

o d

eter

min

e w

het

her

to

up

da

te a

lgo

rith

ms

ba

sed

on

dev

iati

on

s. S

pec

ific

all

y,

Tec

hn

osy

lva

is

lin

ked

to

th

e C

AL

FIR

E f

ire

ale

rt

syst

em.

Th

is a

llo

ws

PG

&E

to

au

tom

ati

call

y a

cces

s a

nd

pro

cess

bu

rn f

oo

tpri

nt

da

ta

wit

h m

ach

ine

lea

rnin

g t

o u

pd

ate

its

sp

rea

d e

stim

ati

on

alg

ori

thm

s. P

G&

E u

ses

pa

rtia

l

au

tom

ati

on

wh

en e

stim

ati

ng

lik

elih

oo

d o

f ig

nit

ion

an

d d

oes

no

t a

nti

cip

ate

in

crea

sed

au

tom

ati

on

in

th

is c

ap

aci

ty.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

5R

isk

ma

ps

an

d

sim

ula

tio

n

alg

ori

thm

s

A.V

.cH

ow

are

dev

iati

on

s fr

om

ris

k m

od

el t

o

ign

itio

ns

an

d p

rop

ag

ati

on

det

ecte

d?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

's p

rop

ag

ati

on

det

ecti

on

s a

re c

alc

ula

ted

sem

i a

uto

ma

tica

lly

, b

ut

ign

itio

ns

dev

iati

on

s a

re n

ot

calc

ula

ted

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

be

ma

nu

all

y c

alc

ula

tin

g

ign

itio

ns

dev

iati

on

s.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

5R

isk

ma

ps

an

d

sim

ula

tio

n

alg

ori

thm

s

A.V

.dH

ow

are

dec

isio

ns

to u

pd

ate

alg

ori

thm

s

eva

lua

ted

?

iii

i"I

nd

epen

den

t" c

an

eit

her

be

an

in

tern

al

ass

essm

ent

(in

dep

end

ent

fro

m r

esp

on

sib

le/a

cco

un

tab

le t

eam

)

or

an

ex

tern

al

thir

d p

art

y.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ha

s th

e a

bil

ity

to

ch

eck

his

tori

cal

ign

itio

n d

ata

an

d s

ub

seq

uen

tly

ad

just

fu

el i

gn

itio

ns,

bec

au

se m

od

els

rece

ive

inp

uts

fro

m C

AL

FIR

E.

Ad

dit

ion

all

y,

dec

isio

ns

to u

pd

ate

alg

ori

thm

s a

re b

ein

g e

va

lua

ted

by

th

e re

spo

nsi

ble

tea

m.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to u

se i

nd

epen

den

t a

sses

smen

t to

ev

alu

ate

dec

isio

ns

to u

pd

ate

alg

ori

thm

s.

AR

isk

Ma

pp

ing

an

d

Sim

ula

tio

n

5R

isk

ma

ps

an

d

sim

ula

tio

n

alg

ori

thm

s

A.V

.eW

ha

t o

ther

da

ta i

s u

sed

to

ma

ke

dec

isio

ns

on

wh

eth

er t

o u

pd

ate

alg

ori

thm

s?

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y u

ses

his

tori

c ig

nit

ion

an

d p

rop

ag

ati

on

da

ta t

o u

pd

ate

alg

ori

thm

s.

PG

&E

use

s T

ech

no

sylv

a,

wh

ich

als

o h

as

con

tra

cts

wit

h C

AL

FIR

E a

nd

oth

er u

tili

ties

.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to l

ever

ag

e d

ata

fro

m o

ther

uti

liti

es a

nd

oth

er s

ou

rces

, b

ut

an

tici

pa

tes

it b

ein

g d

iffi

cult

to

est

ab

lish

th

is d

ata

sh

ari

ng

an

d i

nte

rch

an

gea

bil

ity

by

20

23

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

6W

eath

er

va

ria

ble

s

coll

ecte

d

B.I

.aW

ha

t w

eath

er d

ata

is

curr

entl

y

coll

ecte

d?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y c

oll

ects

wea

ther

da

ta f

rom

ov

er 6

00

in

sta

lled

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns.

PG

&E

curr

entl

y c

ap

ture

s h

um

idit

y,

pre

cip

ita

tio

n,

an

d a

tmo

sph

eric

win

d c

on

dit

ion

s. T

his

yea

r, P

G&

E w

ill

imp

rov

e it

s m

ap

pin

g o

f su

rfa

ce f

uel

s th

at

coex

ist

wit

h o

ver

hea

d

ass

ets,

wh

ich

wil

l th

en s

erv

e a

s a

n i

np

ut

for

the

fire

sp

rea

d m

od

el f

or

Tec

hn

osy

lva

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

6W

eath

er

va

ria

ble

s

coll

ecte

d

B.I

.bH

ow

are

mea

sure

men

ts v

ali

da

ted

?ii

ii"M

easu

rem

ents

" re

fers

to

mea

sure

men

ts t

ak

en f

rom

PG

&E

's w

eath

er s

tati

on

s.

PG

&E

mea

sure

s a

ctu

al

wea

ther

da

ta t

o f

ore

cast

ed d

ata

. T

her

e is

a p

resc

rib

ed

cali

bra

tio

n f

or

ha

rdw

are

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

tha

t is

a m

an

ua

l p

roce

ss t

ha

t re

qu

ires

dis

pa

tch

of

an

op

era

tor.

PG

&E

bel

iev

es t

he

ind

ust

ry b

est

pra

ctic

e is

ma

nu

al

at

this

tim

e a

nd

th

eref

ore

ha

s n

o p

lan

s to

ad

va

nce

bey

on

d t

his

res

po

nse

. E

xis

tin

g i

nd

ust

ry

bes

t p

ract

ices

are

no

t y

et a

uto

ma

ted

bec

au

se t

he

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

use

ph

ysi

cal

rota

tin

g

dev

ices

th

at

mu

st b

e m

an

ua

lly

ma

nip

ula

ted

to

rec

eiv

e a

n o

utp

ut

fro

m t

he

sen

sors

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

6W

eath

er

va

ria

ble

s

coll

ecte

d

B.I

.cA

re e

lem

ents

th

at

can

no

t b

e re

lia

bly

mea

sure

d i

n r

eal

tim

e b

ein

g p

red

icte

d

(e.g

., f

uel

mo

istu

re c

on

ten

t)?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

’s M

eteo

rolo

gy

tea

m u

ses

a h

igh

res

olu

tio

n i

n-h

ou

se m

eso

sca

le f

ore

cast

mo

del

(PO

MM

S)

to g

ener

ate

im

po

rta

nt

fire

wea

ther

pa

ram

eter

s in

clu

din

g w

ind

sp

eed

,

tem

per

atu

re,

rela

tiv

e h

um

idit

y,

an

d p

reci

pit

ati

on

at

a 3

-kil

om

eter

(k

m)

reso

luti

on

.

Ou

tpu

ts f

rom

PO

MM

S a

re u

sed

as

inp

uts

to

th

e N

ati

on

al

Fir

e D

an

ger

Ra

tin

g S

yst

em,

the

Nel

son

Dea

d F

uel

Mo

istu

re (

DF

M)

mo

del

, a

nd

a p

rop

riet

ary

Liv

e F

uel

Mo

istu

re

(LF

M)

mo

del

. In

ord

er t

o i

mp

rov

e th

e L

ive

Fu

el M

ois

ture

da

ta,

PG

&E

ha

s se

nt

ou

t it

s

Sa

fety

In

fra

stu

re P

rote

ctio

n T

eam

s (S

IPT

) to

cli

p s

am

ple

s o

f p

lan

ts a

nd

sh

ip t

o a

la

b

to m

easu

re t

he

mo

istu

re i

n a

n a

rea

. T

o b

ette

r u

nd

erst

an

d a

nd

fo

reca

st t

he

po

ten

tia

l o

f

an

ou

tag

e, P

G&

E a

lso

dev

elo

ped

an

d t

hen

op

era

tio

na

lly

dep

loy

ed t

he

Ou

tag

e

Pro

du

cin

g W

ind

(O

PW

) m

od

el.

See

sec

tio

n 5

.3.2

.1 -

Ad

va

nce

d w

eath

er m

on

ito

rin

g

an

d w

eath

er s

tati

on

s o

f th

e W

MP

fo

r m

ore

in

form

ati

on

on

PG

&E

's w

eath

er d

ata

va

ria

ble

co

llec

tio

n p

roce

ss.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

6W

eath

er

va

ria

ble

s

coll

ecte

d

B.I

.dH

ow

ma

ny

so

urc

es a

re b

ein

g u

sed

to

pro

vid

e d

ata

on

wea

ther

met

rics

bei

ng

coll

ecte

d?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

co

llec

ts o

ver

a t

era

by

te o

f w

eath

er d

ata

. S

ee s

ecti

on

5.3

.2.1

in

th

e W

MP

-

Ad

va

nce

d w

eath

er m

on

ito

rin

g a

nd

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

of

the

WM

P f

or

mo

re i

nfo

rma

tio

n

on

PG

&E

's w

eath

er d

ata

va

ria

ble

co

llec

tio

n p

roce

ss.

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itu

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on

al

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are

nes

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ing

7W

eath

er d

ata

reso

luti

on

B.I

I.a

Ho

w g

ran

ula

r is

th

e w

eath

er d

ata

th

at

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coll

ecte

d?

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eath

er d

ata

co

llec

ted

is

on

ly f

rom

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns.

PG

&E

's w

eath

er d

ata

co

llec

tio

n i

ncl

ud

es m

easu

rem

ents

fro

m o

ver

60

0 w

eath

er

sta

tio

ns

wh

ich

are

ca

lib

rate

d i

nto

hig

h r

eso

luti

on

mo

del

s. A

lth

ou

gh

, P

G&

E i

s th

e

larg

est

op

era

tor

of

uti

lity

ow

ned

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns,

it

do

es n

ot

curr

entl

y h

av

e en

ou

gh

wea

ther

pen

etra

tio

n t

o i

den

tify

rid

gel

ines

an

d w

ind

co

rrid

ors

in

a s

yst

ema

tic

fash

ion

an

d i

nst

ead

rel

ies

on

an

ad

ho

c p

roce

ss.

In o

rder

to

bet

ter

pre

dic

t w

eath

er o

n t

he

gri

d,

PG

&E

is

mo

vin

g t

o a

2/k

m r

eso

luti

on

mo

del

wh

ich

in

clu

des

52

ver

tica

l la

yer

s in

th

e

atm

osp

her

e.B

Sit

ua

tio

na

l

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

7W

eath

er d

ata

reso

luti

on

B.I

I.b

Ho

w f

req

uen

tly

is

da

ta g

ath

ered

iviv

Wea

ther

da

ta c

oll

ecte

d i

s o

nly

fro

m w

eath

er

sta

tio

ns.

PG

&E

's w

eath

er s

tati

on

s a

re c

urr

entl

y r

epo

rtin

g d

ata

ev

ery

10

min

ute

s (o

r 6

tim

es p

er

ho

ur)

. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

im

pro

ve

the

freq

uen

cy o

f w

eath

er d

ata

co

llec

ted

, b

ut

do

es n

ot

an

tici

pa

te h

av

ing

th

e a

bil

ity

to

ad

va

nce

to

ev

ery

min

ute

wit

hin

3 y

ears

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

7W

eath

er d

ata

reso

luti

on

B.I

I.c

Ho

w g

ran

ula

r is

th

e to

ol?

ii

iii

Gra

nu

lari

ty o

f th

e to

ol

refe

rs t

o t

he

act

ua

l w

eath

er

mea

sure

men

ts o

bta

ined

th

rou

gh

PG

&E

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

PG

&E

's w

eath

er s

tati

on

net

wo

rk i

s p

oin

t b

ase

d a

nd

ag

gre

ga

tes

up

to

a r

egio

na

l le

vel

bu

t ca

n b

e ex

tra

po

late

d t

o c

ircu

it l

evel

. P

G&

E's

sig

nif

ica

ntl

y v

ast

ser

vic

e a

rea

ma

kes

it

cha

llen

gin

g t

o a

gg

reg

ate

at

the

circ

uit

lev

el.

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

to i

nst

all

mo

re

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

an

d m

ov

e to

a 2

km

res

olu

tio

n b

y t

his

fir

e se

aso

n,

wh

ich

wil

l in

crea

se

wea

ther

da

ta g

ran

ula

rity

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

7W

eath

er d

ata

reso

luti

on

B.I

I.d

Ho

w a

uto

ma

ted

is

the

pro

cess

to

mea

sure

wea

ther

co

nd

itio

ns?

iviv

Wea

ther

da

ta c

oll

ecte

d i

s o

nly

fro

m w

eath

er

sta

tio

ns.

PG

&E

's p

roce

ss t

o m

easu

re w

eath

er c

on

dit

ion

s is

fu

lly

au

tom

ate

d.

Da

ta f

rom

PG

&E

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

is f

ed d

irec

tly

in

to a

pu

bli

c w

ebsi

te.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

8W

eath

er

fore

cast

ing

ab

ilit

y

B.I

II.a

Ho

w s

op

his

tica

ted

is

the

uti

lity

's

wea

ther

fo

reca

stin

g c

ap

ab

ilit

y?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

's w

eath

er f

ore

cast

ing

ca

pa

bil

itie

s u

se a

co

mb

ina

tio

n o

f w

eath

er s

tati

on

s a

nd

exte

rna

l w

eath

er d

ata

to

ma

ke

acc

ura

te f

ore

cast

s a

s in

dic

ate

d i

n s

ecti

on

5.3

.2.1

-

Ad

va

nce

d w

eath

er m

on

ito

rin

g a

nd

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

of

the

WM

P.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

curr

entl

y u

se r

eal-

tim

e, m

ach

ine

lea

rnin

g c

ap

ab

ilit

ies;

ho

wev

er,

mo

st o

f it

s m

od

els

are

bu

ilt

on

ma

chin

e le

arn

ing

ca

pa

bil

itie

s th

at

giv

es P

G&

E t

he

ab

ilit

y t

o p

ote

nti

all

y

lev

era

ge

in t

he

futu

re.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

8W

eath

er

fore

cast

ing

ab

ilit

y

B.I

II.b

Ho

w f

ar

in a

dv

an

ce c

an

acc

ura

te

fore

cast

s b

e p

rep

are

d?

ii

Wea

ther

ca

n o

nly

be

"acc

ura

tely

" fo

reca

sted

les

s

tha

n t

wo

wee

ks

in a

dv

an

ce.

PG

&E

bel

iev

es t

ha

t a

n a

ccu

rate

wea

ther

fo

reca

st c

an

on

ly b

e p

red

icte

d l

ess

tha

n t

wo

wee

ks

in a

dv

an

ce.

Fo

r th

is r

easo

n,

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

ha

ve

an

y p

lan

s to

ach

iev

e a

sco

re

ab

ov

e a

(i)

in

th

is c

ase

. P

G&

E w

ou

ld v

alu

e th

e o

pp

ort

un

ity

to

en

ga

ge

wit

h a

n e

nti

ty

tha

t h

as

the

ab

ilit

y t

o a

ccu

rate

ly f

ore

cast

th

e w

eath

er a

t le

ast

tw

o w

eek

s in

ad

va

nce

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

8W

eath

er

fore

cast

ing

ab

ilit

y

B.I

II.c

At

wh

at

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

ca

n f

ore

cast

s

be

pre

pa

red

?

iii

iii

Wea

ther

da

ta c

oll

ecte

d f

or

fore

cast

s is

on

ly f

rom

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns.

PG

&E

is

curr

entl

y a

ble

to

fo

reca

st a

t th

e ci

rcu

it l

evel

of

gra

nu

lari

ty.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l h

av

e a

2k

m r

eso

luti

on

gri

d b

ut

wil

l n

ot

be

ab

le t

o s

up

po

rt a

sp

an

lev

el o

f

gra

nu

lari

ty.

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

fo

reca

st a

t th

e ci

rcu

it l

evel

as

ad

dit

ion

al

gra

nu

lari

ty

to t

he

spa

n l

evel

wil

l n

ot

lea

d t

o i

mp

rov

ed o

per

ati

on

al

act

ion

s.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

8W

eath

er

fore

cast

ing

ab

ilit

y

B.I

II.d

Ho

w a

re r

esu

lts

erro

r-ch

eck

ed?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ch

eck

s w

eath

er f

ore

cast

ing

res

ult

s th

rou

gh

co

mp

ari

son

ag

ain

st

his

tori

cal

wea

ther

pa

tter

ns

an

d u

se o

f th

e N

ati

on

al

Cen

ter

for

En

vir

on

men

tal

Pre

dic

tio

n M

od

el E

va

lua

tio

n T

oo

l (N

CE

P M

ET

). T

his

to

ol

com

pa

res

mea

sure

d

wea

ther

da

ta f

rom

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

an

d p

erfo

rms

au

tom

ati

c er

ror

chec

kin

g.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

chec

kin

g w

eath

er f

ore

cast

ing

res

ult

s fo

r er

rors

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

8W

eath

er

fore

cast

ing

ab

ilit

y

B.I

II.e

Ho

w a

uto

ma

ted

is

the

fore

cast

pro

cess

? ii

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

fo

reca

stin

g p

roce

ss i

s a

mo

stly

au

tom

ate

d p

roce

ss.

It i

s n

ot

a f

ull

y a

uto

ma

ted

pro

cess

du

e to

th

e fa

ct t

ha

t th

e te

am

ha

s to

ta

ke

the

ou

tpu

ts f

rom

mu

ltip

le a

uto

ma

ted

pro

cess

es (

e.g

., d

eriv

ati

ve

fore

cast

mo

del

s) a

nd

per

form

a m

an

ua

l re

con

cili

ati

on

.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

an

tici

pa

te b

ein

g f

ull

y a

uto

ma

ted

by

20

23

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

9E

xte

rna

l so

urc

es

use

d i

n w

eath

er

fore

cast

ing

B.I

V.a

Wh

at

sou

rce

do

es t

he

uti

lity

use

fo

r

wea

ther

da

ta?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s a

co

mb

ina

tio

n o

f a

ccu

rate

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

an

d e

xte

rna

l w

eath

er

da

ta s

ou

rces

as

men

tio

ned

in

sec

tio

n 5

.3.2

.1 -

Ad

va

nce

d w

eath

er m

on

ito

rin

g a

nd

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns

of

the

WM

P.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to s

tart

co

rrel

ati

ng

wh

ich

wea

ther

da

ta h

as

the

hig

hes

t a

ccu

racy

, b

ut

do

es n

ot

an

tici

pa

te a

chie

vin

g t

he

nec

essa

ry

lev

el o

f p

rog

ram

min

g t

o i

mp

lem

ent

this

in

th

e n

ext

3 y

ears

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

9E

xte

rna

l so

urc

es

use

d i

n w

eath

er

fore

cast

ing

B.I

V.b

Ho

w i

s w

eath

er s

tati

on

da

ta c

hec

ked

fo

r

erro

rs?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

's w

eath

er s

tati

on

da

ta i

s cu

rren

tly

pro

cess

ed m

an

ua

lly

by

an

ex

tern

al

ven

do

r

usi

ng

au

tom

ate

d t

oo

ls.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

bel

iev

e th

at

va

lid

ati

ng

th

e lo

cati

on

of

its

nu

mer

ou

s w

eath

er s

tati

on

s is

th

e m

ost

eff

ecti

ve

use

of

met

eoro

log

y r

eso

urc

es i

n t

he

nex

t th

ree

yea

rs.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

9E

xte

rna

l so

urc

es

use

d i

n w

eath

er

fore

cast

ing

B.I

V.c

Fo

r w

ha

t is

wea

ther

da

ta u

sed

? ii

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

wea

ther

da

ta i

s u

sed

to

cre

ate

a s

ing

le v

isu

al

an

d c

on

fig

ura

ble

liv

e m

ap

(PO

MM

S)

tha

t is

use

d t

o h

elp

ma

ke

dec

isio

ns.

See

sec

tio

n 5

.3.2

.1 -

Ad

va

nce

d w

eath

er

mo

nit

ori

ng

an

d w

eath

er s

tati

on

s o

f th

e W

MP

fo

r m

ore

in

form

ati

on

.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

10W

ild

fire

det

ecti

on

pro

cess

es a

nd

cap

ab

ilit

ies

B.V

.aA

re t

her

e w

ell-

def

ined

pro

ced

ure

s fo

r

det

ecti

ng

ig

nit

ion

s a

lon

g t

he

gri

d?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

's c

urr

ent

pro

ced

ure

s fo

r d

etec

tin

g i

gn

itio

ns

alo

ng

th

e g

rid

in

clu

de

use

of

sate

llit

es,

rad

io m

on

ito

rin

g,

ver

ba

l re

cord

s fr

om

per

son

nel

in

th

e fi

eld

, a

nd

th

e

dis

pa

tch

sy

stem

fo

r C

AL

FIR

E i

n t

he

WS

OC

.

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ilit

y

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te

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lan

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on

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teg

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ap

ab

ilit

y I

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al

De

liv

er

ab

leQ

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sti

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In

fo

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

10W

ild

fire

det

ecti

on

pro

cess

es a

nd

cap

ab

ilit

ies

B.V

.bW

ha

t eq

uip

men

t is

use

d t

o d

etec

t

ign

itio

ns?

iviv

No

ne

PG

&E

's W

SO

C u

ses

its

Ou

tag

e M

an

ag

emen

t T

oo

l a

nd

th

e G

OE

S 1

6/1

7 s

ate

llit

e

soft

wa

re,

to d

etec

t ig

nit

ion

s. D

etec

ted

ig

nit

ion

s a

re r

epo

rted

to

an

d m

on

ito

red

by

th

e

WS

OC

's 2

4/7

tea

m.

Th

e W

SO

C t

hen

ap

pli

es i

ts r

emo

tely

op

era

ted

ca

mer

as

to f

urt

her

an

aly

se a

nd

in

ves

tig

ate

an

y r

epo

rted

ig

nit

ion

s.B

Sit

ua

tio

na

l

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

10W

ild

fire

det

ecti

on

pro

cess

es a

nd

cap

ab

ilit

ies

B.V

.cH

ow

is

info

rma

tio

n o

n d

etec

ted

ign

itio

ns

rep

ort

ed?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

use

s a

mo

stly

au

tom

ate

d p

roce

ss i

n r

epo

rtin

g d

etec

ted

ig

nit

ion

s. F

or

exa

mp

le,

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ha

s a

n a

uto

ma

ted

em

ail

no

tifi

cati

on

gen

era

ted

fro

m s

ate

llit

e

det

ecti

on

of

ign

itio

n t

ha

t is

dis

trib

ute

d t

o s

up

pre

ssio

n f

orc

es b

ut

no

t n

eces

sari

ly k

ey

sta

keh

old

ers.

PG

&E

's h

um

an

det

ecti

on

rep

ort

ing

pro

ced

ure

dir

ects

per

son

nel

to

dia

l

911

, w

hic

h t

hen

in

vo

lves

fir

e su

pp

ress

ion

fo

rces

. P

G&

E p

erso

nn

el i

n t

he

WS

OC

ha

ve

to g

ener

ate

an

d s

end

s em

ail

ale

rts

to k

ey i

nte

rna

l st

ak

eho

lder

s w

hen

a n

ew f

ire

is

iden

tifi

ed b

y a

hu

ma

n.

PG

&E

's C

ust

om

er C

are

tea

m i

s d

evel

op

ing

a t

oo

l th

at

wil

l b

e

ho

sted

on

th

e P

G&

E w

ebsi

te a

nd

wil

l sh

are

ale

rts

wit

h t

he

pu

bli

c.

BS

itu

ati

on

al

aw

are

nes

s a

nd

fore

cast

ing

10W

ild

fire

det

ecti

on

pro

cess

es a

nd

cap

ab

ilit

ies

B.V

.dW

ha

t ro

le d

oes

ig

nit

ion

det

ecti

on

soft

wa

re p

lay

in

wil

dfi

re d

etec

tio

n?

iiii

PG

&E

is

ma

kin

g t

he

ass

um

pti

on

th

at

"ig

nit

ion

det

ecti

on

so

ftw

are

in

ca

mer

as"

do

es n

ot

mea

n

soft

wa

re h

as

to b

e p

hy

sica

lly

in

th

e a

ctu

al

cam

era

s,

bu

t P

G&

E u

ses

cam

era

s fo

r fu

rth

er i

nv

esti

ga

tio

n o

f

an

y d

etec

tors

id

enti

fied

by

th

e sa

tell

ite

soft

wa

re.

PG

&E

use

s th

e G

OE

S 1

6/1

7 s

oft

wa

re i

n s

ate

llit

es t

o d

etec

t w

ild

fire

s, w

hic

h t

hen

ale

rts

PG

&E

's 2

4/7

WS

OC

, w

hic

h u

ses

rem

ote

ca

mer

as

to f

urt

her

in

ves

tig

ate

th

e si

tua

tio

n.

Th

is i

s cu

rren

tly

no

t a

n a

uto

ma

ted

pro

cess

es.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

pla

n t

o c

ha

ng

e th

is

det

ecti

on

pro

cess

in

th

e n

ear

futu

re.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

11A

pp

roa

ch t

o

pri

ori

tizi

ng

init

iati

ves

acr

oss

terr

ito

ry

C.I

.aH

ow

are

wil

dfi

re r

isk

red

uct

ion

init

iati

ves

pri

ori

tize

d?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

cu

rren

t p

lan

fo

cuse

s o

n t

he

per

form

an

ce o

f th

e g

rid

an

d p

rio

riti

zes

wil

dfi

re

risk

red

uct

ion

in

itia

tiv

es a

t th

e p

rote

ctio

n z

on

e (m

ore

gra

nu

lar

tha

n c

ircu

it)

lev

el.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

yet

ta

ke

into

acc

ou

nt

loca

l g

eog

rap

hie

s a

nd

cli

ma

te/w

eath

er

con

dit

ion

s. I

n t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to p

rio

riti

ze w

ild

fire

ris

k r

edu

ctio

n i

nit

iati

ves

targ

etin

g t

he

pro

tect

ion

zo

ne

lev

el,

ba

sed

on

ris

k m

od

elin

g d

riv

en b

y l

oca

l g

eog

rap

hy

an

d c

lim

ate

/wea

ther

co

nd

itio

ns,

fu

el l

oa

ds

an

d m

ois

ture

co

nte

nt

an

d t

op

og

rap

hy

.

No

te:

PG

&E

ha

s so

me

PS

PS

mit

iga

tio

ns

tha

t im

pa

ct n

on

HF

TD

are

as.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

12G

rid

des

ign

fo

r

min

imiz

ing

ign

itio

n r

isk

C.I

I.a

Do

es g

rid

des

ign

mee

t m

inim

um

G0

95

req

uir

emen

ts a

nd

lo

ad

ing

sta

nd

ard

s in

HF

TD

are

as?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

cu

rren

t g

rid

des

ign

mee

ts m

inim

um

GO

95

req

uir

emen

ts a

nd

lo

ad

ing

sta

nd

ard

s in

HF

TD

are

as.

PG

&E

rec

og

niz

es t

ha

t ci

rcu

its

on

rid

ge

lin

es m

ay

nee

d

dif

fere

nt

des

ign

cen

ters

an

d p

lan

s to

im

pro

ve

gri

d t

op

olo

gy

des

ign

req

uir

emen

ts i

n t

he

futu

re b

y i

nco

rpo

rati

ng

des

ign

s b

ase

d o

n a

n u

nd

erst

an

din

g o

f d

riv

ers

of

uti

lity

ign

itio

n r

isk

.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

12G

rid

des

ign

fo

r

min

imiz

ing

ign

itio

n r

isk

C.I

I.b

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

pro

vid

e m

icro

gri

ds

or

isla

nd

ing

wh

ere

tra

dit

ion

al

gri

d

infr

ast

ruct

ure

is

imp

ract

ica

ble

an

d

wil

dfi

re r

isk

is

hig

h?

iiii

Mic

rog

rid

s in

clu

des

tem

po

rary

gen

era

tio

n f

aci

liti

es.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

pro

vid

es m

icro

gri

ds

wh

ere

tra

dit

ion

al

gri

d i

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

is

imp

ract

ica

ble

an

d w

ild

fire

ris

k i

s h

igh

. F

or

exa

mp

le,

du

rin

g t

he

PS

PS

ev

ents

th

at

too

k

pla

ce b

etw

een

Oct

ob

er 2

6-2

9 2

019

, P

G&

E p

rov

ided

tem

po

rary

gen

era

tio

n i

n t

he

form

of

mic

ro g

rid

s. T

hes

e te

mp

ora

ry g

ener

ati

on

so

luti

on

s h

elp

ed k

eep

po

wer

on

fo

r

ap

pro

xim

ate

ly 4

,86

0 c

ust

om

ers

acr

oss

po

rtio

ns

of

An

gw

in,

Ca

list

og

a,

Gra

ss V

all

ey,

an

d P

lace

rvil

le.

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

an

d e

xp

an

d t

he

sta

nd

up

of

mic

ro g

rid

s fo

r

the

fore

seea

ble

fu

ture

.C

Gri

d d

esig

n a

nd

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

12G

rid

des

ign

fo

r

min

imiz

ing

ign

itio

n r

isk

C.I

I.c

Do

es r

ou

tin

g o

f n

ew p

ort

ion

s o

f th

e g

rid

tak

e w

ild

fire

ris

k i

nto

acc

ou

nt?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

's c

urr

ent

pro

cess

fo

r ro

uti

ng

new

po

rtio

ns

of

the

gri

d i

nv

olv

es a

pre

-wa

lk d

on

e

wit

h e

ng

inee

rin

g.

Th

e sy

stem

ha

rden

ing

pro

toco

l ta

kes

wil

dfi

re r

isk

in

to a

cco

un

t b

y

inv

olv

ing

a P

ub

lic

Sa

fety

Sp

ecia

list

(P

SS

) to

rem

ov

e a

sset

s w

hen

nec

essa

ry a

nd

dee

med

fea

sib

le.

PG

&E

's p

roto

col

is t

o r

ebu

ild

in

des

ign

, so

wh

en i

t is

no

t d

eem

ed

fea

sib

le t

o r

emo

ve

an

ass

et,

PG

&E

wil

l p

ut

it u

nd

erg

rou

nd

or

re-r

ou

te i

t.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

12G

rid

des

ign

fo

r

min

imiz

ing

ign

itio

n r

isk

C.I

I.d

Are

eff

ort

s m

ad

e to

in

corp

ora

te t

he

late

st a

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

stra

teg

ies

an

d

new

tec

hn

olo

gie

s in

to g

rid

to

po

log

y?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y m

ak

es e

ffo

rts

to i

nco

rpo

rate

th

e la

test

ass

et m

an

ag

emen

t st

rate

gie

s

an

d n

ew t

ech

no

log

ies

into

th

e g

rid

to

po

log

y.

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, a

t th

e en

d o

f 2

019

, P

G&

E

wo

rked

on

tes

tin

g t

he

mo

st e

ffec

tiv

e a

nd

fir

e re

sili

ent

po

les

for

syst

em h

ard

enin

g w

ith

a t

hir

d p

art

y l

ab

ora

tory

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s to

in

corp

ora

te a

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

stra

teg

ies

an

d t

ech

no

log

ies

acr

oss

th

e en

tire

ser

vic

e te

rrit

ory

ba

sed

on

ris

k s

pen

d

effi

cien

cy.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

13G

rid

des

ign

fo

r

resi

lien

cy a

nd

min

imiz

ing

PS

PS

C.I

II.a

Wh

at

lev

el o

f re

du

nd

an

cy d

oes

th

e

uti

lity

’s t

ran

smis

sio

n a

rch

itec

ture

ha

ve?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

's l

evel

of

red

un

da

ncy

fo

r tr

an

smis

sio

n a

rch

itec

ture

is

no

t en

tire

ly n

-1

red

un

da

nt,

alt

ho

ug

h m

ajo

rity

of

all

cir

cuit

s a

re.

PG

&E

is

min

imiz

ing

PS

PS

im

pa

cts

thro

ug

h m

icro

gri

ds,

tra

nsm

issi

on

lin

e ex

clu

sio

n,

incr

easi

ng

RO

W c

lea

ran

ce,

an

d

inst

all

ing

tra

nsm

issi

on

lin

e sw

itch

es.

PG

&E

fee

ls t

hes

e m

itig

ati

on

eff

ort

s m

ak

e m

ore

sen

se t

ha

n b

uil

din

g o

ut

pa

rall

el t

ran

smis

sio

n l

ines

to

in

crea

se r

edu

nd

an

cy.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

13G

rid

des

ign

fo

r

resi

lien

cy a

nd

min

imiz

ing

PS

PS

C.I

II.b

Wh

at

lev

el o

f re

du

nd

an

cy d

oes

th

e

uti

lity

’s d

istr

ibu

tio

n a

rch

itec

ture

ha

ve?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

's l

evel

of

red

un

da

ncy

fo

r d

istr

ibu

tio

n a

rch

itec

ture

is

no

t n

-1 r

edu

nd

an

t. P

G&

E

is m

inim

izin

g P

SP

S i

mp

act

s th

rou

gh

mic

rog

rid

s, d

istr

ibu

tio

n s

egm

enta

tio

n,

an

d

incr

easi

ng

rig

ht

of

wa

y c

lea

ran

ce.

PG

&E

fee

ls t

hes

e m

itig

ati

on

eff

ort

s a

re t

he

mo

st

pra

ctic

al

stra

teg

y.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

13G

rid

des

ign

fo

r

resi

lien

cy a

nd

min

imiz

ing

PS

PS

C.I

II.c

Wh

at

lev

el o

f se

ctio

na

liza

tio

n d

oes

th

e

uti

lity

’s d

istr

ibu

tio

n a

rch

itec

ture

ha

ve?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

aim

s to

use

sw

itch

es i

n H

FT

D a

rea

s to

in

div

idu

all

y i

sola

te c

ircu

its

such

th

at

no

mo

re t

ha

n 2

,00

0 c

ust

om

ers

sit

wit

hin

on

e sw

itch

, h

ow

ever

in

so

me

pa

rts

of

its

serv

ice

terr

ito

ry,

in p

art

icu

lar

tho

se t

ha

t a

re r

ad

iall

y f

ed,

it c

an

no

t is

ola

te l

ess

tha

n 2

,00

0

cust

om

ers

wit

hin

on

e sw

itch

. A

lso

, P

G&

E c

an

no

t m

inim

ize

imp

act

to

cu

sto

mer

s ju

st

on

sec

tio

na

liza

tio

n,

an

oth

er s

up

ply

so

urc

e is

nee

ded

.

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ry

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me

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pa

bil

ity

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ap

ab

ilit

y

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

n

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

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ur

re

nt

Sta

te

Sc

or

eF

utu

re

Sta

te S

co

re

As

su

mp

tio

nE

xp

lan

ati

on

Ca

teg

or

y/C

ap

ab

ilit

y I

nfo

Sc

or

es

Fin

al

De

liv

er

ab

leQ

ue

sti

on

In

fo

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

13G

rid

des

ign

fo

r

resi

lien

cy a

nd

min

imiz

ing

PS

PS

C.I

II.d

Ho

w d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty c

on

sid

er e

gre

ss

po

ints

in

its

gri

d t

op

olo

gy

?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s eg

ress

po

ints

as

an

in

pu

t fo

r g

rid

to

po

log

y.

In 2

019

, P

G&

E

con

du

cted

a m

acr

o l

evel

of

an

aly

sis

for

egre

ss.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

is

wo

rkin

g t

o

per

form

hig

her

pre

cisi

on

an

aly

ses

wit

h e

gre

ss a

s a

n i

np

ut

to g

rid

to

po

log

y,

bu

t d

oes

no

t a

nti

cip

ate

get

tin

g t

o t

he

po

int

of

esti

ma

tin

g a

n e

xa

ct e

va

cua

tio

n t

ime

for

ever

y

cust

om

er.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

14R

isk

-ba

sed

gri

d

ha

rden

ing

an

d

cost

eff

icie

ncy

C.I

V.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ha

ve

an

un

der

sta

nd

ing

of

the

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

of

ha

rden

ing

init

iati

ves

?

iiii

"Acc

ura

te"

mea

ns

as

clo

se t

o a

ccu

rate

as

po

ssib

le.

PG

&E

ha

s cl

ear

un

der

sta

nd

ing

of

the

rela

tiv

e co

st a

nd

eff

ecti

ven

ess

of

dif

fere

nt

init

iati

ves

. A

ccu

racy

ma

y n

ot

alw

ay

s b

e a

chie

ved

in

ev

ery

cir

cum

sta

nce

, b

ut

tha

t is

PG

&E

's g

oa

l. A

lth

ou

gh

it

ma

y n

ot

be

ach

iev

ed i

n t

he

nex

t th

ree

yea

rs,

PG

&E

is

wo

rkin

g t

ow

ard

s a

nd

th

riv

es t

o g

et t

o a

n u

ltim

ate

go

al

of

tail

ore

d c

ircu

mst

an

ces

of

dif

fere

nt

loca

tio

ns,

as

ever

y c

ircu

it p

rote

ctio

n z

on

e sh

ou

ld b

e ev

alu

ate

d f

or

risk

sp

end

effi

cien

cy.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

14R

isk

-ba

sed

gri

d

ha

rden

ing

an

d

cost

eff

icie

ncy

C.I

V.b

At

wh

at

lev

el c

an

est

ima

tes

be

pre

pa

red

?ii

iii

iN

on

eW

hil

e P

G&

E c

an

cu

rren

tly

pre

pa

re r

isk

ba

sed

gri

d h

ard

enin

g a

nd

co

st e

ffic

ien

cy

esti

ma

tes

at

the

pro

tect

ion

zo

ne

lev

el (

wh

ich

ca

n b

e a

su

bse

t o

f a

cir

cuit

), P

G&

E h

as

a

sta

nd

ard

ap

pro

ach

fo

r co

mp

ari

ng

in

itia

tiv

es a

nd

do

es n

ot

alw

ay

s es

tim

ate

at

the

circ

uit

lev

el.

PG

&E

bel

iev

es i

ncr

easi

ng

gra

nu

lari

ty t

o t

he

spa

n o

r a

sset

ba

se i

n t

he

futu

re w

ou

ld n

ot

be

ap

pro

pri

ate

an

d p

rese

nts

dif

ficu

lty

in

est

ima

tin

g r

isk

lev

els.

PG

&E

pla

ns

to u

se a

cir

cuit

ba

sed

ris

k e

stim

ate

or

mo

re g

ran

ula

r a

s n

eces

sary

(e.

g.

pro

tect

ion

zo

ne)

.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

14R

isk

-ba

sed

gri

d

ha

rden

ing

an

d

cost

eff

icie

ncy

C.I

V.c

Ho

w f

req

uen

tly

are

est

ima

tes

up

da

ted

? ii

iii

Th

is i

s m

easu

red

at

the

wil

dfi

re m

itig

ati

on

lev

el a

nd

is n

ot

on

ly a

t th

e g

rid

ha

rden

ing

pro

gra

m l

evel

.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

est

ima

tes

wil

dfi

re m

itig

ati

on

ris

k s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy e

stim

ate

s le

ss

freq

uen

tly

th

an

an

nu

all

y a

nd

aim

s to

ach

iev

e a

nn

ua

l u

pd

ate

s.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

14R

isk

-ba

sed

gri

d

ha

rden

ing

an

d

cost

eff

icie

ncy

C.I

V.d

Wh

at

gri

d h

ard

enin

g i

nit

iati

ves

do

es t

he

uti

lity

in

clu

de

wit

hin

its

ev

alu

ati

on

?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y i

ncl

ud

es s

om

e g

rid

ha

rden

ing

in

itia

tiv

es w

ith

in i

ts r

isk

sp

end

effi

cien

cy e

va

lua

tio

n.

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, re

pla

cin

g n

on

-ex

emp

t eq

uip

men

t w

ith

sy

stem

ha

rden

ing

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

focu

s o

n i

den

tify

ing

th

e co

mp

on

ents

th

at

yie

ld t

he

hig

hes

t ri

sk a

nd

wil

l in

clu

de

mo

re i

nit

iati

ves

th

at

are

aim

ed t

o r

emed

iate

th

ese

hig

h

risk

s in

its

ris

k s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy e

va

lua

tio

n.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

14R

isk

-ba

sed

gri

d

ha

rden

ing

an

d

cost

eff

icie

ncy

C.I

V.e

Ca

n t

he

uti

lity

ev

alu

ate

ris

k r

edu

ctio

n

syn

erg

ies

fro

m c

om

bin

ati

on

of

va

rio

us

init

iati

ves

?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

eva

lua

te r

isk

red

uct

ion

sy

ner

gie

s fr

om

co

mb

inin

g v

ari

ou

s in

itia

tiv

es a

t

this

tim

e b

eca

use

mo

re p

reci

sio

n i

s n

eed

ed.

In t

he

futu

re,

eva

lua

tin

g r

isk

sp

end

effi

cien

cy o

n s

yn

erg

y i

nit

iati

ves

wil

l b

e a

chie

va

ble

at

the

ass

et l

evel

.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

15G

rid

des

ign

an

d

ass

et i

nn

ov

ati

on

C.V

.aH

ow

are

new

ha

rden

ing

so

luti

on

init

iati

ves

ev

alu

ate

d?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y e

va

lua

tes

new

ha

rden

ing

so

luti

on

in

itia

tiv

es b

ase

d o

n i

nst

all

ati

on

in

to

gri

d a

nd

mea

suri

ng

dir

ect

red

uct

ion

in

ig

nit

ion

ev

ents

. F

or

exa

mp

le,

PG

&E

is

con

du

ctin

g a

pil

ot

in C

ali

sto

ga

usi

ng

Ra

pid

Ea

rth

Fa

ult

Cu

rren

t L

imit

er (

RE

FC

L)

pro

gra

m w

hic

h h

as

bee

n c

on

du

cted

wit

h S

iem

ens

an

d a

uti

lity

in

Au

stra

lia

. P

G&

E h

as

an

AT

S t

eam

th

at

is v

ery

ad

ept

in a

sses

sin

g v

iab

ilit

y o

f in

itia

tiv

es.

Mo

vin

g f

orw

ard

,

PG

&E

wil

l le

ver

ag

e in

dep

end

ent

thir

d p

art

y e

va

lua

tio

n w

hen

dee

med

ap

pro

pri

ate

. F

or

exa

mp

le,

PG

&E

is

test

ing

an

ult

raso

un

d i

nsp

ecti

on

met

ho

do

log

y i

n S

ou

th K

ore

a t

ha

t

is b

ein

g e

va

lua

ted

by

a t

hir

d p

art

y.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

15G

rid

des

ign

an

d

ass

et i

nn

ov

ati

on

C.V

.bA

re r

esu

lts

of

pil

ot

an

d c

om

mer

cia

l

dep

loy

men

ts,

incl

ud

ing

pro

ject

per

form

an

ce,

pro

ject

co

st,

geo

gra

ph

y,

clim

ate

, v

eget

ati

on

etc

. sh

are

d i

n

suff

icie

nt

det

ail

to

in

form

dec

isio

n

ma

kin

g a

t o

ther

uti

liti

es?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

sha

re p

ilo

t a

nd

co

mm

erci

al

dep

loy

men

t p

roje

ct d

ata

wit

h o

ther

uti

liti

es.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l fo

cus

on

sh

ari

ng

su

ch d

ata

wit

h t

he

sta

te a

nd

uti

liti

es w

ith

sim

ila

r o

per

ati

ng

en

vir

on

men

ts (

e.g

., A

ust

rali

a).

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

sha

re i

nfo

rma

tio

n w

ith

in

du

stry

an

d a

cad

emia

, b

ut

no

t ex

ten

siv

ely

dri

ve

soci

ali

zati

on

.

CG

rid

des

ign

an

d

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

15G

rid

des

ign

an

d

ass

et i

nn

ov

ati

on

C.V

.cIs

per

form

an

ce o

f n

ew i

nit

iati

ves

ind

epen

den

tly

au

dit

ed?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

is

curr

entl

y r

equ

ired

to

rec

eiv

e in

dep

end

ent

au

dit

s a

s p

art

of

pro

ba

tio

n,

bu

t th

is

do

es n

ot

spec

ific

all

y c

ov

er n

ew i

nit

iati

ves

. P

G&

E h

as

a t

ech

nic

all

y a

dep

t A

TP

tea

m

tha

t is

ab

le t

o p

rov

ide

a s

ign

ific

an

t a

mo

un

t o

f o

ver

sig

ht

inte

rna

lly

to

un

der

sta

nd

th

e

effe

ctiv

enes

s (o

r la

ck t

her

eof)

of

new

in

itia

tiv

es.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

use

in

dep

end

ent

au

dit

s w

hen

dee

med

nec

essa

ry a

nd

fin

an

cia

lly

ap

pro

pri

ate

fo

r n

ew

init

iati

ves

.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

16A

sset

in

ven

tory

an

d c

on

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

D.I

.aW

ha

t in

form

ati

on

is

cap

ture

d i

n t

he

equ

ipm

ent

inv

ento

ry d

ata

ba

se?

iiii

i1)

No

ass

et m

an

ag

emen

t p

rog

ram

is

100

% a

ccu

rate

-

ther

e is

an

ass

um

ed m

arg

in o

f er

ror.

2)

Th

e ex

pec

ted

lif

ecy

cle

is n

ot

at

the

com

po

nen

t

lev

el.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ma

inta

ins

an

in

ven

tory

of

equ

ipm

ent

tha

t m

ay

co

ntr

ibu

te t

o w

ild

fire

risk

. T

he

inv

ento

ry r

epo

rts

equ

ipm

ent

ag

e, c

on

dit

ion

, a

nd

lif

e cy

cle.

In

th

e fu

ture

,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to f

urt

her

dig

itiz

e th

is e

ffo

rt t

o i

ncl

ud

e eq

uip

men

t in

spec

tio

n r

eco

rds

an

d

rep

air

s in

on

e ce

ntr

al

da

tab

ase

.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

16A

sset

in

ven

tory

an

d c

on

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

D.I

.bH

ow

fre

qu

entl

y i

s th

e co

nd

itio

n

ass

essm

ent

up

da

ted

?

iiii

i."C

on

dit

ion

ass

essm

ent"

mea

ns

the

tim

e it

ta

kes

to

up

da

te t

he

syst

ems

aft

er t

he

insp

ecti

on

s a

re

com

ple

ted

.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

up

da

te c

on

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

in

th

e d

ata

ba

se s

yst

em o

uts

ide

the

HF

TD

s. I

n t

he

HF

TD

s, P

G&

E u

pd

ate

s th

e sy

stem

aft

er i

nsp

ecti

on

s a

nd

on

an

an

nu

al

ba

sis.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s to

up

da

te t

he

syst

em o

n a

qu

art

erly

ba

sis.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

16A

sset

in

ven

tory

an

d c

on

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

D.I

.cD

oes

all

eq

uip

men

t in

HF

TD

are

as

ha

ve

the

ab

ilit

y t

o d

etec

t a

nd

res

po

nd

to

ma

lfu

nct

ion

s?

iiii

"All

eq

uip

men

t" d

oes

no

t in

clu

de

ever

y a

ttri

bu

te

(e.g

. co

mp

on

ent

ma

nu

fact

ure

r),

for

ever

y

com

po

nen

t o

f th

e a

sset

.

PG

&E

ha

s a

sy

stem

an

d a

pp

roa

ch i

n p

lace

to

rel

iab

ly d

etec

t m

alf

un

ctio

ns

lik

ely

to

cau

se i

gn

itio

n i

n t

he

HF

TD

are

as.

Co

nti

nu

ou

s m

on

ito

rin

g o

f eq

uip

men

t is

no

t li

kel

y

du

e to

th

e fa

ct t

ha

t P

G&

E's

ser

vic

e te

rrit

ory

is

qu

ite

exte

nsi

ve.

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bil

ity

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ap

ab

ilit

y

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me

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tio

n

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me

Qu

es

tio

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ur

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te

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utu

re

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su

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tio

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lan

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teg

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y I

nfo

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al

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liv

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sti

on

In

fo

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

16A

sset

in

ven

tory

an

d c

on

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

D.I

.dH

ow

gra

nu

lar

is t

he

inv

ento

ry?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

tra

cks

inv

ento

ry a

t th

e a

sset

lev

el.

Ea

ch p

ole

ha

s a

n e

qu

ipm

ent

ID i

n

SA

P.

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

ma

inta

inin

g a

n i

nv

ento

ry a

t th

e a

sset

lev

el i

n t

he

futu

re.

It i

s im

po

rta

nt

to n

ote

th

at

no

t a

ll a

ttri

bu

tes

are

kn

ow

n a

t th

e a

sset

lev

el.

Fo

r ex

am

ple

,

com

po

nen

t m

an

ufa

ctu

rer

ma

y n

ot

be

kn

ow

n.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.a

Ho

w f

req

uen

t a

re y

ou

r p

atr

ol

insp

ecti

on

s?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y p

erfo

rms

pa

tro

l in

spec

tio

ns

on

tra

nsm

issi

on

an

d d

istr

ibu

tio

n a

sset

s

an

nu

all

y.

Th

is f

req

uen

cy i

s co

nsi

sten

t w

ith

min

imu

m r

egu

lato

ry r

equ

irem

ents

. In

th

e

futu

re,

the

pro

gra

m i

s m

ov

ing

fro

m a

pre

scri

pti

ve

tim

e cy

cle

freq

uen

cy t

o a

n a

pp

roa

ch

dri

ven

by

ris

k,

wit

h t

he

hig

hes

t ri

sk a

sset

s re

qu

irin

g m

ore

fre

qu

ent

an

d i

n-d

epth

insp

ecti

on

s th

an

lo

wer

ris

k a

sset

s. R

isk

is

dri

ven

by

ass

et h

ealt

h a

nd

co

nse

qu

ence

s o

f

ass

et f

ail

ure

s.D

Ass

et m

an

ag

emen

t

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.b

Ho

w a

re p

atr

ol

insp

ecti

on

s sc

hed

ule

d?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

sch

edu

les

pa

tro

l in

spec

tio

ns

ba

sed

on

an

nu

al

sch

edu

les

ou

tlin

ed i

n

gu

ida

nce

do

cum

ents

an

d i

n a

cco

rda

nce

wit

h r

egu

lato

ry r

equ

irem

ents

GO

16

5.

PG

&E

wil

l b

e sc

hed

uli

ng

pa

tro

l in

spec

tio

ns

on

up

-to

da

te s

tati

c m

ap

s o

f eq

uip

men

t ty

pes

an

d

env

iro

nm

ent

an

d i

s w

ork

ing

to

wa

rds

dev

elo

pin

g p

red

icti

ve

mo

del

ing

ca

pa

bil

itie

s.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.c

Wh

at

are

th

e in

pu

ts t

o s

ched

uli

ng

pa

tro

l

insp

ecti

on

s?

ii

Pa

tro

l sc

hed

ule

s a

re d

riv

en b

y t

he

reg

ula

tory

req

uir

emen

t.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

up

da

tes

the

pa

tro

ls s

ched

ule

an

nu

all

y (

ba

sed

on

th

e m

inim

um

reg

ula

tory

req

uir

emen

t) w

ith

fu

ture

pla

ns

to m

ov

e to

a m

ore

dy

na

mic

an

d r

isk

-ba

sed

ap

pro

ach

th

at

wil

l ev

entu

all

y a

llo

w P

G&

E t

o i

mp

lem

ent

pre

dic

tiv

e m

od

elin

g o

f

equ

ipm

ent

fail

ure

pro

ba

bil

ity

an

d r

isk

.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.d

Ho

w f

req

uen

t a

re d

eta

iled

in

spec

tio

ns?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

per

form

s d

eta

iled

in

spec

tio

ns

of

tra

nsm

issi

on

an

d d

istr

ibu

tio

n l

ines

ab

ov

e m

inim

um

reg

ula

tory

req

uir

emen

ts i

n H

FT

D,

wit

h m

ore

fre

qu

ent

insp

ecti

on

s

for

hig

hes

t ri

sk e

qu

ipm

ent.

As

emer

gin

g t

ech

no

log

y b

eco

mes

av

ail

ab

le,

PG

&E

wil

l

con

tin

ue

to e

va

lua

te i

ts e

ffec

tiv

enes

s fo

r im

pro

vin

g i

nsp

ecti

on

s.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.e

Ho

w a

re d

eta

iled

in

spec

tio

ns

sch

edu

led

? i

iiN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y p

erfo

rms

det

ail

ed i

nsp

ecti

on

s o

f tr

an

smis

sio

n a

nd

dis

trib

uti

on

lin

es

ba

sed

on

a p

erio

dic

sch

edu

le.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l im

ple

men

t a

n a

na

lyti

cal

risk

info

rmed

ap

pro

ach

th

at

wil

l en

ab

le a

pre

dic

tiv

e ca

pa

bil

ity

fo

r sc

hed

uli

ng

det

ail

ed

insp

ecti

on

s.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.f

Wh

at

are

th

e in

pu

ts t

o s

ched

uli

ng

det

ail

ed i

nsp

ecti

on

s?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

's c

urr

ent

inp

uts

to

sch

edu

lin

g d

eta

iled

in

spec

tio

ns

are

ba

sed

on

up

-to

da

te

sta

tic

ma

ps

of

equ

ipm

ent

typ

es a

nd

en

vir

on

men

t. P

G&

E i

s w

ork

ing

to

wa

rds

dev

elo

pin

g p

red

icti

ve

mo

del

ing

ca

pa

bil

itie

s o

f eq

uip

men

t fa

ilu

res

an

d r

isk

.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.g

Ho

w f

req

uen

t a

re y

ou

r o

ther

insp

ecti

on

s?

iiii

Th

e fr

equ

ency

of

Po

le T

est

& T

rea

t (P

T&

T)

insp

ecti

on

s fo

llo

ws

the

10 y

ear

reg

ula

tory

req

uir

emen

t.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

per

form

s se

ver

al

typ

es o

f o

ther

in

spec

tio

ns.

Th

e ca

den

ce o

f th

ese

oth

er i

nsp

ecti

on

s v

ary

, b

ut

are

ali

gn

ed w

ith

or

ab

ov

e m

inim

um

reg

ula

tory

req

uir

emen

ts.

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, P

ole

Tes

t &

Tre

at

insp

ecti

on

s a

re c

on

du

cted

ev

ery

ten

yea

rs,

as

req

uir

ed b

y r

egu

lato

ry r

equ

irem

ent.

Oth

er i

nsp

ecti

on

s a

re p

erfo

rmed

ab

ov

e

the

min

imu

m r

egu

lato

ry r

equ

irem

ent

as

ther

e is

cu

rren

tly

no

reg

ula

tio

ns

gu

idin

g t

he

freq

uen

cy o

f th

ese

oth

er i

nsp

ecti

on

s. T

her

e a

re d

iffe

ren

t g

uid

an

ce d

ocu

men

ts

go

ver

nin

g t

he

dif

fere

nt

typ

es o

f in

spec

tio

ns

(PT

&T

, in

fra

red

, L

iDA

R,

Co

ron

aC

am

, et

c).

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

per

form

oth

er i

nsp

ecti

on

s a

s n

eces

sary

an

d i

n o

r ex

ceed

ing

com

pli

an

ce w

ith

an

y r

egu

lato

ry s

tan

da

rds.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.h

Ho

w a

re o

ther

in

spec

tio

ns

sch

edu

led

?i

iiN

on

eP

G&

E's

oth

er i

nsp

ecti

on

s a

re c

urr

entl

y s

ched

ule

d b

ase

d o

n a

nn

ua

l o

r p

erio

dic

sch

edu

les,

dep

end

ing

on

th

e ty

pe

of

insp

ecti

on

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

be

sch

edu

lin

g

oth

er i

nsp

ecti

on

s o

n u

p-t

o d

ate

sta

tic

ma

ps

of

equ

ipm

ent

typ

es a

nd

en

vir

on

men

t.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

17A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

cycl

e

D.I

I.i

Wh

at

are

th

e in

pu

ts t

o s

ched

uli

ng

oth

er

insp

ecti

on

s?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

per

form

s se

ver

al

typ

es o

f o

ther

in

spec

tio

ns

(PT

&T

, in

fra

red

, L

iDA

R,

Co

ron

aC

am

, et

c).

Th

e in

pu

ts d

eter

min

ing

th

e fr

equ

ency

of

thes

e o

ther

in

spec

tio

ns

va

ry a

s th

ey a

re s

up

ple

men

tary

in

spec

tio

ns

tha

t m

ay

no

t b

e g

ov

ern

ed b

y r

egu

lato

ry

req

uir

emen

ts.

Th

ere

are

dif

fere

nt

gu

ida

nce

do

cum

ents

go

ver

nin

g t

he

dif

fere

nt

typ

es o

f

insp

ecti

on

s a

nd

th

eir

sch

edu

le.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l u

se p

red

icti

ve

mo

del

ing

of

equ

ipm

ent

fail

ure

pro

ba

bil

ity

an

d r

isk

to

do

det

erm

ine

the

insp

ecti

on

cy

cles

.

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fo

DA

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ent

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d i

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on

s

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spec

tio

n

effe

ctiv

enes

s

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Wh

at

item

s a

re c

ap

ture

d w

ith

in

insp

ecti

on

pro

ced

ure

s a

nd

ch

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list

s?

iiii

iP

G&

E a

nsw

ered

un

der

th

e a

ssu

mp

tio

n t

ha

t d

iffe

ren

t

insp

ecti

on

ty

pes

ha

ve

chec

kli

sts

wit

h d

iffe

ren

t le

vel

s

of

det

ail

.

PG

&E

's c

urr

ent

pa

tro

l, d

eta

iled

, en

ha

nce

d,

an

d o

ther

in

spec

tio

n p

roce

du

res

an

d

chec

kli

sts

incl

ud

e a

ll i

tem

s re

qu

ired

by

sta

tute

an

d r

egu

lati

on

s. T

he

insp

ecti

on

chec

kli

sts

are

usu

all

y a

tta

chm

ents

to

th

e st

an

da

rd o

r p

roce

du

re.

Th

e fa

cto

rs c

urr

entl

y

dic

tati

ng

th

e in

spec

tio

n c

hec

kli

sts

are

lin

ked

to

th

e a

sset

ty

pe,

mo

da

lity

an

d

tech

no

log

y.

In f

utu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to i

ncl

ud

es l

ines

an

d e

qu

ipm

ent

typ

ica

lly

resp

on

sib

le f

or

ign

itio

ns

an

d n

ear

mis

ses

in t

he

chec

kli

sts

in o

rder

to

in

crea

se a

sset

insp

ecti

on

eff

ecti

ven

ess

to b

e m

ore

a r

isk

ba

sed

pro

cess

.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

18A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

effe

ctiv

enes

s

D.I

II.b

Ho

w a

re p

roce

du

res

an

d c

hec

kli

sts

det

erm

ined

?

ii

Ass

um

pti

on

- t

he

qu

esti

on

is

ask

ing

fo

r a

dif

fere

nt

pro

ced

ure

an

d/o

r ch

eck

list

fo

r ea

ch i

nsp

ecti

on

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

det

erm

ines

pro

ced

ure

s a

nd

ch

eck

list

ba

sed

on

sta

tute

an

d r

egu

lato

ry

gu

idel

ines

. P

G&

E f

eels

th

at

the

pro

ced

ure

s a

nd

ch

eck

list

th

at

are

cu

rren

tly

in

use

are

com

pre

hen

siv

e en

ou

gh

to

co

ver

th

e a

sset

s b

ein

g i

nsp

ecte

d.

PG

&E

ha

s b

uil

t a

dd

itio

na

l

insp

ecti

on

cri

teri

a t

o a

ssis

t in

det

ecti

ng

fa

ilu

re m

od

es t

ha

t co

uld

lea

d t

o i

gn

itio

ns.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

18A

sset

in

spec

tio

n

effe

ctiv

enes

s

D.I

II.c

At

wh

at

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

are

th

e d

epth

of

chec

kli

sts,

tra

inin

g,

an

d p

roce

du

res

cust

om

ized

?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

cu

sto

miz

es c

hec

kli

sts,

tra

inin

gs,

an

d p

roce

du

res

acr

oss

its

ser

vic

e

terr

ito

ry.

PG

&E

use

s d

iffe

ren

t m

eth

od

s fo

r a

cces

s, h

ow

ever

th

e in

spec

tio

n t

ask

s a

re

con

sist

ent.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ou

ld l

ike

to m

ov

e to

a 's

ma

rt f

orm

' ap

pro

ach

, w

hic

h

wo

uld

be

mo

re c

on

dit

ion

s d

riv

en r

ath

er t

ha

n g

eog

rap

hic

all

y d

riv

en a

s th

ey d

on

't

bel

iev

e g

eog

rap

hic

all

y d

riv

en v

ari

ab

ilit

y l

ead

s to

gre

ate

r ex

ecu

tio

n r

isk

.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

19A

sset

ma

inte

na

nce

an

d

rep

air

D.I

V.a

Wh

at

lev

el a

re e

lect

rica

l li

nes

an

d

equ

ipm

ent

ma

inta

ined

at?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

aim

s to

ma

inta

in i

ts e

lect

rica

l li

nes

an

d e

qu

ipm

ent

as

req

uir

ed.

Ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

rec

og

niz

es t

ha

t it

nee

ds

to w

ork

to

im

pro

ve

the

pro

gre

ss t

ow

ard

s th

at

go

al.

PG

&E

ha

s p

rep

are

d a

co

mp

lia

nce

pla

n,

wh

ich

it

ha

s p

rese

nte

d t

o t

he

CP

UC

, w

hic

h

PG

&E

wil

l a

ttem

pt

to e

xec

ute

. P

G&

E d

oes

an

d w

ill

con

tin

ue

to d

o a

dd

itio

na

l

ma

inte

na

nce

in

are

as

of

gri

d w

ith

th

e h

igh

est

wil

dfi

re r

isk

.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

19A

sset

ma

inte

na

nce

an

d

rep

air

D.I

V.b

Ho

w a

re s

erv

ice

inte

rva

ls s

et?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

set

s se

rvic

e in

terv

als

ba

sed

on

wil

dfi

re r

isk

in

rel

eva

nt

are

as

as

sta

ted

in

th

e

WS

IP p

lan

. A

dd

itio

na

lly

, in

th

e W

SIP

Co

mp

lia

nce

pla

n,

PG

&E

per

form

ed a

mu

lti-

fact

or

rela

tiv

e ri

sk r

an

kin

g f

or

ever

y s

ing

le m

ain

ten

an

ce t

ag

- t

his

wil

l h

elp

in

20

20

, a

s

PG

&E

mo

ves

to

wa

rds

a c

ircu

it b

ase

d s

tra

teg

y f

or

sett

ing

ser

vic

e in

terv

als

.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

19A

sset

ma

inte

na

nce

an

d

rep

air

D.I

V.c

Wh

at

do

ma

inte

na

nce

an

d r

epa

ir

pro

ced

ure

s ta

ke

into

acc

ou

nt?

iii

Th

e w

ord

"p

roce

du

re"

is i

nte

rch

an

gea

ble

wit

h

"str

ate

gy

". T

he

qu

esti

on

wa

s in

terp

rete

d a

s b

ein

g

ab

ou

t a

sset

str

ate

gy

an

d n

ot

pro

ced

ure

lev

el.

Cu

rren

t P

G&

E m

ain

ten

an

ce a

nd

rep

air

str

ate

gie

s ta

ke

into

acc

ou

nt

wil

dfi

re r

isk

.

PG

&E

wil

l b

e a

dd

ing

per

form

an

ce h

isto

ry,

an

d p

ast

op

era

tin

g c

on

dit

ion

s to

its

ass

et

rep

air

an

d m

ain

ten

an

ce s

tra

teg

ies

in a

cco

rda

nce

wit

h i

ts m

an

ua

ls.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

20

QA

/QC

fo

r a

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

D.V

.aH

ow

is

con

tra

cto

r a

ctiv

ity

au

dit

ed?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y a

ud

its

con

tra

cto

r w

ork

th

rou

gh

an

est

ab

lish

ed a

nd

fu

nct

ion

ing

au

dit

pro

cess

to

ma

na

ge

an

d c

on

firm

wo

rk c

om

ple

ted

by

su

bco

ntr

act

ors

. P

G&

E h

as

an

Ele

ctri

c q

ua

lity

ass

ura

nce

gro

up

an

d a

sy

stem

in

spec

tio

ns

gro

up

. In

tern

al

au

dit

als

o

con

du

cts

ran

do

m s

am

pli

ng

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s to

mo

ve

to a

mo

re d

igit

al

pla

tfo

rm f

or

insp

ecti

on

s a

nd

co

nst

ruct

ion

clo

sure

. T

his

wil

l a

llo

w t

he

uti

lity

to

ass

ess

per

form

an

ce w

ith

a m

ore

cen

tra

lize

d a

nd

fo

rma

lize

d p

roce

ss o

f m

on

ito

rin

g a

nd

sam

pli

ng

co

ntr

act

or

wo

rk.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

20

QA

/QC

fo

r a

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

D.V

.bD

o c

on

tra

cto

rs f

oll

ow

th

e sa

me

pro

cess

es a

nd

sta

nd

ard

s a

s u

tili

ty's

ow

n

emp

loy

ees?

iiii

No

ne

Co

ntr

act

ors

are

ex

pec

ted

to

ad

her

e to

PG

&E

sta

nd

ard

s a

nd

pro

cess

es.

PG

&E

is

on

ly

all

ow

ed t

o t

rain

ex

tern

al

per

son

nel

on

PG

&E

tec

hn

olo

gy

th

at

con

tra

cto

rs w

ill

usi

ng

fo

r

thei

r jo

b.

PG

&E

ap

pli

es a

pp

rop

ria

te r

estr

ain

t w

ith

res

pec

t to

co

-em

plo

ym

ent.

Th

is

mea

ns

tha

t co

ntr

act

ors

ma

y f

oll

ow

th

eir

ow

n p

roce

sses

as

lon

g t

ho

se p

roce

sses

are

no

t

con

flic

tin

g w

ith

PG

&E

's s

tan

da

rds

an

d p

roce

du

res

an

d f

ina

l w

ork

is

com

pli

an

t.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

20

QA

/QC

fo

r a

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

D.V

.cH

ow

fre

qu

entl

y i

s Q

A/Q

C i

nfo

rma

tio

n

use

d t

o i

den

tify

def

icie

nci

es i

n q

ua

lity

of

wo

rk

per

form

an

ce a

nd

in

spec

tio

ns

per

form

an

ce?

iii

ivN

on

eQ

A/Q

C i

nfo

rma

tio

n i

s u

sed

on

ad

ho

c b

asi

s to

id

enti

fy d

efic

ien

cies

in

qu

ali

ty o

f w

ork

per

form

an

ce a

nd

in

spec

tio

n p

erfo

rma

nce

. P

G&

E i

s co

nti

nu

ing

to

tra

nsi

tio

n t

o m

ore

dig

ita

l w

ork

pa

per

s w

hic

h w

ill

all

ow

fo

r P

G&

E t

o r

egu

larl

y u

se Q

A/Q

C i

nfo

rma

tio

n t

o

iden

tify

def

icie

nci

es i

n t

he

futu

re.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

20

QA

/QC

fo

r a

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

D.V

.dH

ow

is

wo

rk a

nd

in

spec

tio

ns

tha

t d

o n

ot

mee

t u

tili

ty-p

resc

rib

ed s

tan

da

rds

rem

edia

ted

?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y u

ses

QA

/QC

in

form

ati

on

to

id

enti

fy s

yst

emic

def

icie

nci

es i

n q

ua

lity

of

wo

rk i

nsp

ecti

on

s. T

he

rem

edia

tio

n v

ari

es b

ase

d o

n t

he

typ

e o

f d

efec

t o

r n

on

-

con

form

an

ce.

Wo

rk a

nd

in

spec

tio

ns

tha

t d

o n

ot

mee

t u

tili

ty-p

resc

rib

ed s

tan

da

rds

ma

y

be

reso

lved

im

med

iate

ly,

gen

era

ted

as

a c

orr

ecti

ve

no

tifi

cati

on

in

SA

P,

call

ed f

or

ad

ho

c re

insp

ecti

on

, o

r m

ay

be

cap

ture

d i

n a

sep

ara

te p

lan

ned

in

spec

tio

n a

ctiv

ity

. In

th

e

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to i

mp

lem

ent

a m

ore

sy

stem

ati

c p

roce

ss f

or

reco

mm

end

ing

tra

inin

gs

ba

sed

on

wea

kn

esse

s id

enti

fied

th

rou

gh

th

e Q

A/Q

C p

roce

ss.

DA

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

20

QA

/QC

fo

r a

sset

ma

na

gem

ent

D.V

.eA

re w

ork

forc

e m

an

ag

emen

t so

ftw

are

too

ls u

sed

to

ma

na

ge

an

d c

on

firm

wo

rk

com

ple

ted

by

su

bco

ntr

act

ors

?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s w

ork

forc

e m

an

ag

emen

t so

ftw

are

to

ols

, S

AP

an

d A

RC

OS

, to

ma

na

ge

an

d c

on

firm

wo

rk c

om

ple

ted

by

su

bco

ntr

act

ors

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

con

tin

ue

to u

se w

ork

forc

e m

an

ag

emen

t so

ftw

are

to

ols

, a

lth

ou

gh

th

e te

chn

olo

gy

solu

tio

ns

ma

y d

iffe

r a

cro

ss p

rog

ram

s.

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teg

or

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Le

tte

rC

ate

go

ry

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me

Ca

pa

bil

ity

#C

ap

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ilit

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Na

me

Qu

es

tio

n

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

nC

ur

re

nt

Sta

te

Sc

or

eF

utu

re

Sta

te S

co

re

As

su

mp

tio

nE

xp

lan

ati

on

Ca

teg

or

y/C

ap

ab

ilit

y I

nfo

Sc

or

es

Fin

al

De

liv

er

ab

leQ

ue

sti

on

In

fo

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

21

Veg

eta

tio

n

inv

ento

ry a

nd

con

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

E.I

.aW

ha

t in

form

ati

on

is

cap

ture

d i

n t

he

inv

ento

ry?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E m

ain

tain

s a

cen

tra

lize

d i

nv

ento

ry o

f v

eget

ati

on

cle

ara

nce

s b

ase

d o

n t

he

mo

st

rece

nt

insp

ecti

on

s. P

G&

E i

s a

wa

re o

f th

e to

p 1

0 m

ost

pro

ble

ma

tic

spec

ies,

an

d b

y

usi

ng

hy

per

spec

tra

l im

ag

ing

tec

hn

iqu

es,

sho

uld

be

ab

le t

o i

den

tify

wh

ere

tho

se s

pec

ies

gro

w.

In t

he

futu

re,

LiD

AR

ca

n b

e u

sed

to

mo

nit

or

hig

h r

isk

-tre

es a

cro

ss g

rid

.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

21

Veg

eta

tio

n

inv

ento

ry a

nd

con

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

E.I

.bH

ow

fre

qu

entl

y i

s in

ven

tory

up

da

ted

? ii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

em

plo

ys

an

an

nu

al

pru

nin

g c

ycl

e, a

nd

, a

s a

res

ult

, h

oli

stic

all

y u

pd

ate

s

the

its

Veg

eta

tio

n M

an

ag

emen

t D

ata

ba

se (

VM

D)

on

an

an

nu

al

ba

sis.

Ho

wev

er,

in

som

e ca

ses,

th

e in

ven

tory

ca

n b

e u

pd

ate

d m

ore

oft

en f

req

uen

tly

(e.

g.,

fo

r th

e

En

ha

nce

d V

eget

ati

on

Ma

na

gem

ent

pro

gra

m w

hic

h u

ses

mo

re m

ob

ile

da

ta c

ap

ture

met

ho

ds)

.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pro

ject

s th

at

it w

ill

evo

lve

to m

on

thly

up

da

tes

mo

re c

on

sist

entl

y,

as

the

uti

lity

aim

s to

uti

lize

mo

bil

e d

ata

ca

ptu

re i

n b

oth

its

Ro

uti

ne

an

d E

nh

an

ced

Veg

eta

tio

n M

an

ag

emen

t p

rog

ram

s.E

Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

21

Veg

eta

tio

n

inv

ento

ry a

nd

con

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

E.I

.cA

re i

nsp

ecti

on

s in

dep

end

entl

y v

erif

ied

by

th

ird

pa

rty

ex

per

ts?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

use

s a

th

ird

pa

rty

ven

do

r to

co

nd

uct

au

dit

s a

nd

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

do

ing

so

in

the

fore

seea

ble

fu

ture

.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

21

Veg

eta

tio

n

inv

ento

ry a

nd

con

dit

ion

ass

essm

ents

E.I

.dH

ow

gra

nu

lar

is t

he

inv

ento

ry?

iviv

1. T

he

qu

esti

on

per

tain

s to

ro

uti

ne

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

(i.e

., n

ot

enh

an

ced

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent)

.

2.

Th

e "a

sset

" is

th

e tr

ee.

PG

&E

tra

cks

inv

ento

ry a

t th

e in

div

idu

al

tree

lev

el (

ass

et-b

ase

d)

an

d p

lan

s to

co

nti

nu

e

do

ing

so

in

th

e fo

rese

eab

le f

utu

re.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

22

Veg

eta

tio

n

insp

ecti

on

cy

cle

E.I

I.a

Ho

w f

req

uen

t a

re a

ll t

yp

es o

f v

eget

ati

on

insp

ecti

on

s?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E h

as

thre

e ty

pes

of

veg

eta

tio

n i

nsp

ecti

on

pro

gra

ms;

ro

uti

ne,

EV

M,

an

d t

ree

mo

rta

lity

in

spec

tio

n.

Th

e p

rog

ram

s a

re d

eplo

yed

ba

sed

on

th

e co

nd

itio

ns

of

the

serv

ice

are

a.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to i

ncr

ease

in

spec

tio

ns

ab

ov

e cu

rren

t

insp

ecti

on

cy

cles

, w

ith

mo

re f

req

uen

t in

spec

tio

ns

for

hig

hes

t ri

sk a

rea

s.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

22

Veg

eta

tio

n

insp

ecti

on

cy

cle

E.I

I.b

Ho

w a

re v

eget

ati

on

in

spec

tio

ns

sch

edu

led

?

ii

"En

vir

on

men

t" m

ean

s sc

hed

uli

ng

aro

un

d h

igh

elev

ati

on

sn

ow

, o

rch

ard

blo

om

per

iod

s a

nd

lim

ited

op

era

tin

g p

erio

ds

for

ag

ency

la

nd

s.

PG

&E

in

spec

tio

ns

are

per

form

ed a

nn

ua

lly

to

all

ow

ad

her

ence

to

th

e a

nn

ua

l p

run

ing

cycl

e. P

G&

E w

ill

pu

rsu

e a

co

nti

nu

ed e

vo

luti

on

of

its

veg

eta

tio

n m

an

ag

emen

t p

rog

ram

(in

clu

din

g r

ou

tin

e in

spec

tio

ns,

tre

e m

ort

ali

ty i

nsp

ecti

on

s a

nd

EV

M)

to f

urt

her

su

pp

ort

risk

-in

form

ed d

ecis

ion

ma

kin

g,

bu

t a

nn

ua

l in

spec

tio

ns

are

ex

pec

ted

to

rem

ain

as

the

insp

ecti

on

cy

cle.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

22

Veg

eta

tio

n

insp

ecti

on

cy

cle

E.I

I.c

Wh

at

are

th

e in

pu

ts t

o s

ched

uli

ng

veg

eta

tio

n i

nsp

ecti

on

s?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

in

spec

tio

ns

are

per

form

ed a

nn

ua

lly

to

all

ow

ad

her

ence

to

th

e a

nn

ua

l p

run

ing

cycl

e. P

G&

E w

ill

pu

rsu

e a

co

nti

nu

ed e

vo

luti

on

of

its

veg

eta

tio

n m

an

ag

emen

t p

rog

ram

(in

clu

din

g r

ou

tin

e in

spec

tio

ns,

tre

e m

ort

ali

ty i

nsp

ecti

on

s a

nd

EV

M)

to f

urt

her

su

pp

ort

risk

-in

form

ed d

ecis

ion

ma

kin

g,

bu

t a

nn

ua

l in

spec

tio

ns

are

ex

pec

ted

to

rem

ain

as

the

insp

ecti

on

cy

cle.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

23

Veg

eta

tio

n

insp

ecti

on

effe

ctiv

enes

s

E.I

II.a

Wh

at

item

s a

re c

ap

ture

d w

ith

in

insp

ecti

on

pro

ced

ure

s a

nd

ch

eck

list

s?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

in

spec

tio

ns

cap

ture

th

e cu

rren

t re

qu

irem

ents

def

ined

by

GO

95

, R

ule

35

, a

nd

PR

C 4

29

2 a

nd

42

93

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

con

tin

ue

to e

xp

lore

an

d b

ette

r

un

der

sta

nd

veg

eta

tio

n t

yp

es t

yp

ica

lly

res

po

nsi

ble

fo

r ig

nit

ion

s a

nd

nea

r m

isse

s.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

23

Veg

eta

tio

n

insp

ecti

on

effe

ctiv

enes

s

E.I

II.b

Ho

w a

re p

roce

du

res

an

d c

hec

kli

sts

det

erm

ined

?

ii

No

ne

Pro

ced

ure

s a

nd

ch

eck

list

s a

re d

eter

min

ed b

y t

he

req

uir

emen

ts o

f G

O9

5,

Ru

le 3

5,

an

d

PR

C 4

29

2 &

42

93

. P

G&

E e

ven

tua

lly

pla

ns

to d

evel

op

a p

red

icti

ve

mo

del

ing

ca

pa

bil

ity

tha

t w

ou

ld i

ncl

ud

e d

ata

an

aly

tics

an

d c

rea

tin

g a

ris

k i

nfo

rmed

pro

cess

, b

ut

this

is

no

t

lik

ely

to

be

in p

rod

uct

ion

by

20

23

.E

Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

23

Veg

eta

tio

n

insp

ecti

on

effe

ctiv

enes

s

E.I

II.c

At

wh

at

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

are

th

e d

epth

of

chec

kli

sts,

tra

inin

g,

an

d p

roce

du

res

cust

om

ized

?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s st

an

da

rdiz

ed c

hec

kli

sts,

tra

inin

gs,

an

d p

roce

du

res

in i

ts

veg

eta

tio

n i

nsp

ecti

on

pro

cess

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ou

ld l

ike

to m

ov

e to

a 's

ma

rt

form

' ap

pro

ach

, w

hic

h w

ou

ld b

e m

ore

co

nd

itio

ns

dri

ven

ra

ther

th

an

geo

gra

ph

ica

lly

dri

ven

, a

s P

G&

E d

oes

no

t b

elie

ve

a g

eog

rap

hic

all

y d

riv

en v

ari

ab

ilit

y l

ead

s to

gre

ate

r

exec

uti

on

ris

k.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

V.a

Ho

w d

oes

uti

lity

cle

ara

nce

aro

un

d l

ines

an

d e

qu

ipm

ent

per

form

rel

ati

ve

to

exp

ecte

d s

tan

da

rds?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

fo

llo

ws

the

min

imu

m r

egu

lato

ry s

tan

da

rds

on

cle

ara

nce

aro

un

d l

ines

an

d e

qu

ipm

ent

(ou

tlin

ed i

n G

O 9

5)

wit

h i

ts r

eco

mm

end

ed c

lea

ran

ce t

arg

ets,

wh

ere

po

ssib

le.

In s

om

e ca

ses,

mo

re c

lea

ran

ce i

s a

chie

ved

. P

G&

E r

eco

gn

izes

th

at

it i

s n

ot

alw

ay

s p

oss

ible

to

hit

set

ta

rget

s d

ue

to v

eget

ati

on

gro

wth

ra

tes.

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te

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utu

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su

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tio

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teg

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y/C

ap

ab

ilit

y I

nfo

Sc

or

es

Fin

al

De

liv

er

ab

leQ

ue

sti

on

In

fo

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

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Do

es u

tili

ty m

eet

or

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ed m

inim

um

sta

tuto

ry o

r re

gu

lato

ry c

lea

ran

ces

du

rin

g

all

sea

son

s?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

mu

st m

eet

or

exce

ed m

inim

um

reg

ula

tory

cle

ara

nce

s d

uri

ng

all

sea

son

s to

ma

inta

in a

n a

nn

ua

l p

run

ing

cy

cle.

PG

&E

pla

ns

on

ma

inta

inin

g a

n a

nn

ua

l p

run

ing

cycl

e th

rou

gh

20

23

, a

nd

th

eref

ore

, w

ill

con

tin

ue

to m

eet

or

exce

ed t

he

reg

ula

tory

clea

ran

ce.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

V.c

Wh

at

mo

del

ing

is

use

d t

o g

uid

e

clea

ran

ces

aro

un

d l

ines

an

d e

qu

ipm

ent?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

ad

her

es t

o C

PU

C s

tan

da

rds

wh

en d

eter

min

ing

cle

ara

nce

s a

rou

nd

lin

es a

nd

equ

ipm

ent.

PG

&E

use

s ig

nit

ion

ris

k m

od

elin

g f

or

fall

-in

an

d b

low

-in

sce

na

rio

s. P

G&

E

spec

ies

gro

wth

ra

tes

uti

lize

s m

od

elin

g f

or

veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-in

mit

iga

tio

n,

an

d w

ill

con

tin

ue

to d

o s

o f

or

the

fore

seea

ble

fu

ture

.E

Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

V.d

Wh

at

bio

log

ica

l m

od

elin

g i

s u

sed

to

gu

ide

clea

ran

ce a

rou

nd

lin

es a

nd

equ

ipm

ent

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E u

ses

forr

este

r a

na

lysi

s in

stea

d o

f b

iolo

gic

al

mo

del

ing

to

gu

ide

clea

ran

ce.

Fo

rres

ters

mee

t A

NS

I A

30

0 s

tan

da

rds

an

d p

rim

ari

ly u

tili

zes

Pa

rts

1 a

nd

9 o

f th

e

sta

nd

ard

s w

hen

ass

essi

ng

cle

ara

nce

aro

un

d l

ines

an

d e

qu

ipm

ent.

PG

&E

do

es p

lan

to

con

du

ct b

iolo

gic

al

mo

del

ing

as

a m

ore

cen

tra

lize

d,

syst

ema

tic,

an

d f

orm

ali

zed

ma

nn

er

to g

uid

e cl

eara

nce

in

th

e fu

ture

.E

Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

V.e

Are

co

mm

un

ity

org

an

iza

tio

ns

eng

ag

ed

in s

etti

ng

lo

cal

clea

ran

ces

an

d p

roto

cols

?

ii

No

ne

Alt

ho

ug

h P

G&

E r

egu

larl

y e

ng

ag

es w

ith

co

mm

un

itie

s in

its

ser

vic

e te

rrit

ory

, th

e

com

pa

ny

ult

ima

tely

ad

her

es t

o s

tan

da

rds

an

d p

roto

cols

set

by

th

e C

PU

C (

i.e.

, G

O 9

5,

PR

C 4

29

2 a

nd

42

93

, E

SR

B-4

SE

MA

sta

nd

ard

). P

G&

E f

oll

ow

s a

set

of

sta

nd

ard

s a

nd

bel

iev

es d

ecen

tra

lize

d o

ver

sig

ht

wo

uld

no

t b

e b

est

pra

ctic

e si

nce

tec

hn

ica

l a

uth

ori

ty

ma

y b

e a

bse

nt.

Th

eref

ore

, d

iffe

ren

t v

ari

ab

les

ma

y b

e w

eig

hed

dif

fere

ntl

y d

epen

din

g o

n

loca

tio

n.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

V.f

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

rem

ov

e v

eget

ati

on

wa

ste

alo

ng

its

rig

ht

of

wa

y a

cro

ss t

he

enti

re

gri

d?

ii

"Acr

oss

th

e en

tire

gri

d"

mea

ns

all

of

PG

&E

's s

erv

ice

terr

ito

ry.

PG

&E

att

emp

ts t

o r

emo

ve

wa

ste

in H

FT

Ds;

ho

wev

er,

ther

e a

re u

niq

ue

circ

um

sta

nce

s,

such

as

pro

per

ty o

wn

ers

an

d t

erra

in,

tha

t m

ak

e it

in

fea

sib

le o

r im

pra

ctic

al

to r

emo

ve

veg

eta

tio

n w

ast

e a

cro

ss t

he

enti

re g

rid

. P

G&

E d

oes

no

t ex

pec

t th

ese

case

s to

ch

an

ge

by

20

23

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Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

V.g

Ho

w l

on

g a

fter

cu

ttin

g v

eget

ati

on

do

es

the

uti

lity

rem

ov

e v

eget

ati

on

wa

ste

alo

ng

rig

ht

of

wa

y?

iiii

Th

is q

ues

tio

n a

pp

lies

to

are

as

wh

ere

PG

&E

per

form

s

wa

ste

rem

ov

al.

PG

&E

is

ab

le t

o r

emo

ve

som

e w

ast

e w

ith

in a

wee

k,

ho

wev

er,

ther

e a

re c

on

stra

ints

th

at

ma

ke

rem

ov

ing

veg

eta

tio

n w

ith

in t

he

wee

k a

cro

ss t

he

enti

re g

rid

un

ob

tain

ab

le.

Fo

r

exa

mp

le,

if p

erm

itti

ng

is

req

uir

ed t

o r

emo

ve

wa

ste,

th

e re

mo

va

l m

ay

ta

ke

ov

er a

wee

k.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

V.h

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

wo

rk w

ith

lo

cal

lan

do

wn

ers

to p

rov

ide

a c

ost

-eff

ecti

ve

use

fo

r cu

ttin

g v

eget

ati

on

?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es s

eek

wa

ys

to r

emo

ve

cost

fro

m v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent,

bu

t d

oes

no

t

pro

act

ivel

y p

rov

ide

a c

ost

-eff

ecti

ve

use

fo

r cu

t v

eget

ati

on

to

th

e la

nd

ow

ner

s. P

G&

E

do

es w

ork

wit

h l

an

do

wn

ers

to p

rov

ide

them

wit

h t

he

op

tio

n f

or

PG

&E

to

rem

ov

e th

e

veg

eta

tio

n w

ast

e o

r le

av

e it

fo

r th

e la

nd

ow

ner

to

use

.E

Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

24

Veg

eta

tio

n g

row

-

in m

itig

ati

on

E.I

V.i

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

wo

rk w

ith

pa

rtn

ers

to

iden

tify

new

co

st-e

ffec

tiv

e u

ses

for

veg

eta

tio

n,

tak

ing

in

to c

on

sid

era

tio

n

env

iro

nm

enta

l im

pa

cts

an

d e

mis

sio

ns

of

veg

eta

tio

n w

ast

e?

iiii

Th

is q

ues

tio

n a

pp

lies

to

all

veg

eta

tio

n w

ast

e cr

eate

d

du

rin

g v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

act

ivit

ies.

PG

&E

reg

ula

rly

giv

es a

wa

y w

oo

d c

hip

s/w

oo

d a

nd

sen

ds

wa

ste

to c

o-g

ener

ati

on

pla

nts

.

PG

&E

als

o c

on

nec

ts w

ith

bio

ma

ss f

aci

liti

es t

o u

se v

eget

ati

on

wa

ste

as

a f

uel

su

pp

lier

.

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e th

is b

eha

vio

r a

nd

wil

l ex

plo

re n

ew w

ay

s to

mit

iga

te

env

iro

nm

enta

l im

pa

cts

an

d e

mis

sio

ns

in t

he

futu

re.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

25

Veg

eta

tio

n f

all

-in

mit

iga

tio

n

E.V

.aD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty h

av

e a

pro

cess

fo

r

trea

tin

g v

eget

ati

on

ou

tsid

e o

f ri

gh

t o

f

wa

ys?

iii

iv1.

"S

yst

ema

tica

lly

" m

ean

s ef

fort

s a

re d

icta

ted

by

a

pro

cess

an

d n

ot

exh

au

stiv

ely

.

2.

"Co

mm

un

itie

s"m

ean

s st

ak

eho

lder

s.

PG

&E

use

s a

sy

stem

ati

c a

pp

roa

ch t

o t

rea

t v

eget

ati

on

ou

tsid

e o

f ri

gh

t o

f w

ay

s: 1

)

iden

tify

veg

eta

tio

n n

ear

con

du

cto

rs t

ha

t is

in

nee

d o

f w

ork

, o

ut

of

com

pli

an

ce,

or

tha

t

is a

sa

fety

ris

k,

2)

iden

tify

a p

resc

rip

tio

n o

f w

ork

, 3

) a

nd

cla

ssif

y a

pri

ori

ty a

nd

sch

edu

le.

If a

pre

scri

pti

on

of

tree

rem

ov

al

is i

den

tifi

ed a

nd

th

e tr

ee f

all

s o

uts

ide

of

PG

&E

rig

hts

of

wa

y,

PG

&E

id

enti

fies

th

e u

nd

erly

ing

fee

pa

rcel

ow

ner

, id

enti

fies

curr

ent

lan

d r

igh

ts,

an

d i

den

tifi

es n

ext

step

s b

ase

d o

n i

np

ut

fro

m P

G&

E's

La

nd

dep

art

men

t a

nd

Leg

al

Co

un

sel.

Th

rou

gh

its

Lo

cal

Cu

sto

mer

Ex

per

ien

ce t

eam

, P

G&

E

wo

rks

dir

ectl

y w

ith

th

e p

rop

erty

ow

ner

to

det

erm

ine

nex

t st

eps

ba

sed

on

all

fa

cto

rs

an

d i

np

ut

fro

m t

he

ow

ner

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E h

as

pla

ns

to e

ng

ag

e m

ore

act

ivel

y w

ith

com

mu

nit

ies

reg

ard

ing

tre

e re

mo

va

l.E

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eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

25

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eta

tio

n f

all

-in

mit

iga

tio

n

E.V

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ow

is

po

ten

tia

l v

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ati

on

th

at

ma

y

po

se a

th

rea

t id

enti

fied

?

iiii

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ne

PG

&E

's v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

per

son

nel

id

enti

fy p

ote

nti

all

y t

hre

ate

nin

g v

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ati

on

an

d a

dd

it

to t

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on

lin

e A

RC

GIS

to

ol.

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th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

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ill

exp

lore

usi

ng

LiD

AR

to

iden

tify

str

ike

po

ten

tia

l w

ith

hy

per

spec

tra

l te

chn

iqu

es a

nd

Tec

hn

osl

yv

a t

o o

ver

lap

th

e

spre

ad

ris

k t

o m

od

el r

isk

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eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

25

Veg

eta

tio

n f

all

-in

mit

iga

tio

n

E.V

.cIs

veg

eta

tio

n r

emo

ved

wit

h c

oo

per

ati

on

fro

m t

he

com

mu

nit

y?

iiii

No

ne

Wh

ile

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

alw

ay

s re

ceiv

e co

mp

lete

co

op

era

tio

n w

hen

en

ga

gin

g w

ith

lo

cal

com

mu

nit

ies

an

d l

an

do

wn

ers,

th

e u

tili

ty s

triv

es t

o d

evel

op

an

d m

ain

tain

pro

act

ive

com

mu

nic

ati

on

s w

ith

cu

sto

mer

s (e

.g.,

ma

iler

s),

an

d h

as

a f

orm

al

pro

cess

fo

r th

ose

wh

o r

efu

se t

he

veg

eta

tio

n m

an

ag

emen

t.E

Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

25

Veg

eta

tio

n f

all

-in

mit

iga

tio

n

E.V

.dD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty r

emo

ve

veg

eta

tio

n w

ast

e

ou

tsid

e it

s ri

gh

t o

f w

ay

acr

oss

th

e en

tire

gri

d?

ii

"Acr

oss

th

e en

tire

gri

d"

mea

ns

all

of

PG

&E

's s

erv

ice

terr

ito

ry.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

rem

ov

e v

eget

ati

on

wa

ste

acr

oss

th

e en

tire

gri

d.

PG

&E

do

es r

emo

ve

wa

ste

fro

m c

erta

in p

ort

ion

s o

f th

e sy

stem

, b

ut

ther

e a

re i

nst

an

ces

in w

hic

h i

t is

infe

asi

ble

(e.

g.,

wh

en w

ast

e re

sid

es o

n p

riv

ate

pro

per

ty,

it i

s te

chn

ica

lly

la

nd

ow

ner

pro

per

ty).

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

exp

ect

this

to

ch

an

ge

by

20

23

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Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

25

Veg

eta

tio

n f

all

-in

mit

iga

tio

n

E.V

.eH

ow

lo

ng

aft

er c

utt

ing

veg

eta

tio

n d

oes

the

uti

lity

rem

ov

e v

eget

ati

on

wa

ste

ou

tsid

e it

s ri

gh

t o

f w

ay

?

iiii

Th

is q

ues

tio

n a

pp

lies

to

are

as

wh

ere

PG

&E

per

form

s

wa

ste

rem

ov

al.

PG

&E

is

ab

le t

o r

emo

ve

som

e w

ast

e w

ith

in a

wee

k,

ho

wev

er,

ther

e a

re c

on

stra

ints

th

at

ma

ke

rem

ov

ing

veg

eta

tio

n w

ith

in t

he

wee

k a

cro

ss t

he

enti

re g

rid

un

ob

tain

ab

le.

Fo

r

exa

mp

le,

if p

erm

itti

ng

is

req

uir

ed t

o r

emo

ve

wa

ste,

th

e re

mo

va

l w

ill

tak

e o

ver

a w

eek

.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

25

Veg

eta

tio

n f

all

-in

mit

iga

tio

n

E.V

.fD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty w

ork

wit

h l

oca

l

lan

do

wn

ers

to p

rov

ide

a c

ost

-eff

ecti

ve

use

fo

r cu

ttin

g v

eget

ati

on

?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es s

eek

wa

ys

to r

emo

ve

cost

fro

m v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent,

bu

t d

oes

no

t

pro

act

ivel

y p

rov

ide

a c

ost

-eff

ecti

ve

use

fo

r cu

t v

eget

ati

on

to

th

e la

nd

ow

ner

s. P

G&

E

do

es w

ork

wit

h l

an

do

wn

ers

to p

rov

ide

them

wit

h t

he

op

tio

n f

or

PG

&E

to

rem

ov

e th

e

veg

eta

tio

n w

ast

e o

r le

av

e it

fo

r th

e la

nd

ow

ner

to

use

.E

Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

25

Veg

eta

tio

n f

all

-in

mit

iga

tio

n

E.V

.gD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty w

ork

wit

h p

art

ner

s to

iden

tify

new

co

st-e

ffec

tiv

e u

ses

for

veg

eta

tio

n,

tak

ing

in

to c

on

sid

era

tio

n

env

iro

nm

enta

l im

pa

cts

an

d e

mis

sio

ns

of

veg

eta

tio

n w

ast

e?

iiii

Th

is q

ues

tio

n d

oes

no

t re

fer

to a

ll v

eget

ati

on

wa

ste

crea

ted

du

rin

g v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

act

ivit

ies.

PG

&E

reg

ula

rly

giv

es a

wa

y w

oo

d c

hip

s/w

oo

d a

nd

sen

ds

wa

ste

to c

o-g

ener

ati

on

pla

nts

.

PG

&E

als

o c

on

nec

ts w

ith

bio

ma

ss f

aci

liti

es t

o u

se v

eget

ati

on

wa

ste

as

a f

uel

su

pp

lier

.

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e th

is b

eha

vio

r a

nd

wil

l ex

plo

re n

ew w

ay

s to

mit

iga

te

env

iro

nm

enta

l im

pa

cts

an

d e

mis

sio

ns

in t

he

futu

re.

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w i

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act

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loy

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ctiv

ity

au

dit

ed?

iiii

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ne

PG

&E

ha

s a

n a

ud

it p

roce

ss t

o m

an

ag

e a

nd

co

nfi

rm w

ork

co

mp

lete

d b

y c

on

tra

cto

rs

an

d s

ub

con

tra

cto

rs.

Th

is p

roce

ss a

pp

lies

to

bo

th p

re-i

nsp

ecti

on

an

d t

ree

wo

rk.

PG

&E

is i

n t

he

pro

cess

of

sch

edu

lin

g s

emi-

au

tom

ate

d a

ud

its

usi

ng

tec

hn

olo

gie

s su

ch a

s

gro

un

d b

ase

d L

iDA

R s

can

s.E

Veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

26

QA

/QC

fo

r

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

E.V

I.b

Do

co

ntr

act

ors

fo

llo

w t

he

sam

e

pro

cess

es a

nd

sta

nd

ard

s a

s u

tili

ty's

ow

n

emp

loy

ees?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

req

uir

es c

on

tra

cto

rs t

o f

oll

ow

th

e sa

me

pro

cess

es a

nd

sta

nd

ard

s a

s it

s

emp

loy

ees.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

pla

n o

n c

ha

ng

ing

th

is r

equ

irem

ent

bef

ore

20

23

.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

26

QA

/QC

fo

r

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

E.V

I.c

Ho

w f

req

uen

tly

is

QA

/QC

in

form

ati

on

use

d t

o i

den

tify

def

icie

nci

es i

n q

ua

lity

of

wo

rk p

erfo

rma

nce

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s

per

form

an

ce?

iviv

No

ne

PG

&E

sy

stem

ati

call

y a

nd

reg

ula

rly

use

s Q

A/Q

C i

nfo

rma

tio

n t

o i

den

tify

def

icie

nci

es i

n

qu

ali

ty o

f w

ork

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s p

erfo

rma

nce

.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

26

QA

/QC

fo

r

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

E.V

I.d

Ho

w i

s w

ork

an

d i

nsp

ecti

on

s th

at

do

no

t

mee

t u

tili

ty-p

resc

rib

ed s

tan

da

rds

rem

edia

ted

?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

sy

stem

ati

call

y u

ses

QA

/QC

in

form

ati

on

to

id

enti

fy d

efic

ien

cies

in

qu

ali

ty o

f

wo

rk a

nd

in

spec

tio

ns

per

form

an

ce.

PG

&E

ma

y m

ak

e re

com

men

da

tio

ns

ba

sed

on

iden

tifi

ed w

eak

nes

sess

in

an

ad

ho

c a

nd

as

nee

ded

ma

nn

er,

bu

t d

oes

no

t p

lan

on

nee

din

g t

o r

eco

mm

end

tra

inin

gs

to a

ll o

f it

s th

ou

san

ds

of

con

tra

cto

rs b

y 2

02

3.

EV

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d

insp

ecti

on

s

26

QA

/QC

fo

r

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

E.V

I.e

Are

wo

rkfo

rce

ma

na

gem

ent

soft

wa

re

too

ls u

sed

to

ma

na

ge

an

d c

on

firm

wo

rk

com

ple

ted

by

su

bco

ntr

act

ors

?

iii

PG

&E

is

inte

rpre

tin

g t

his

qu

esti

on

as

usi

ng

wo

rkfo

rce

ma

na

gem

ent

soft

wa

re t

oo

ls t

o c

on

firm

a

"sa

mp

lin

g"

of

wo

rk c

om

ple

ted

by

su

bco

ntr

act

ors

.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s a

so

ftw

are

-ba

sed

wo

rkfo

rce

ma

na

gem

ent

too

l, a

nd

ro

uti

ne

veg

eta

tio

n w

ork

wil

l b

e in

clu

ded

in

th

at

too

l b

y 2

02

3.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

27

Pro

tect

ive

equ

ipm

ent

an

d

dev

ice

sett

ing

s

F.I

.aH

ow

are

gri

d e

lem

ents

ad

just

ed d

uri

ng

hig

h t

hre

at

wea

ther

co

nd

itio

ns?

iviv

"Nea

r m

iss"

mea

ns

an

ev

ent

tha

t h

ap

pen

ed i

n

PG

&E

's s

yst

em b

ut

did

no

t ca

use

an

ig

nit

ion

.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ad

just

s g

rid

ele

men

ts d

uri

ng

hig

h t

hre

at

wea

ther

co

nd

itio

ns

by

incr

easi

ng

sen

siti

vit

y o

f ri

sk r

edu

ctio

n e

lem

ents

an

d m

on

ito

rin

g n

ear

mis

ses.

In

ad

dit

ion

, P

G&

E p

atr

ols

th

e o

uta

ge

are

a a

nd

ca

n l

ever

ag

e ri

sk m

ap

pin

g.

PG

&E

wil

l

con

tin

ue

to d

o t

his

in

th

e fu

ture

.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

27

Pro

tect

ive

equ

ipm

ent

an

d

dev

ice

sett

ing

s

F.I

.bIs

th

ere

an

au

tom

ate

d p

roce

ss f

or

ad

just

ing

sen

siti

vit

y o

f g

rid

ele

men

ts

an

d e

va

lua

tin

g e

ffec

tiv

enes

s?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

gri

d o

per

ati

on

s h

as

the

ab

ilit

y t

o g

rou

p c

ut-

ou

t d

evic

es t

ha

t a

re l

ink

ed

elec

tro

nic

all

y (

i.e.

, p

art

ial

au

tom

ati

on

) o

n t

he

dis

trib

uti

on

sid

e. A

dju

stin

g s

ensi

tiv

ity

is

stil

l m

an

ua

lly

wit

h r

ega

rds

to t

ran

smis

sio

n.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

bel

iev

e it

to

be

in t

he

bes

t

inte

rest

of

pu

bli

c sa

fety

an

d r

elia

bil

ity

to

im

ple

men

t a

fu

lly

au

tom

ate

d s

olu

tio

n i

n t

his

cap

aci

ty.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

27

Pro

tect

ive

equ

ipm

ent

an

d

dev

ice

sett

ing

s

F.I

.cIs

th

ere

a p

red

eter

min

ed p

roto

col

dri

ven

by

fir

e co

nd

itio

ns

for

ad

just

ing

sen

siti

vit

y o

f g

rid

ele

men

ts?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

ad

just

s sy

stem

op

era

tio

ns

(e.g

. re

-clo

sin

g)

wh

en m

eteo

rolo

gy

id

enti

fies

R4

an

d/o

r R

5 w

eath

er c

on

dit

ion

s. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

ma

inta

in t

his

pra

ctic

e, a

nd

wil

l

con

tin

ue

to c

on

sid

er o

ther

po

ten

tia

l a

dju

stm

ents

th

rou

gh

20

23

.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

28

Inco

rpo

rati

ng

ign

itio

n r

isk

fact

ors

in

gri

d

con

tro

l

F.I

I.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ha

ve

a c

lea

rly

ex

pla

ined

pro

cess

fo

r d

eter

min

ing

wh

eth

er t

o

op

era

te t

he

gri

d b

eyo

nd

cu

rren

t o

r

vo

lta

ge

des

ign

s?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

tra

nsm

issi

on

fo

llo

ws

pro

ced

ure

14

00

an

d d

istr

ibu

tio

n f

oll

ow

s p

roce

du

re 2

70

0.

Th

is p

ract

ice

is e

xp

ecte

d t

o c

on

tin

ue

thro

ug

h 2

02

3.

PG

&E

is

no

t to

ex

ceed

em

erg

ency

rati

ng

s ev

en i

n c

on

tin

gen

cies

. If

, o

n t

he

tra

nsm

issi

on

s si

de,

th

ere

wa

s a

nee

d t

o

op

era

te t

he

gri

d b

eyo

nd

cu

rren

t o

r v

olt

ag

e d

esig

ns,

PG

&E

wo

uld

nee

d t

o g

o t

hro

ug

h a

spec

ial

pro

cess

to

ev

alu

ate

op

era

tio

ns

do

ne

ou

tsid

e em

erg

ency

ra

tin

gs.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

28

Inco

rpo

rati

ng

ign

itio

n r

isk

fact

ors

in

gri

d

con

tro

l

F.I

I.b

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ha

ve

syst

ems

in p

lace

to

au

tom

ati

call

y t

rack

op

era

tio

n h

isto

ry

incl

ud

ing

cu

rren

t, l

oa

ds,

an

d v

olt

ag

e

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

gri

d a

t th

e ci

rcu

it l

evel

?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ha

s sy

stem

s in

pla

ce t

o t

rack

op

era

tio

n h

isto

ry i

ncl

ud

ing

cu

rren

t,

loa

ds,

an

d v

olt

ag

e th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e g

rid

, b

ut

do

es n

ot

ha

ve

100

% v

isib

ilit

y.

Dis

trib

uti

on

op

era

tio

n h

isto

ry i

s tr

ack

ed i

n S

CA

DA

an

d t

ran

smis

sio

n o

per

ati

on

his

tory

is

tra

cked

in E

MS

an

d/o

r P

I. I

n t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

ex

pa

nd

its

tra

ckin

g o

f

op

era

tio

n h

isto

ry,

bu

t d

oes

no

t a

nti

cip

ate

ha

vin

g a

fu

lly

au

tom

ate

d p

roce

ss b

y 2

02

3.

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te

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re

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teg

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ap

ab

ilit

y I

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es

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liv

er

ab

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ue

sti

on

In

fo

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

28

Inco

rpo

rati

ng

ign

itio

n r

isk

fact

ors

in

gri

d

con

tro

l

F.I

I.c

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

use

pre

dic

tiv

e m

od

elin

g

to e

stim

ate

th

e ex

pec

ted

lif

e a

nd

ma

ke

equ

ipm

ent

ma

inte

na

nce

, re

bu

ild

, o

r

rep

lace

men

t d

ecis

ion

s b

ase

d o

n g

rid

op

era

tin

g h

isto

ry,

an

d i

s th

at

mo

del

rev

iew

ed?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E u

ses

pre

dic

tiv

e m

od

elin

g t

o a

sses

s a

sset

hea

lth

an

d p

rov

ide

po

ten

tia

l a

sset

fail

ure

in

form

ati

on

ba

sed

on

win

d c

on

dit

ion

s. H

isto

rica

l m

ain

ten

an

ce i

s o

ne

com

po

nen

t in

ass

et h

ealt

h.

Th

is m

od

el,

alo

ng

wit

h o

ther

fa

cto

rs,

is u

sed

to

ass

ess

an

y

rep

lace

men

ts,

reb

uil

ds

or

ma

inte

na

nce

req

uir

emen

ts.

Th

e m

od

el h

as

bee

n u

sed

,

rev

iew

ed,

an

d c

o-d

evel

op

ed b

y c

on

sult

an

ts w

ith

ex

per

ien

ce i

n a

sset

fa

ilu

re.

Th

e m

od

el

ha

s a

lso

bee

n c

on

sult

ed t

hro

ug

h U

CL

A.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

use

th

is

mo

del

as

wel

l a

s le

ver

ag

e h

isto

rica

l d

ata

.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

28

Inco

rpo

rati

ng

ign

itio

n r

isk

fact

ors

in

gri

d

con

tro

l

F.I

I.d

Wh

en d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty o

per

ate

th

e g

rid

ab

ov

e ra

ted

vo

lta

ge

an

d c

urr

ent

loa

d?

iiii

PG

&E

in

terp

rets

th

e te

rm "

con

dit

ion

s" a

re t

ho

se t

ha

t

per

tain

to

th

e sy

stem

op

era

tio

ns

con

dit

ion

s, n

ot

exte

rna

l p

hy

sica

l co

nd

itio

ns

(e.g

., w

eath

er,

clim

ate

)

PG

&E

's f

oll

ow

s m

an

y o

per

ati

ng

sta

nd

ard

s a

nd

pro

ced

ure

s o

n v

olt

ag

e a

nd

cu

rren

t

ran

ges

th

at

mu

st b

e m

ain

tain

ed i

n t

he

tra

nsm

issi

on

sta

nd

ard

. O

n o

cca

sio

n,

the

vo

lta

ge

ma

y f

luct

ua

te o

ut

of

a n

orm

al

bo

un

d,

for

dis

trib

uti

on

in

sp

ecif

ic e

mer

gen

cy

circ

um

sta

nce

s th

at

are

wit

hin

PG

&E

sta

nd

ard

pro

toco

l. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

ma

inta

in t

his

ind

ust

ry p

ract

ice

in t

he

futu

re.

FF

. G

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

29

PS

PS

op

. m

od

el

an

d c

on

seq

uen

ce

mit

iga

tio

n

F.I

II.a

Ho

w e

ffec

tiv

e is

PS

PS

ev

ent

fore

cast

ing

?iv

ivP

SP

S f

ore

cast

eff

ecti

ven

ess

is m

easu

red

by

com

pa

rin

g P

SP

S e

ven

t fo

reca

sts

as

of

EO

C a

ctiv

ati

on

to a

ctu

al

nu

mb

er o

f P

SP

S e

ven

ts

Wh

en P

G&

E h

as

act

iva

ted

th

e E

mer

gen

cy O

per

ati

on

s C

ente

r (E

OC

) fo

r a

po

ten

tia

l

PS

PS

ev

ent,

th

ere

wer

e n

earl

y a

lwa

ys

sub

seq

uen

t w

eath

er c

on

dit

ion

s th

at

wa

rra

nte

d

PS

PS

. B

egin

nin

g i

n 2

018

, o

f th

e 11

tim

es P

G&

E h

as

act

iva

ted

its

EO

C f

or

a p

ote

nti

al

PS

PS

ev

ent,

it

ha

s d

e-en

erg

ized

10

of

tho

se t

imes

. G

iven

th

e o

ng

oin

g a

nd

pla

nn

ed

init

iati

ves

at

PG

&E

, th

e u

tili

ty e

xp

ects

to

ma

inta

in t

his

lev

el o

f fo

reca

st e

ffec

tiv

enes

s

thro

ug

h 2

02

3 (

see

sect

ion

5.3

.3 -

Sit

ua

tio

na

l A

wa

ren

ess

an

d F

ore

cast

ing

). P

G&

E d

oes

no

t b

elie

ve

fore

cast

eff

ecti

ven

ess

sho

uld

be

det

erm

ined

by

co

mp

ari

ng

fo

reca

st s

cop

e a

t

the

tim

e o

f E

OC

act

iva

tio

n t

o t

ha

t a

t th

e ti

me

of

de-

ener

giz

ati

on

, si

nce

PG

&E

del

iber

ate

ly e

mp

loy

ed a

"st

art

bro

ad

an

d n

arr

ow

th

e sc

op

e" s

tra

teg

y i

n t

he

20

19

wil

dfi

re s

easo

n.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

29

PS

PS

op

. m

od

el

an

d c

on

seq

uen

ce

mit

iga

tio

n

F.I

II.b

Wh

at

sha

re o

f cu

sto

mer

s a

re

com

mu

nic

ate

d t

o r

ega

rdin

g f

ore

cast

ed

PS

PS

ev

ents

?

iiiv

No

ne

Du

rin

g t

he

20

19 w

ild

fire

sea

son

, P

SP

S e

ven

t fo

reca

sts

wer

e co

mm

un

ica

ted

to

>9

5%

of

all

aff

ecte

d c

ust

om

ers

an

d 9

9%

of

med

ica

l b

ase

lin

e cu

sto

mer

s in

ad

va

nce

of

de-

ener

giz

ati

on

. B

y 2

02

3,

PG

&E

aim

s to

im

pro

ve

thes

e m

etri

cs t

o >

99

% o

f a

ll a

ffec

ted

cust

om

ers

an

d 9

9.9

% o

f m

edic

al

ba

seli

ne

cust

om

ers.

Acc

ura

te,

up

-to

-da

te c

ust

om

er

con

tact

in

form

ati

on

rem

ain

s a

ch

all

eng

e in

th

is e

ffo

rt,

ho

wev

er.

PG

&E

pla

ns

on

eng

ag

ing

oth

er a

gen

cies

an

d o

rga

niz

ati

on

s th

at

ma

y h

av

e m

ore

rel

eva

nt

info

rma

tio

n

tha

n t

ha

t co

nta

ined

in

Cu

sto

mer

Ca

re a

nd

Bil

lin

g r

eco

rds.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

29

PS

PS

op

. m

od

el

an

d c

on

seq

uen

ce

mit

iga

tio

n

F.I

II.c

Du

rin

g P

SP

S e

ven

ts,

wh

at

per

cen

t o

f

cust

om

ers

com

pla

in?

iii

iii

PG

&E

in

clu

des

bo

th f

orm

al

com

pla

ints

to

th

e C

PU

C

an

d P

SP

S-r

ela

ted

ca

lls

into

th

e cu

sto

mer

ca

re l

ine

in

its

cou

nt

of

com

pla

ints

.

Du

rin

g t

he

20

19 w

ild

fire

sea

son

, <

0.5

% o

f P

G&

E c

ust

om

ers

com

pla

ined

du

rin

g P

SP

S

even

ts.

Du

rin

g t

his

tim

e p

erio

d,

PG

&E

rec

eiv

ed 1

36

su

ch c

om

pla

ints

. P

G&

E h

op

es t

o

low

er c

om

pla

int

rate

s y

ear

ov

er y

ear

by

co

lla

bo

rati

ng

mo

re e

ffec

tiv

ely

wit

h p

ub

lic

ag

enci

es,

dev

elo

pin

g m

ore

tw

o-w

ay

dia

log

ues

wit

h c

om

mu

nit

ies,

an

d m

itig

ati

ng

PS

PS

imp

act

s in

gen

era

l.F

Gri

d o

per

ati

on

s

an

d p

roto

cols

29

PS

PS

op

. m

od

el

an

d c

on

seq

uen

ce

mit

iga

tio

n

F.I

II.d

Du

rin

g P

SP

S e

ven

ts,

do

es t

he

uti

lity

's

web

site

go

do

wn

?

iii

No

ne

Du

rin

g t

he

20

19 w

ild

fire

sea

son

, th

e w

ebsi

te w

ent

do

wn

tw

o t

imes

. P

G&

E i

ncr

ease

d

the

use

of

red

un

da

nci

es,

re-r

ou

tin

g,

an

d s

tres

s te

stin

g i

n r

esp

on

se t

o t

hes

e ev

ents

an

d

did

no

t ex

per

ien

ce w

ebsi

te d

ow

nti

me

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

rem

ain

der

of

the

wil

dfi

re s

easo

n.

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

thes

e p

ract

ices

an

d a

ims

to a

vo

id w

ebsi

te d

ow

nti

me

alt

og

eth

er i

n t

he

futu

re.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

29

PS

PS

op

. m

od

el

an

d c

on

seq

uen

ce

mit

iga

tio

n

F.I

II.e

Du

rin

g P

SP

S e

ven

ts,

wh

at

is t

he

av

era

ge

do

wn

tim

e p

er c

ust

om

er?

vv

Th

is q

ues

tio

ns

refe

rs t

o w

ebsi

te d

ow

nti

me

acr

oss

all

even

ts/

tota

l cu

sto

mer

s fo

r a

ll e

ven

ts.

Du

rin

g t

he

20

19 W

ild

fire

Sea

son

th

ere

wer

e tw

o d

ow

nti

me

even

ts,

resu

ltin

g i

n a

to

tal

web

site

do

wn

tim

e o

f 2

,98

2 m

inu

tes.

Ap

pro

xim

ate

ly 2

mil

lio

n c

ust

om

ers

wer

e

imp

act

ed b

y P

SP

S o

ver

th

is t

ime.

Th

is t

ran

sla

tes

to a

ver

ag

e cu

sto

mer

do

wn

tim

e o

f le

ss

tha

n 0

.1 h

ou

rs.

PG

&E

in

crea

sed

th

e u

se o

f re

du

nd

an

cies

, re

-ro

uti

ng

, a

nd

str

ess

test

ing

in r

esp

on

se t

o t

he

do

wn

tim

e ev

ents

an

d d

id n

ot

exp

erie

nce

web

site

do

wn

tim

e

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

rem

ain

der

of

the

wil

dfi

re s

easo

n.

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

thes

e

pra

ctic

es a

nd

aim

s to

av

oid

web

site

do

wn

tim

e a

lto

get

her

in

th

e fu

ture

.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

29

PS

PS

op

. m

od

el

an

d c

on

seq

uen

ce

mit

iga

tio

n

F.I

II.f

Are

sp

ecif

ic r

eso

urc

es p

rov

ided

to

cust

om

ers

to a

llev

iate

th

e im

pa

ct o

f th

e

po

wer

sh

uto

ff (

e.g

., p

rov

idin

g b

ack

up

gen

era

tors

, su

pp

lies

, b

att

erie

s, e

tc.)

?

iiii

No

ne

Du

rin

g t

he

20

19 w

ild

fire

sea

son

, P

G&

E a

ttem

pte

d t

o a

llev

iate

PS

PS

im

pa

ct t

hro

ug

h i

ts

cust

om

er r

eso

urc

e ce

nte

rs (

CR

Cs)

. W

hil

e a

men

itie

s v

ari

ed b

y e

ven

t, e

xa

mp

le

reso

urc

es i

ncl

ud

ed m

ob

ile

dev

ice

cha

rgin

g,

ice,

an

d b

lan

ket

s, a

nd

, a

s th

e se

aso

n

pro

gre

ssed

, P

G&

E i

ncr

ease

d c

oll

ab

ora

tio

n w

ith

co

un

ties

to

ev

olv

e it

s C

RC

am

enit

ies

an

d p

roto

cols

(e.

g.,

AD

A a

cces

s, h

ou

rs o

f o

per

ati

on

). M

ov

ing

fo

rwa

rd,

PG

&E

wil

l

con

tin

ue

to i

ncr

ease

co

lla

bo

rati

on

wit

h c

ou

nti

es a

nd

tri

ba

l a

gen

cies

to

im

pro

ve

the

CR

C c

ust

om

er e

xp

erie

nce

an

d i

nte

gra

te C

RC

op

era

tio

ns

mo

re c

oh

esiv

ely

wit

h c

ou

nty

emer

gen

cy o

per

ati

on

s (e

.g.,

pre

-id

enti

fy m

ore

CR

C l

oca

tio

ns)

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

30

Pro

toco

ls f

or

PS

PS

in

itia

tio

n

F.I

V.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ha

ve

exp

lici

t th

resh

old

s

for

act

iva

tin

g a

PS

PS

?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

ha

s ex

pli

cit

thre

sho

lds

for

act

iva

tin

g a

PS

PS

, a

s a

ma

tter

of

last

res

ort

.

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teg

or

y

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tte

rC

ate

go

ry

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me

Ca

pa

bil

ity

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ap

ab

ilit

y

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

n

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

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ur

re

nt

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te

Sc

or

eF

utu

re

Sta

te S

co

re

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su

mp

tio

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lan

ati

on

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teg

or

y/C

ap

ab

ilit

y I

nfo

Sc

or

es

Fin

al

De

liv

er

ab

leQ

ue

sti

on

In

fo

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

30

Pro

toco

ls f

or

PS

PS

in

itia

tio

n

F.I

V.b

Wh

ich

of

the

foll

ow

ing

do

es t

he

uti

lity

tak

e in

to a

cco

un

t w

hen

ma

kin

g P

SP

S

dec

isio

ns?

Sel

ect

all

th

at

ap

ply

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

ha

s a

pa

rtia

lly

au

tom

ate

d s

yst

em w

hic

h r

eco

mm

end

s ci

rcu

its

for

PS

PS

an

d

wh

ich

is

then

va

lid

ate

d b

y S

ME

s. P

G&

E w

ill

con

tin

ue

to u

se t

his

pro

cess

fo

r th

e

fore

seea

ble

fu

ture

.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

30

Pro

toco

ls f

or

PS

PS

in

itia

tio

n

F.I

V.c

Un

der

wh

ich

cir

cum

sta

nce

s d

oes

th

e

uti

lity

de-

ener

giz

e ci

rcu

its?

Sel

ect

all

tha

t a

pp

ly.

i,ii

,iii

,iv

i,ii

,iii

,iv

No

ne

PG

&E

wil

l d

e-en

erg

ize

circ

uit

s fo

r n

um

ero

us

rea

son

s in

clu

din

g,

bu

t n

ot

lim

ited

to

:

• U

po

n d

etec

tio

n o

f d

am

ag

ed c

on

dit

ion

s o

f el

ectr

ic e

qu

ipm

ent,

• W

hen

cir

cuit

pre

sen

ts a

sa

fety

ris

k t

o s

up

pre

ssio

n o

r o

ther

per

son

nel

an

d t

he

sup

pre

ssio

n a

gen

cy h

as

req

ues

ted

de-

ener

giz

ati

on

,

• W

hen

eq

uip

men

t h

as

com

e in

to c

on

tact

wit

h f

ore

ign

ob

ject

s p

osi

ng

ig

nit

ion

ris

k a

nd

do

es n

ot

tak

e it

self

ou

t,

• If

cir

cuit

s a

re o

ver

loa

ded

,

• W

hen

ga

s le

ak

s a

re d

etec

ted

in

a v

ola

tile

atm

osp

her

e

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

30

Pro

toco

ls f

or

PS

PS

in

itia

tio

n

F.I

V.d

Giv

en t

he

con

dit

ion

of

the

gri

d,

wit

h

wh

at

pro

ba

bil

ity

do

es t

he

uti

lity

ex

pec

t

an

y l

arg

e sc

ale

PS

PS

ev

ents

aff

ecti

ng

mo

re t

ha

n 1

0,0

00

peo

ple

to

occ

ur

in t

he

com

ing

yea

r?

iiii

No

ne.

PG

&E

an

tici

pa

tes

an

av

era

ge

of

5-6

PS

PS

ev

ents

per

yea

r. I

n t

he

pa

st,

PG

&E

ha

s n

ot

exec

ute

d a

PS

PS

ev

ent

tha

t a

ffec

ted

les

s th

an

10

,00

0 p

eop

le.

Alt

ho

ug

h m

itig

ati

on

effo

rts

wil

l h

av

e a

n i

mp

act

on

th

e P

SP

S p

roce

ss,

PG

&E

an

tici

pa

tes

wit

h a

pro

ba

bil

ity

of

gre

ate

r th

an

5%

, h

av

ing

la

rge

sca

le P

SP

S e

ven

ts a

ffec

t m

ore

th

an

10

,00

0 p

eop

le i

n

the

com

ing

yea

r.F

Gri

d o

per

ati

on

s

an

d p

roto

cols

31

Pro

toco

ls f

or

PS

PS

re-

ener

giz

ati

on

F.V

.aIs

th

ere

a p

roce

ss f

or

insp

ecti

ng

de-

ener

giz

ed s

ecti

on

s o

f th

e g

rid

pri

or

to r

e-

ener

giz

ati

on

?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es h

av

e a

pro

cess

fo

r in

spec

tin

g d

e-en

erg

ized

sec

tio

ns

of

the

gri

d p

rio

r to

re-

ener

giz

ati

on

aft

er a

PS

PS

ev

ent.

Th

ere

is c

urr

entl

y a

n e

xis

tin

g p

roce

ss (

TD

-14

64

B-0

2)

for

acc

ura

tely

in

spec

tin

g d

e-en

erg

ized

sec

tio

ns

of

the

gri

d.

PG

&E

do

es h

av

e a

eria

l

too

ls,

bu

t n

ot

sen

sors

. P

G&

E i

s m

ak

ing

fo

rwa

rd p

rog

ress

, b

ut

do

es n

ot

bel

iev

e

au

gm

enta

tio

n w

ith

sen

sors

an

d a

eria

l to

ols

wil

l b

e co

mp

lete

20

23

.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

31

Pro

toco

ls f

or

PS

PS

re-

ener

giz

ati

on

F.V

.bH

ow

au

tom

ate

d i

s th

e p

roce

ss f

or

insp

ecti

ng

de-

ener

giz

ed s

ecti

on

s o

f th

e

gri

d p

rio

r to

re

ener

giz

ati

on

?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

's c

urr

ent

pro

cess

fo

r in

spec

tin

g d

e-en

erg

ized

sec

tio

ns

of

the

gri

d p

rio

r to

re

ener

giz

ati

on

is

ma

nu

al.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s to

mo

ve

to a

pa

rtia

lly

au

tom

ate

d

pro

cess

wh

ich

ma

y i

ncl

ud

e th

e u

se o

f L

iDA

R,

sate

llit

e im

ag

ery

an

d p

rog

ram

ma

ble

cam

era

tec

hn

olo

gy

.F

Gri

d o

per

ati

on

s

an

d p

roto

cols

31

Pro

toco

ls f

or

PS

PS

re-

ener

giz

ati

on

F.V

.cW

ha

t is

th

e a

ver

ag

e a

mo

un

t o

f ti

me

tha

t

it t

ak

es y

ou

to

re-

ener

giz

e y

ou

r g

rid

fro

m

a P

SP

S o

nce

wea

ther

ha

s su

bsi

ded

to

bel

ow

yo

ur

de-

ener

giz

ati

on

th

resh

old

?

iiiv

No

ne

PG

&E

's a

ver

ag

e a

mo

un

t o

f ti

me

to r

e-en

erg

ize

the

gri

d a

fter

th

e w

eath

er h

as

sub

sid

ed

fro

m a

PS

PS

ev

ent

is u

nd

er t

wen

ty-f

ou

r d

ay

lig

ht

ho

urs

. P

G&

E's

go

al

is t

o a

chie

ve

rest

ori

ng

in

un

der

da

yli

gh

t tw

elv

e h

ou

rs.

Th

is g

oa

l w

ill

be

ach

iev

ed b

y u

nd

erst

an

din

g

wh

at

lin

es c

an

be

pa

tro

lled

by

aer

ial

reso

urc

es a

nd

sec

uri

ng

mu

tua

l a

id e

arl

y.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

31

Pro

toco

ls f

or

PS

PS

re-

ener

giz

ati

on

F.V

.dW

ha

t le

vel

of

un

der

sta

nd

ing

of

pro

ba

bil

ity

of

ign

itio

ns

aft

er P

SP

S

even

ts d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty h

av

e a

cro

ss t

he

gri

d?

iiii

iP

G&

E i

s a

nsw

erin

g t

his

qu

esti

on

usi

ng

th

e

ass

um

pti

on

th

at

the

ign

itio

n r

isk

in

qu

esti

on

ref

ers

to “

the

risk

of

ign

itio

n f

rom

re-

ener

giz

ing

aft

er a

PS

PS

pa

tro

l”

PG

&E

pa

rtro

ls l

ines

im

pa

cted

by

PS

PS

co

nd

itio

ns

pri

or

to r

een

erg

iza

tio

n a

nd

use

s

tha

t in

form

ati

on

to

in

form

ab

ou

t th

e p

rob

ab

ilit

y o

f ig

nit

ion

.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

32

Ign

itio

n

pre

ven

tio

n a

nd

sup

pre

ssio

n

F.V

I.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ha

ve

def

ined

po

lici

es

aro

un

d t

he

role

of

wo

rker

s in

sup

pre

ssin

g i

gn

itio

ns?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

ha

s ex

pli

cit

po

lici

es a

bo

ut

the

role

of

crew

s in

clu

din

g c

on

tra

cto

rs a

nd

sub

con

tra

cto

rs a

t th

e si

te o

f ig

nit

ion

.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

32

Ign

itio

n

pre

ven

tio

n a

nd

sup

pre

ssio

n

F.V

I.b

Wh

at

tra

inin

g a

nd

to

ols

are

pro

vid

ed t

o

fiel

d w

ork

ers?

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

pro

vid

es t

rain

ing

an

d c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

s to

ols

to

im

med

iate

ly r

epo

rt i

gn

itio

ns

cau

sed

by

wo

rker

s o

r in

im

med

iate

vic

init

y o

f w

ork

ers.

In

ad

dit

ion

, su

pp

ress

ion

to

ols

an

d t

rain

ing

to

su

pp

ress

sm

all

ig

nit

ion

s a

re p

rov

ided

to

so

me

wo

rker

s. I

n t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

fo

rese

es t

he

use

of

SIP

T c

rew

an

d/o

r p

ub

lic

safe

ty s

pec

iali

sts

as

tra

iner

s;

ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

is

no

t su

re t

hey

wil

l h

av

e co

mm

un

ica

tio

n t

oo

ls f

un

ctio

nin

g w

ith

ou

t

cell

rec

epti

on

an

d t

rain

ing

by

su

pp

ress

ion

pro

fess

ion

als

pro

vid

ed b

y 2

02

3.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

32

Ign

itio

n

pre

ven

tio

n a

nd

sup

pre

ssio

n

F.V

I.c

In t

he

even

t w

ork

ers

enco

un

ter

an

ign

itio

n,

do

an

y m

ajo

r in

juri

es o

r

fata

liti

es o

ccu

r? I

n t

he

even

ts w

her

e

wo

rker

s h

av

e en

cou

nte

red

an

ig

nit

ion

,

ha

ve

an

y C

al/

OS

HA

rep

ort

ed i

nju

ries

or

fata

liti

es o

ccu

rred

in

in

th

e la

st y

ear?

ii

No

ne

In e

ven

ts w

her

e w

ork

ers

ha

ve

enco

un

tere

d a

n i

gn

itio

n,

PG

&E

ha

s n

ot

rep

ort

ed a

ny

Ca

l/O

SH

A i

nju

ries

or

fata

liti

es i

n t

he

pa

st y

ear,

as

rep

ort

ed i

n t

he

WM

P.

FG

rid

op

era

tio

ns

an

d p

roto

cols

32

Ign

itio

n

pre

ven

tio

n a

nd

sup

pre

ssio

n

F.V

I.d

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

pro

vid

e tr

ain

ing

to

oth

er

wo

rker

s a

t o

ther

uti

liti

es a

nd

ou

tsid

e th

e

uti

lity

in

du

stry

on

bes

t p

ract

ices

to

min

imiz

e, r

epo

rt a

nd

su

pp

ress

ign

itio

ns?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

tra

ins

mu

tua

l a

ssis

tan

ce c

rew

s b

efo

re s

end

ing

th

em o

ut

in P

G&

E

terr

ito

ry.

Ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

pro

act

ivel

y p

rov

ide

tra

inin

g t

o o

ther

wo

rker

s a

t

oth

er u

tili

ties

an

d o

uts

ide

the

uti

lity

in

du

stry

on

bes

t p

ract

ices

to

min

imiz

e, r

epo

rt

an

d s

up

pre

ss i

gn

itio

ns.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

3D

ata

co

llec

tio

n

an

d c

ura

tio

n

G.I

.aD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty h

av

e a

cen

tra

lize

d

da

tab

ase

of

situ

ati

on

al,

op

era

tio

na

l, a

nd

risk

da

ta?

iii

"Cen

tra

lize

d d

ata

ba

se"

mea

ns

com

mo

n p

latf

orm

fo

r

da

ta r

ath

er t

ha

n c

om

ple

te i

nte

gra

tio

n o

f en

terp

rise

syst

ems.

PG

&E

's c

ust

om

er d

ata

, a

sset

da

ta,

wo

rk m

an

ag

emen

t d

ata

, G

IS d

ata

, o

per

ati

on

s d

ata

an

d e

ven

t d

ata

ha

ve

tra

dit

ion

all

y b

een

ma

na

ged

in

sep

ara

te s

yst

ems,

wit

h

ind

epen

den

t d

ata

sto

res.

PG

&E

ha

s p

lan

s to

in

teg

rate

po

rtio

ns

of

its

da

ta,

incl

ud

ing

the

Ele

ctri

c O

per

ati

on

s d

ata

- A

sset

Da

ta F

ou

nd

ati

on

(A

DF

).G

Da

ta g

ov

ern

an

ce

33

Da

ta c

oll

ecti

on

an

d c

ura

tio

n

G.I

.bIs

th

e u

tili

ty a

ble

to

use

ad

va

nce

d

an

aly

tics

on

its

cen

tra

lize

d d

ata

ba

se o

f

situ

ati

on

al,

op

era

tio

na

l, a

nd

ris

k d

ata

to

ma

ke

op

era

tio

na

l a

nd

in

ves

tmen

t d

ecis

ion

s?

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E p

lan

s to

use

ad

va

nce

d a

na

lyti

cs f

or

sho

rt a

nd

lo

ng

ter

m d

ecis

ion

ma

kin

g.

In t

he

sho

rt t

erm

, P

G&

E w

ill

use

Tec

hn

osy

lva

to

red

uce

rea

l ti

me

op

era

tio

na

l ri

sk.

In t

he

lon

g t

erm

, P

G&

E p

lan

s to

use

ad

va

nce

d a

na

lyti

cs t

o s

et i

nsp

ecti

on

cy

cles

an

d p

rio

riti

ze

syst

em h

ard

enin

g i

nit

iati

ves

.

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teg

or

y

Le

tte

rC

ate

go

ry

Na

me

Ca

pa

bil

ity

#C

ap

ab

ilit

y

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

n

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

nC

ur

re

nt

Sta

te

Sc

or

eF

utu

re

Sta

te S

co

re

As

su

mp

tio

nE

xp

lan

ati

on

Ca

teg

or

y/C

ap

ab

ilit

y I

nfo

Sc

or

es

Fin

al

De

liv

er

ab

leQ

ue

sti

on

In

fo

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

3D

ata

co

llec

tio

n

an

d c

ura

tio

n

G.I

.cD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty c

oll

ect

da

ta f

rom

all

sen

sore

d p

ort

ion

s o

f el

ectr

ic l

ines

,

equ

ipm

ent,

wea

ther

sta

tio

ns,

etc

.?

iiii

"Co

llec

t d

ata

fro

m a

ll s

enso

red

po

rtio

ns"

mea

ns

tha

t

da

ta i

s a

va

ila

ble

to

be

coll

ecte

d.

PG

&E

co

llec

ts d

ata

fro

m a

ll S

CA

DA

-en

ab

led

sen

sore

d p

ort

ion

s o

f el

ectr

ic l

ines

,

equ

ipm

ent,

an

d w

eath

er s

tati

on

s. H

ow

ever

, n

ot

all

sen

sors

are

SC

AD

A-e

na

ble

d.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

3D

ata

co

llec

tio

n

an

d c

ura

tio

n

G.I

.dIs

th

e u

tili

ty's

da

tab

ase

of

situ

ati

on

al,

op

era

tio

na

l, a

nd

ris

k d

ata

ab

le t

o i

ng

est

an

d s

ha

re d

ata

usi

ng

rea

l-ti

me

AP

I

pro

toco

ls w

ith

a w

ide

va

riet

y o

f

sta

keh

old

ers?

ii

1) "

Sta

keh

old

ers"

mea

ns

inte

rna

l st

ak

eho

lder

s.

2)

PG

&E

in

terp

rets

"re

al

tim

e A

PI

pro

toco

ls"

as

mea

nin

g t

ha

t th

e d

ata

ba

se c

an

in

teg

rate

op

era

tio

na

l

an

d r

isk

da

ta i

n r

eal

tim

e o

r o

n a

reg

ula

r, f

req

uen

t

cad

ence

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s a

SC

AD

A H

isto

ria

n a

nd

PI

syst

em i

n i

ts c

on

tro

l ce

nte

rs.

Wh

ile

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

bel

iev

e re

al-

tim

e p

roto

cols

wil

l b

e fe

asi

ble

by

20

23

, th

e u

tili

ty w

ill

wo

rk t

ow

ard

s a

mo

re d

yn

am

ic i

nte

rfa

ce f

or

ass

et p

erfo

rma

nce

in

th

e fu

ture

.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

3D

ata

co

llec

tio

n

an

d c

ura

tio

n

G.I

.eD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty i

den

tify

hig

hes

t p

rio

rity

ad

dit

ion

al

da

ta s

ou

rces

to

im

pro

ve

dec

isio

n m

ak

ing

?

iiii

i"D

ata

ba

se"

is a

pp

lied

her

e w

ith

th

e a

ssu

mp

tio

n t

ha

t

ther

e w

ill

stil

l b

e a

hu

ma

n e

lem

ent

to t

his

pro

cess

.

PG

&E

id

enti

fies

hig

h-p

rio

rity

ad

dit

ion

al

da

ta s

ou

rces

to

im

pro

ve

dec

isio

n m

ak

ing

, a

s

seen

wit

h t

he

acq

uis

itio

n o

f th

e h

igh

-res

olu

tio

n c

am

era

s, w

eath

er s

tati

on

s, a

nd

sate

llit

es.

PG

&E

ha

s n

ot

per

form

ed t

his

ass

essm

ent

ho

list

ica

lly

acr

oss

th

e u

tili

ty.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

3D

ata

co

llec

tio

n

an

d c

ura

tio

n

G.I

.fD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty s

ha

re b

est

pra

ctic

es f

or

da

tab

ase

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d u

se w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

in

Ca

lifo

rnia

an

d b

eyo

nd

?

ii

PG

&E

ass

um

es "

da

tab

ase

ma

na

gem

ent"

ref

ers

to

ho

w P

G&

E d

ecid

es w

hic

h t

yp

es o

f d

ata

sh

ou

ld b

e

coll

ecte

d a

nd

ho

w t

hey

sh

ou

ld b

e co

llec

ted

, n

ot

ho

w

the

da

tab

ase

its

elf

sho

uld

be

stru

ctu

red

PG

&E

is

no

t cu

rren

tly

sh

ari

ng

da

ta a

rou

nd

nea

r m

isse

s, c

au

ses,

or

fail

ure

s. T

his

is

larg

ely

du

e to

th

e fa

ct t

ha

t P

G&

E i

s co

llec

tin

g d

iffe

ren

t ty

pes

of

da

ta t

ha

n t

he

oth

er

IOU

S,

ma

kin

g i

t h

ard

to

sh

are

on

th

e d

ata

att

rib

ute

lev

el.

PG

&E

is

ab

le t

o s

ha

re e

ven

t

ba

sed

da

ta l

earn

ing

s. I

n t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wo

uld

nee

d s

up

po

rt t

o d

efin

e co

nsi

sten

t

da

ta a

ttri

bu

tes

tha

t ca

n b

e ca

ptu

red

an

d s

ha

red

acr

oss

th

e IO

US

. P

G&

E a

nd

oth

er

IOU

s w

ill

be

coll

ecti

ng

sta

nd

ard

ized

da

ta i

n f

ire

spre

ad

mo

del

ing

(u

sin

g t

he

sam

e to

ol

-

Tec

hn

osy

lva

).G

Da

ta g

ov

ern

an

ce

34

Da

ta

tra

nsp

are

ncy

an

d

an

aly

tics

G.I

I.a

Is t

her

e a

sin

gle

do

cum

ent

cata

log

uin

g

all

fir

e-re

late

d d

ata

an

d a

lgo

rith

ms,

an

aly

ses,

an

d d

ata

pro

cess

es?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

bel

iev

es t

ha

t a

su

ite

of

clea

rly

ca

teg

ori

zed

do

cum

ents

is

mo

re e

ffec

tiv

e th

an

a

sin

gle

do

cum

ent

in t

his

in

sta

nce

. A

s su

ch,

PG

&E

ha

s a

su

ite

of

do

cum

ents

ca

talo

gu

ing

fire

rel

ate

d d

ata

, a

lgo

rith

ms,

so

urc

es,

an

d a

ssu

mp

tio

ns.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

ha

ve

futu

re

pla

ns

to c

on

soli

da

te t

he

info

rma

tio

n i

nto

a s

ing

le d

ocu

men

t b

eca

use

PG

&E

bel

iev

es

tha

t h

av

ing

mu

ltip

le d

ocu

men

ts t

ha

t a

re e

asy

to

fo

llo

w m

eets

th

e in

ten

t o

f th

is

qu

esti

on

.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

4D

ata

tra

nsp

are

ncy

an

d

an

aly

tics

G.I

I.b

Is t

her

e a

n e

xp

lan

ati

on

of

the

sou

rces

,

clea

nin

g p

roce

sses

, a

nd

ass

um

pti

on

s

ma

de

in t

he

sin

gle

do

cum

ent

cata

log

?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

ha

s a

su

ite

of

do

cum

ents

ca

talo

gu

ing

fir

e re

late

d d

ata

, a

lgo

rith

ms,

so

urc

es,

an

d

ass

um

pti

on

s. P

G&

E d

oes

no

t h

av

e fu

ture

pla

ns

to c

on

soli

da

te t

he

info

rma

tio

n i

nto

a

sin

gle

do

cum

ent

bec

au

se P

G&

E b

elie

ves

th

at

ha

vin

g m

ult

iple

do

cum

ents

th

at

are

ea

sy

to f

oll

ow

mee

ts t

he

inte

nt

of

this

qu

esti

on

.G

Da

ta g

ov

ern

an

ce

34

Da

ta

tra

nsp

are

ncy

an

d

an

aly

tics

G.I

I.c

Are

all

an

aly

ses,

alg

ori

thm

s, a

nd

da

ta

pro

cess

ing

ex

pla

ined

an

d d

ocu

men

ted

?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

an

aly

ses,

alg

ori

thm

s, a

nd

da

ta p

roce

sses

are

do

cum

ente

d i

n m

ost

ca

ses,

bu

t

ma

y n

ot

be

exp

lain

ed i

n a

ll i

nst

an

ce.

PG

&E

pla

ns

on

im

pro

vin

g e

xp

lan

ati

on

s o

f it

s

do

cum

ente

d a

na

lyse

s, a

lgo

rith

ms

an

d d

ata

pro

cess

es i

n t

he

futu

re.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

4D

ata

tra

nsp

are

ncy

an

d

an

aly

tics

G.I

I.d

Is t

her

e a

sy

stem

fo

r sh

ari

ng

da

ta i

n r

eal

tim

e a

cro

ss m

ult

iple

lev

els

of

per

mis

sio

n?

iii

iii

"Sy

stem

" m

ean

s a

pla

tfo

rm.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

sh

are

s b

est

pra

ctic

es f

or

da

tab

ase

ma

na

gem

ent

an

d u

se w

ith

oth

er

uti

liti

es i

n C

ali

forn

ia a

nd

bey

on

d v

ia s

ever

al

pla

tfo

rms:

1)

the

AR

CG

IS p

ort

al

sha

res

rea

l-ti

me

ma

ps

to c

ou

nti

es,

2)

the

PS

PS

po

rta

l sh

are

s th

e cu

sto

mer

im

pa

cted

lis

ts t

o

loca

l g

ov

ern

men

t, a

nd

3)

PG

&E

's w

ebsi

te s

ha

res

oth

er p

ub

lic

da

ta.

PG

&E

wil

l

con

tin

ue

to e

xer

cise

th

is b

eha

vio

r in

th

e fo

rese

eab

le f

utu

re.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

4D

ata

tra

nsp

are

ncy

an

d

an

aly

tics

G.I

I.e

Are

th

e m

ost

rel

eva

nt

wil

dfi

re r

ela

ted

da

ta a

lgo

rith

ms

dis

clo

sed

?

iii

iii

"Alg

ori

thm

" eq

ua

tes

to t

he

met

ho

do

log

y u

sed

.P

G&

E p

ub

licl

y d

iscl

ose

s th

e m

eth

od

olo

gy

th

at

sup

po

rts

the

da

ta a

lgo

rith

ms

bu

t d

oes

no

t sh

are

th

e sp

ecif

ic l

ines

of

cod

e.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

5N

ear-

mis

s

tra

ckin

g

G.I

II.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

tra

ck n

ear

mis

s d

ata

fo

r

all

nea

r m

isse

s w

ith

wil

dfi

re i

gn

itio

n

po

ten

tia

l?

iii

"Nea

r m

iss"

mea

ns

an

ev

ent

tha

t h

ap

pen

ed i

n

PG

&E

's s

yst

em b

ut

did

no

t ca

use

an

ig

nit

ion

.

PG

&E

tra

cks

nea

r m

iss

da

ta (

ha

zard

s a

nd

da

ma

ges

) d

uri

ng

a P

SP

S e

ven

t, b

eca

use

if

ener

giz

ed,

tho

se n

ear

mis

ses

cou

ld h

av

e cr

eate

d a

po

ten

tia

l ig

nit

ion

. P

G&

E a

lso

cap

ture

s o

uta

ge

an

d w

ires

do

wn

in

form

ati

on

, a

nd

a s

ub

set

of

tha

t d

ata

co

uld

be

con

sid

ered

nea

r-m

iss

da

ta.

Du

rin

g n

orm

al

op

era

tio

ns,

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

ha

ve

a r

ob

ust

wa

y t

o c

ap

ture

all

nea

r m

iss

da

ta a

t th

is t

ime.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

form

ali

ze a

pro

cess

to

ca

ptu

re n

ear

mis

s d

ata

du

rin

g n

orm

al

op

era

tio

ns.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

5N

ear-

mis

s

tra

ckin

g

G.I

II.b

Ba

sed

on

nea

r m

iss

da

ta c

ap

ture

d,

is t

he

uti

lity

ab

le t

o s

imu

late

wil

dfi

re p

ote

nti

al

giv

en a

n i

gn

itio

n b

ase

d o

n e

ven

t

cha

ract

eris

tics

, fu

el l

oa

ds,

an

d m

ois

ture

?

iii

"Nea

r m

iss"

mea

ns

an

ev

ent

tha

t h

ap

pen

ed i

n

PG

&E

's s

yst

em b

ut

did

no

t ca

use

an

ig

nit

ion

.

PG

&E

is

ab

le t

o s

imu

late

wil

dfi

re p

ote

nti

al

giv

en a

n i

gn

itio

n v

ia t

wo

mo

del

s,

Tec

hn

osy

lva

an

d R

EA

X.

Th

ese

mo

del

s u

tili

ze w

eath

er a

nd

en

vir

on

men

tal

inp

uts

fro

m

PG

&E

’s i

nte

rna

l h

igh

-res

olu

tio

n w

eath

er s

yst

em,

PO

MM

S.

Wh

ile

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

mea

sure

nea

r m

isse

s ex

pli

citl

y,

the

uti

lity

mea

sure

s o

uta

ges

an

d

wir

es d

ow

n i

nst

an

ces,

a s

ub

set

wh

ich

are

co

nsi

der

ed n

ear-

mis

ses.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E

wil

l im

ple

men

t a

del

iber

ate

pro

cess

to

id

enti

fy n

ear

mis

ses.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

5N

ear-

mis

s

tra

ckin

g

G.I

II.c

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ca

ptu

re d

ata

rel

ate

d t

o

the

spec

ific

mo

de

of

fail

ure

wh

en

cap

turi

ng

nea

r m

iss

da

ta?

iii

"Nea

r m

iss"

mea

ns

an

ev

ent

tha

t h

ap

pen

ed i

n

PG

&E

's s

yst

em b

ut

did

no

t ca

use

an

ig

nit

ion

.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

tri

es t

o c

ap

ture

th

e d

irec

t fa

ilu

re w

hen

ca

ptu

rin

g n

ear

mis

s d

ata

.

PG

&E

wil

l im

ple

men

t a

dd

itio

na

l ca

use

an

aly

sis

to b

ette

r ex

pla

in t

he

spec

ific

mo

de

of

fail

ure

wh

y a

fa

ilu

re o

ccu

rred

.

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me

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ity

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te

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re

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sti

on

In

fo

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

5N

ear-

mis

s

tra

ckin

g

G.I

II.d

Is t

he

uti

lity

ab

le t

o p

red

ict

the

pro

ba

bil

ity

of

a n

ear

mis

s in

ca

usi

ng

an

ign

itio

n b

ase

d o

n a

set

of

even

t

cha

ract

eris

tics

?

iii

"Nea

r m

iss"

mea

ns

an

ev

ent

tha

t h

ap

pen

ed i

n

PG

&E

's s

yst

em b

ut

did

no

t ca

use

an

ig

nit

ion

.

At

this

tim

e, P

G&

E's

is

ab

le t

o p

red

ict

the

pro

ba

bil

ity

of

an

ig

nit

ion

ba

sed

on

win

d-

rela

ted

ev

ents

on

ly.

PG

&E

's T

ran

smis

sio

n O

per

ab

ilit

y A

sses

smen

t (O

A)

mo

del

con

sid

ers

the

lik

elih

oo

d o

f a

sp

ecif

ic t

ran

smis

sio

n l

ine

ass

et f

ail

ure

un

der

cer

tain

win

d

loa

din

g c

on

dit

ion

s. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

co

nti

nu

e to

en

ha

nce

th

e O

A m

od

el.

Als

o,

PG

&E

's

met

eoro

log

y t

eam

use

s a

n O

uta

ge

Pro

du

cin

g W

ind

(O

PW

) m

od

el,

wh

ich

pre

dic

ts t

he

pro

ba

bil

ity

of

a i

gn

itio

n b

ase

d o

n a

set

of

win

d-

rela

ted

ch

ara

cter

isti

cs.

PG

&E

wil

l

evo

lve

to a

mo

re h

oli

stic

pro

ba

bil

ity

mo

del

in

th

e fu

ture

.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

5N

ear-

mis

s

tra

ckin

g

G.I

II.e

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

use

da

ta f

rom

nea

r

mis

ses

to c

ha

ng

e g

rid

op

era

tio

n

pro

toco

ls i

n r

eal

tim

e?

ii

"Nea

r m

iss"

mea

ns

an

ev

ent

tha

t h

ap

pen

ed i

n

PG

&E

's s

yst

em b

ut

did

no

t ca

use

an

ig

nit

ion

.

PG

&E

's g

rid

op

era

tors

in

terp

ret

da

ta o

n a

rea

l-ti

me

ba

sis

as

pa

rt o

f th

eir

no

rma

l

cou

rse

of

bu

sin

ess.

PG

&E

do

es c

ha

ng

e g

rid

op

era

tio

n p

roto

cols

no

t n

eces

sari

ly b

ase

d

on

rea

l ti

me

da

ta,

bu

t b

ase

d o

n f

ore

cast

ed w

eath

er.

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, P

G&

E w

ill

dis

ab

le

recl

osu

re o

per

ati

on

s th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e fi

re s

easo

n a

nd

wil

l te

st t

hem

ba

ck i

n w

hen

it

is

low

fir

e ri

sk i

s fo

reca

sted

. P

G&

E w

ill

use

lea

rnin

gs

tha

t co

me

ou

t o

f th

e n

ear

mis

s

an

aly

sis

to a

dju

st t

he

gri

d o

per

ati

on

s p

roto

cols

du

rin

g t

he

fire

sea

son

in

th

e fu

ture

.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

6D

ata

sh

ari

ng

wit

h

the

rese

arc

h

com

mu

nit

y

G.I

V.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ma

ke

dis

clo

sure

s a

nd

sha

re d

ata

?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E i

s fo

cuse

d o

n s

ha

rin

g r

equ

ired

da

ta w

ith

th

e re

sea

rch

co

mm

un

ity

. P

G&

E

curr

entl

y s

ha

res

the

"co

rrec

tiv

es"f

ou

nd

du

rin

g t

he

enh

an

ced

in

spec

tio

ns

pro

cess

on

its

pu

bli

c-fa

cin

g w

ebsi

te,

(wh

ich

is

bey

on

d a

ny

req

uir

emen

ts),

an

d p

lan

s to

sh

are

ev

en

mo

re i

n t

he

futu

re.

On

occ

asi

on

, P

G&

E r

ecei

ves

an

d r

esp

on

ds

to r

equ

ests

bey

on

d

req

uir

emen

ts f

rom

lo

cal

go

ver

nm

ents

(i.

e.,

the

dis

trib

ute

d e

ner

gy

res

ou

rce

pla

n f

or

PS

PS

mit

iga

tio

n).

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

6D

ata

sh

ari

ng

wit

h

the

rese

arc

h

com

mu

nit

y

G.I

V.b

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

in

en

ga

ge

in r

esea

rch

?ii

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E p

art

icip

ate

s in

sev

era

l re

sea

rch

in

itia

tiv

es s

uch

as:

1)

the

Ele

ctri

c P

rog

ram

Inv

estm

ent

Ch

arg

e (E

PIC

) P

rog

ram

(P

G&

E p

rov

ides

fu

nd

ing

to

ad

dre

ss e

mer

gin

g g

rid

nee

ds)

, 2

) in

dep

end

ent

clim

ate

rep

ort

s, a

nd

3)

pa

rtn

erin

g w

ith

th

e B

. J

oh

n G

arr

ick

Inst

itu

te f

or

the

Ris

k S

cien

ces,

Un

iver

sity

of

Ca

lifo

rnia

Lo

s A

ng

eles

(U

CL

A)

to

lev

era

ge

the

rig

oro

us

mo

del

ing

use

d i

n t

he

nu

clea

r in

du

stry

to

per

form

th

oro

ug

h a

nd

com

ple

x w

ild

fire

ris

k a

sses

smen

ts a

nd

ma

na

gem

ent

pla

nn

ing

. P

G&

E w

ill

con

tin

ue

to

fun

d i

nd

epen

den

t a

nd

co

lla

bo

rati

ve

rese

arc

h a

nd

ap

ply

th

e re

sea

rch

to

oth

er u

tili

ties

,

wh

ere

po

ssib

le.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

6D

ata

sh

ari

ng

wit

h

the

rese

arc

h

com

mu

nit

y

G.I

V.c

Wh

at

sub

ject

s d

oes

uti

lity

res

earc

h

ad

dre

ss?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

pa

rtic

ipa

tes

in s

ever

al

rese

arc

h i

nit

iati

ves

su

ch a

s: 1

) th

e E

lect

ric

Pro

gra

m

Inv

estm

ent

Ch

arg

e (E

PIC

) P

rog

ram

(P

G&

E p

rov

ides

fu

nd

ing

to

ad

dre

ss e

mer

gin

g g

rid

nee

ds)

, 2

) in

dep

end

ent

clim

ate

rep

ort

s, a

nd

3)

pa

rtn

erin

g w

ith

th

e B

. J

oh

n G

arr

ick

Inst

itu

te f

or

the

Ris

k S

cien

ces,

Un

iver

sity

of

Ca

lifo

rnia

Lo

s A

ng

eles

(U

CL

A)

to

lev

era

ge

the

rig

oro

us

mo

del

ing

use

d i

n t

he

nu

clea

r in

du

stry

to

per

form

th

oro

ug

h a

nd

com

ple

x w

ild

fire

ris

k a

sses

smen

ts a

nd

ma

na

gem

ent

pla

nn

ing

. P

G&

E w

ill

con

tin

ue

to

fun

d i

nd

epen

den

t a

nd

co

lla

bo

rati

ve

rese

arc

h,

wh

ere

po

ssib

le.

GD

ata

go

ver

na

nce

3

6D

ata

sh

ari

ng

wit

h

the

rese

arc

h

com

mu

nit

y

G.I

V.d

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

pro

mo

te b

est

pra

ctic

es

ba

sed

on

la

test

in

dep

end

ent

scie

nti

fic

an

d

op

era

tio

na

l re

sea

rch

?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

ha

s w

ritt

en a

n i

nte

rna

l w

hit

e p

ap

er o

n e

va

lua

tin

g t

he

effe

ctiv

enes

s o

f v

isu

al

enh

an

ced

in

spec

tio

n w

ith

a d

ron

e v

s. w

ith

a h

elic

op

ter.

PG

&E

's r

esea

rch

fo

un

d t

ha

t

the

two

are

co

mp

ara

ble

fo

r in

spec

tio

n o

f w

oo

d p

ole

s, b

ut

the

dro

ne

is m

ore

eff

ecti

ve

for

stee

l st

ruct

ure

s. W

hil

e th

is e

xa

mp

le i

s cu

rren

tly

in

tern

al,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

to c

on

du

ct s

cien

tifi

c a

nd

op

era

tio

na

l re

sea

rch

, a

nd

sh

are

bes

t p

ract

ices

fo

r th

e

fore

seea

ble

fu

ture

.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

37

Sce

na

rio

an

aly

sis

acr

oss

dif

fere

nt

risk

lev

els

H.I

.aF

or

wh

at

risk

sce

na

rio

s is

th

e u

tili

ty a

ble

to p

rov

ide

pro

ject

ed c

ost

an

d t

ota

l ri

sk

red

uct

ion

po

ten

tia

l?

iii

iP

G&

E i

nte

rpre

ts t

his

qu

esti

on

as

ask

ing

if

ther

e a

re

bu

sin

ess-

case

ty

pe

an

aly

ses.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ca

lcu

late

s to

tal

pro

ba

bil

ity

of

risk

red

uct

ion

in

its

Ris

k A

sses

smen

t

Mit

iga

tio

n P

ha

se (

RA

MP

), h

ow

ever

it

do

es n

ot

incl

ud

e sc

ena

rio

s. I

n t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l im

pro

ve

its

calc

ula

tio

ns

by

in

clu

din

g m

ore

da

ta c

ap

ture

d i

n t

he

up

gra

ded

ER

P

syst

em a

nd

in

crea

sin

g t

he

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

in

its

ris

k m

od

elin

g b

y i

ts n

ext

RA

MP

fili

ng

.H

Res

ou

rce

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

37

Sce

na

rio

an

aly

sis

acr

oss

dif

fere

nt

risk

lev

els

H.I

.bF

or

wh

at

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

is

the

uti

lity

ab

le t

o p

rov

ide

pro

ject

ion

s fo

r ea

ch

scen

ari

o?

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

gra

nu

lari

ty i

n p

rov

idin

g p

roje

ctio

ns

for

dif

fere

nt

scen

ari

os

is d

on

e a

t th

e

pro

gra

m l

evel

. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

pro

vid

e p

roje

ctio

ns

at

the

circ

uit

lev

el.

Th

is w

ill

be

do

ne

by

tra

ckin

g o

per

ati

on

al

an

d f

ina

nci

al

da

ta d

iffe

ren

tly

.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

37

Sce

na

rio

an

aly

sis

acr

oss

dif

fere

nt

risk

lev

els

H.I

.cD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty i

ncl

ud

e a

lo

ng

ter

m (

e.g

.,

6-1

0 y

ear)

ris

k e

stim

ate

ta

kin

g i

nto

acc

ou

nt

ma

cro

fa

cto

rs (

clim

ate

ch

an

ge,

etc.

) a

s w

ell

as

pla

nn

ed r

isk

red

uct

ion

init

iati

ves

in

its

sce

na

rio

s?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

in

clu

des

in

its

RA

MP

fil

ing

a l

on

g t

erm

(e.

g.,

6-1

0 y

ear)

ris

k e

stim

ate

tak

ing

in

to a

cco

un

t m

acr

o f

act

ors

(cl

ima

te c

ha

ng

e, e

tc.)

as

wel

l a

s p

lan

ned

ris

k

red

uct

ion

in

itia

tiv

es i

n i

ts s

cen

ari

os

an

aly

sis

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

37

Sce

na

rio

an

aly

sis

acr

oss

dif

fere

nt

risk

lev

els

H.I

.dD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty p

rov

ide

an

est

ima

te o

f

imp

act

on

rel

iab

ilit

y f

act

ors

in

its

scen

ari

os?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

do

es n

ot

incl

ud

e re

lia

bil

ity

fa

cto

rs i

nto

sce

na

rio

an

aly

sis,

bu

t p

lan

s o

n

dev

elo

p t

his

ca

pa

bil

ity

in

th

e fu

ture

, w

hic

h w

ill

req

uir

e a

dd

itio

na

l re

sou

rces

.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

38

Pre

sen

tati

on

of

rela

tiv

e ri

sk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

for

po

rtfo

lio

of

init

iati

ves

H.I

I.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

pre

sen

t a

ccu

rate

qu

ali

tati

ve

ran

kin

gs

for

its

init

iati

ves

by

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

?

iiii

Inte

rpre

tin

g t

he

wo

rd "

acc

ura

te"

as

mea

nin

g

red

uct

ion

in

th

e p

rob

ab

ilit

y o

f a

ris

ky

ev

ent

PG

&E

in

clu

des

acc

ura

te q

ua

lita

tiv

e ri

sk s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy r

an

kin

gs

in v

ari

ou

s p

ub

lic

fili

ng

s, i

ncl

ud

ing

th

e R

AM

P,

GR

C,

an

d W

MP

. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

co

nti

nu

e th

is p

ract

ice

thro

ug

h 2

02

3.

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me

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ity

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ab

ilit

y

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me

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es

tio

n

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me

Qu

es

tio

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re

nt

Sta

te

Sc

or

eF

utu

re

Sta

te S

co

re

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su

mp

tio

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xp

lan

ati

on

Ca

teg

or

y/C

ap

ab

ilit

y I

nfo

Sc

or

es

Fin

al

De

liv

er

ab

leQ

ue

sti

on

In

fo

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

38

Pre

sen

tati

on

of

rela

tiv

e ri

sk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

for

po

rtfo

lio

of

init

iati

ves

H.I

I.b

Wh

at

init

iati

ves

are

ca

ptu

red

in

th

e

ran

kin

g o

f ri

sk s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy?

iii

Co

mm

erci

al

is d

efin

ed a

s in

itia

tiv

es t

ha

t a

re a

lrea

dy

ma

rket

tes

ted

PG

&E

ca

ptu

res

com

mo

n c

om

mer

cia

l in

itia

tiv

es i

n t

he

ran

kin

g o

f ri

sk s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy.

By

20

23

, co

ntr

ols

an

d m

itig

ati

on

s w

ill

be

incl

ud

ed.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

38

Pre

sen

tati

on

of

rela

tiv

e ri

sk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

for

po

rtfo

lio

of

init

iati

ves

H.I

I.c

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

in

clu

de

fig

ure

s fo

r

pre

sen

t v

alu

e co

st a

nd

pro

ject

ris

k

red

uct

ion

im

pa

ct o

f ea

ch i

nit

iati

ve,

clea

rly

do

cum

enti

ng

all

ass

um

pti

on

s

(e.g

. u

sefu

l li

fe,

dis

cou

nt

rate

, et

c.)?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

curr

entl

y d

ocu

men

t a

ll p

rese

nt

va

lue

an

d r

isk

red

uct

ion

ass

um

pti

on

s

for

its

po

rtfo

lio

of

risk

red

uct

ion

in

itia

tiv

es.

Wh

ile

PG

&E

aim

s to

pro

gre

ss t

o m

ore

circ

uit

-lev

el R

SE

est

ima

tes,

th

ese

esti

ma

tes

do

no

t n

eces

sari

ly m

ap

to

pro

ject

-lev

el

esti

ma

tes.

PG

&E

ex

pec

ts t

o e

vo

lve

clo

ser

to p

roje

ct-l

evel

RS

E e

stim

ate

s, w

hic

h w

ou

ld

ena

ble

do

cum

enta

tio

n o

f p

roje

ct-l

evel

ass

um

pti

on

s, h

ow

ever

, th

is m

ay

no

t b

e fe

asi

ble

for

all

pro

ject

s b

y 2

02

3.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

38

Pre

sen

tati

on

of

rela

tiv

e ri

sk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

for

po

rtfo

lio

of

init

iati

ves

H.I

I.d

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

pro

vid

e a

n e

xp

lan

ati

on

of

thei

r in

ves

tmen

t in

ea

ch p

art

icu

lar

init

iati

ve?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E d

oes

pro

vid

e a

n e

xp

lan

ati

on

of

inv

estm

ents

fo

r ea

ch i

nit

iati

ve,

wh

ich

in

clu

des

exp

ecte

d o

ver

all

red

uct

ion

in

ris

k.

Th

ere

are

in

sta

nce

s w

her

e P

G&

E h

as

incl

ud

ed t

he

exp

ecte

d o

ver

all

red

uct

ion

in

ris

k a

nd

est

ima

tes

of

imp

act

on

rel

iab

ilit

y f

act

ors

. F

or

exa

mp

le,

PG

&E

did

th

is w

hen

lo

ok

ing

at

recl

ose

rs a

nd

fo

r P

SP

S c

ust

om

er o

uta

ge

ho

urs

.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

38

Pre

sen

tati

on

of

rela

tiv

e ri

sk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

for

po

rtfo

lio

of

init

iati

ves

H.I

I.e

At

wh

at

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

is

the

uti

lity

ab

le t

o p

rov

ide

risk

eff

icie

ncy

fig

ure

s?

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y p

rov

ides

ris

k e

ffic

ien

cy f

igu

res

for

dif

fere

nt

scen

ari

os

at

the

pro

gra

m

lev

el,

ho

wev

er,

in t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to i

ncr

ease

RS

E g

ran

ula

rity

to

th

e ci

rcu

it

lev

el.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ha

s th

e a

bil

ity

to

est

ima

te r

isk

mit

iga

tio

n a

t th

e p

rote

ctio

n z

on

e

lev

el (

i.e.

, m

ore

gra

nu

lar

tha

n c

ircu

it l

evel

, b

ut

no

t a

s g

ran

ula

r a

s sp

an

lev

el),

ho

wev

er,

mea

suri

ng

co

st a

t th

is l

evel

is

a c

ha

llen

ge.

PG

&E

aim

s to

att

ain

th

is l

evel

of

cost

gra

nu

lari

ty b

y 2

02

3.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

39

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

H.I

II.a

Ho

w a

ccu

rate

of

a r

isk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

calc

ula

tio

n c

an

th

e u

tili

ty p

rov

ide?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

ca

n p

rov

ide

acc

ura

te r

isk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

ca

lcu

lati

on

s fo

r m

ost

cle

ara

nce

s a

nd

typ

es o

f v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

. H

ow

ever

, P

G&

E d

oes

no

t cu

rren

tly

calc

ula

te R

SE

est

ima

tes

for

con

tro

ls e

ffo

rts.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s o

n i

ncl

ud

ing

such

co

ntr

ols

eff

ort

s in

RS

E e

stim

ate

s a

nd

aim

s to

pro

du

ce a

ccu

rate

rel

ati

ve

RS

E

fig

ure

s fo

r co

ntr

ols

an

d r

isk

mit

iga

tio

n i

nit

iati

ves

.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

39

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

H.I

II.b

At

wh

at

lev

el c

an

est

ima

tes

be

pre

pa

red

?i

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ev

alu

ate

s v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

at

the

pro

gra

m l

evel

. In

the

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to e

va

lua

te v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

at

the

circ

uit

lev

el.

Th

is i

s co

nsi

sten

t w

ith

oth

er P

G&

E g

oa

ls w

ith

res

pec

t to

RS

E g

ran

ula

rity

.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

39

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

H.I

II.c

Ho

w f

req

uen

tly

are

est

ima

tes

up

da

ted

? ii

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E a

nn

ua

lly

up

da

tes

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

of

veg

eta

tio

n m

an

ag

emen

t in

itia

tiv

es.

Th

is f

req

uen

cy w

ill

con

tin

ue

in t

he

futu

re.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

39

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

H.I

II.d

Wh

at

veg

eta

tio

n m

an

ag

emen

t in

itia

tiv

es

do

es t

he

uti

lity

in

clu

de

wit

hin

its

eva

lua

tio

n?

iii

iv"A

ll"

refe

rs t

o a

ll i

nit

iati

ves

an

d c

on

tro

ls s

pec

ific

all

yP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y i

ncl

ud

es a

ll v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

risk

red

uct

ion

in

itia

tiv

es i

n i

ts

RS

E e

va

lua

tio

n.

Ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

curr

entl

y i

ncl

ud

e v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

con

tro

ls e

ffo

rts

in s

uch

ev

alu

ati

on

. P

G&

E a

ims

to i

ncl

ud

e su

ch c

on

tro

ls e

ffo

rts

in

futu

re R

SE

ev

alu

ati

on

s b

y 2

02

3.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

39

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

H.I

II.e

Ca

n t

he

uti

lity

ev

alu

ate

ris

k r

edu

ctio

n

syn

erg

ies

fro

m c

om

bin

ati

on

of

va

rio

us

init

iati

ves

?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

eva

lua

te r

isk

red

uct

ion

sy

ner

gie

s fr

om

co

mb

inin

g v

ari

ou

s v

eget

ati

on

ma

na

gem

ent

init

iati

ves

at

this

tim

e b

eca

use

mo

re p

reci

sio

n i

s n

eed

ed.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

on

ev

alu

ati

ng

ris

k s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy o

n s

yn

erg

y i

nit

iati

ves

wil

l b

e

ach

iev

ab

le b

y i

mp

rov

ing

mo

del

ing

an

d d

ata

ca

pa

bil

itie

s.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

40

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

syst

em

ha

rden

ing

init

iati

ves

H.I

V.a

Ho

w a

ccu

rate

of

a r

isk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

calc

ula

tio

n c

an

th

e u

tili

ty p

rov

ide?

iiii

Inte

rpre

tin

g t

he

wo

rd "

acc

ura

te"

as

mea

nin

g

red

uct

ion

in

th

e p

rob

ab

ilit

y o

f a

ris

ky

ev

ent

PG

&E

ca

n p

rov

ide

acc

ura

te r

isk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

ca

lcu

lati

on

s b

ase

d o

n i

ts s

yst

em

ha

rden

ing

in

itia

tiv

es,

as

des

crib

ed i

n t

he

WM

P.

Ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

curr

entl

y

calc

ula

te R

SE

est

ima

tes

for

con

tro

ls e

ffo

rts.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s o

n i

ncl

ud

ing

such

co

ntr

ols

eff

ort

s in

RS

E e

stim

ate

s a

nd

aim

s to

pro

du

ce a

ccu

rate

rel

ati

ve

RS

E

fig

ure

s fo

r co

ntr

ols

an

d r

isk

mit

iga

tio

n i

nit

iati

ves

.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

40

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

syst

em

ha

rden

ing

init

iati

ves

H.I

V.b

At

wh

at

lev

el c

an

est

ima

tes

be

pre

pa

red

?i

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

ca

n p

rep

are

est

ima

tes

for

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

of

syst

em

ha

rden

ing

in

itia

tiv

es a

t th

e p

roje

ct l

evel

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

be

pre

pa

rin

g

esti

ma

tes

at

the

circ

uit

lev

el.

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or

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Le

tte

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ate

go

ry

Na

me

Ca

pa

bil

ity

#C

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ab

ilit

y

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

n

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

nC

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re

nt

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te

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te S

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su

mp

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ati

on

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ap

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ilit

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al

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on

In

fo

HR

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urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

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Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

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d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

syst

em

ha

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ing

init

iati

ves

H.I

V.c

Ho

w f

req

uen

tly

are

est

ima

tes

up

da

ted

? ii

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E a

nn

ua

lly

up

da

tes

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

of

syst

em h

ard

enin

g i

nit

iati

ves

. T

his

freq

uen

cy w

ill

con

tin

ue

in t

he

futu

re.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

40

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

syst

em

ha

rden

ing

init

iati

ves

H.I

V.d

Wh

at

gri

d h

ard

enin

g i

nit

iati

ves

are

incl

ud

ed i

n t

he

uti

lity

ris

k s

pen

d

effi

cien

cy a

na

lysi

s?

iiiv

Init

iati

ve

lev

el r

efer

s to

a m

itig

ati

on

pro

gra

mP

G&

E's

gri

d h

ard

enin

g i

nit

iati

ves

are

cu

rren

tly

gro

up

ed b

y u

nd

erg

rou

nd

, o

ver

hea

d,

an

d a

sset

rem

ov

al.

So

me

gri

d h

ard

enin

g i

nit

iati

ves

ha

ve

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

an

aly

sis

at

the

ind

ivid

ua

l in

itia

tiv

e su

ch a

s sy

stem

ha

rden

ing

(w

hic

h i

ncl

ud

es c

ov

ered

con

du

cto

r, p

ole

rep

lace

men

t, o

pen

wir

e se

con

da

ry,

an

d n

on

-ex

emp

t eq

uip

men

t

rep

lace

men

t) a

nd

lig

htn

ing

/su

rge

arr

esto

rs.

In t

he

futu

re s

tate

, P

G&

E i

nte

nd

s to

co

nd

uct

ris

k s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy a

na

lysi

s fo

r ea

ch

mit

iga

tio

n p

rog

ram

.H

Res

ou

rce

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

40

Pro

cess

fo

r

det

erm

inin

g r

isk

spen

d e

ffic

ien

cy

of

syst

em

ha

rden

ing

init

iati

ves

H.I

V.e

Ca

n t

he

uti

lity

ev

alu

ate

ris

k r

edu

ctio

n

effe

cts

fro

m t

he

com

bin

ati

on

of

va

rio

us

init

iati

ves

?

iii

Init

iati

ve

lev

el r

efer

s to

a m

itig

ati

on

pro

gra

mP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y d

oes

no

t ta

ke

a s

yn

erg

isti

c v

iew

of

its

po

rtfo

lio

of

syst

em h

ard

enin

g

init

iati

ves

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s to

do

so

th

rou

gh

im

pro

vem

ents

to

its

mo

del

ing

cap

ab

ilit

ies

an

d a

dd

itio

na

l d

ata

on

new

er p

rog

ram

s, s

uch

as

the

effe

ctiv

enes

s o

f

syst

em h

ard

enin

g.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

41

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

.aT

o w

ha

t ex

ten

t d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty a

llo

cate

cap

ita

l to

in

itia

tiv

es b

ase

d o

n r

isk

-sp

end

effi

cien

cy (

RS

E)?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

use

s th

e R

IBA

2.0

pro

cess

to

all

oca

te b

ud

get

acr

oss

in

itia

tiv

es,

wh

ich

do

es n

ot

ali

gn

wit

h h

ow

ris

k s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy i

s u

sed

to

ass

ess

init

iati

ves

. P

G&

E s

ees

the

ben

efit

to e

stim

ate

of

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

wh

en a

llo

cati

ng

ca

pit

al

an

d w

ill

con

sid

er t

hes

e

esti

ma

tes

mo

vin

g f

orw

ard

.H

Res

ou

rce

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

41

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

.bW

ha

t in

form

ati

on

do

es t

he

uti

lity

ta

ke

into

acc

ou

nt

wh

en g

ener

ati

ng

RS

E

esti

ma

tes?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

ta

kes

in

to a

cco

un

t th

e a

ver

ag

e es

tim

ate

by

in

itia

tiv

e ca

teg

ory

. P

G&

E

pla

ns

to g

et t

o t

he

circ

uit

lev

el,

so e

stim

ate

s in

th

e fu

ture

, sh

ou

ld p

rov

ide

spec

ific

info

rma

tio

n,

incl

ud

ing

sta

te o

f eq

uip

men

t a

nd

lo

cati

on

wh

ere

init

iati

ve

wil

l b

e

imp

lem

ente

d.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

41

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

.cH

ow

do

es t

he

uti

lity

ver

ify

RS

E

esti

ma

tes?

ii

Ver

ify

ing

is

a m

ore

su

bst

an

tia

l p

roce

ss t

ha

n

chec

kin

g/b

rief

ly r

evie

win

g e

stim

ate

s

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

ver

ify

RS

E e

stim

ate

s fo

r p

ort

foli

o-w

ide

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

. P

G&

E d

oes

ch

eck

th

em,

bu

t v

erif

yin

g i

s m

ore

su

bst

an

tia

l. P

G&

E i

s st

ill

in

the

beg

inn

ing

sta

ges

of

det

erm

inin

g r

oo

t ca

use

s fo

r so

me

fail

ure

s. T

his

ma

kes

it

cha

llen

gin

g t

o v

erif

y R

SE

est

ima

tes

ho

list

ica

lly

. P

G&

E i

s w

ork

ing

to

wa

rds

RS

E

esti

ma

tes

bei

ng

ver

ifie

d w

ith

his

tori

cal

da

ta,

bu

t m

ay

no

t b

e a

ble

to

ach

iev

e th

is i

n t

he

nex

t th

ree

yea

rs.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

41

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

.dD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty t

ak

e in

to c

on

sid

era

tio

n

imp

act

on

sa

fety

, re

lia

bil

ity

, a

nd

oth

er

pri

ori

ties

wh

en m

ak

ing

sp

end

ing

dec

isio

ns?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

use

s th

e R

IBA

2.0

pro

cess

ma

na

ged

by

En

terp

rise

Ris

k M

an

ag

emen

t

to s

core

pro

ject

s a

ga

inst

sa

fety

, re

lia

bil

ity

an

d o

ther

pri

ori

ties

wh

en m

ak

ing

dec

isio

ns.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

to s

core

acr

oss

sa

fety

, re

lia

bil

ity

, a

nd

oth

er

att

rib

ute

s co

nsi

sten

t w

ith

S-M

AP

dec

isio

ns.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

41

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

.eA

re t

he

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

est

ima

tes

ver

ifie

d b

y e

xp

erim

enta

l d

ata

co

nfi

rmed

by

ex

per

ts a

nd

oth

er u

tili

ties

in

Ca

lifo

rnia

or

ab

roa

d?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

see

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

est

ima

tes

ver

ifie

d b

y e

xp

erim

enta

l d

ata

bei

ng

con

firm

ed b

y e

xp

erts

or

oth

er u

tili

ties

no

w o

r in

th

e im

med

iate

fu

ture

. T

his

is

larg

ely

du

e to

lo

gis

tica

l b

arr

iers

su

ch a

s a

n a

lig

nm

ent

in d

efin

itio

ns

of

ap

pro

pri

ate

ris

k.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

42

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

I.a

Ho

w d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty d

evel

op

an

d

eva

lua

te t

he

effi

cacy

of

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y u

ses

pil

ots

an

d m

easu

res

red

uct

ion

in

ig

nit

ion

ev

ents

wh

en a

sses

sin

g

the

effi

cacy

of

new

wil

dfi

re i

nit

iati

ves

. R

ecen

t ef

fort

s re

late

d t

o P

G&

E's

re-

clo

ser

red

uct

ion

in

itia

tiv

e il

lust

rate

th

is p

ract

ice.

Sim

ila

rly

, fu

ture

eff

ort

s re

late

d t

o t

he

RE

FC

L i

nit

iati

ve

wil

l m

easu

re d

irec

t re

du

ctio

n i

gn

itio

n e

ven

ts.

Ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

do

es

no

t cu

rren

tly

mea

sure

nea

r-m

isse

s in

a d

elib

era

te m

an

ner

(se

e ex

pla

na

tio

n f

or

G.I

II.b

). C

on

sist

ent

wit

h o

ther

go

als

ou

tlin

ed i

n t

his

su

rvey

, P

G&

E a

ims

to d

evel

op

mo

re d

elib

era

te m

easu

rem

ent

of

nea

r-m

iss

even

ts a

nd

wil

l in

corp

ora

te s

uch

da

ta i

n

futu

re a

sses

smen

ts o

f w

ild

fire

in

itia

tiv

e ef

fica

cy.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

42

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

I.b

Ho

w d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty d

evel

op

an

d

eva

lua

te t

he

risk

sp

end

eff

icie

ncy

of

new

wil

dfi

re i

nit

iati

ves

?

ii

"New

wil

dfi

re i

nit

iati

ves

" m

ean

s p

ilo

t p

rog

ram

sP

G&

E d

oes

no

t ev

alu

ate

ris

k s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy o

f n

ew w

ild

fire

in

itia

tiv

es,

sin

ce P

G&

E i

s

stil

l in

th

e p

ilo

t st

ag

e. U

tili

ties

in

Ca

lifo

rnia

are

ex

per

imen

tin

g w

ith

new

tec

hn

olo

gy

an

d a

s su

ch,

it i

s d

iffi

cult

to

est

ima

te c

ost

s w

ith

ou

t o

per

ati

on

al

his

tory

.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

42

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

I.c

At

wh

at

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

do

es t

he

uti

lity

mea

sure

th

e ef

fica

cy o

f n

ew

wil

dfi

re i

nit

iati

ves

?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E's

lev

el o

f g

ran

ula

rity

to

mea

sure

th

e ef

fica

cy o

f n

ew w

ild

fire

in

itia

tiv

es i

s d

on

e a

t

the

pro

gra

m l

evel

fo

r th

e en

tire

ter

rito

ry.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to m

easu

re t

he

effi

cacy

of

new

wil

dfi

re i

nit

iati

ves

at

the

circ

uit

lev

el.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

42

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

I.d

Are

th

e re

vie

ws

of

inn

ov

ati

ve

init

iati

ves

au

dit

ed b

y i

nd

epen

den

t p

art

ies?

ii

Ind

epen

den

t ca

n r

efer

to

in

tern

al

(e.g

., i

nte

rna

l

au

dit

) o

r ex

tern

al

enti

ties

PG

&E

's r

evie

ws

of

inn

ov

ati

ve

init

iati

ves

are

usu

all

y a

ud

ited

by

in

dep

end

ent

pa

rtie

s,

bu

t th

is i

s n

ot

alw

ay

s th

e ca

se f

or

ever

y r

evie

w.

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e o

n t

his

ca

se-b

y-

case

ba

sis.

HR

eso

urc

e

all

oca

tio

n

met

ho

do

log

y

42

Po

rtfo

lio

-wid

e

inn

ov

ati

on

in

new

wil

dfi

re

init

iati

ves

H.V

I.e

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

sh

are

th

e fi

nd

ing

s o

f it

s

eva

lua

tio

n o

f in

no

va

tiv

e in

itia

tiv

es w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

, a

cad

emia

, a

nd

th

e g

ener

al

pu

bli

c?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

sh

are

fin

din

gs

of

new

wil

dfi

re i

nit

iati

ves

. P

G&

E s

ha

res

fin

din

gs

in d

iffe

ren

t fo

rum

s in

clu

din

g t

hro

ug

h E

PIC

an

d r

ela

ted

an

nu

al

rep

ort

s, o

ng

oin

g

ben

chm

ark

ing

ca

lls,

an

d v

ari

ou

s m

eeti

ng

s.

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gra

te h

aza

rd-s

pec

ific

con

tin

gen

cies

(e.

g.,

Wil

dfi

re,

Cy

ber

In

cid

ents

, E

art

hq

ua

kes

, et

c.).

Ea

ch o

f th

ese

do

cum

ents

is

rev

iew

ed a

nd

up

da

ted

an

nu

all

y i

n a

cco

rda

nce

wit

h t

he

Gen

era

l O

rder

.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

43

Wil

dfi

re p

lan

inte

gra

ted

wit

h

ov

era

ll d

isa

ster

/

emer

gen

cy p

lan

I.I.

bD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty r

un

dri

lls

to a

ud

it t

he

via

bil

ity

an

d e

xec

uti

on

of

its

wil

dfi

re

pla

ns?

iii

"Wil

dfi

re p

lan

" m

ean

s w

ild

fire

res

po

nse

pla

n,

no

t

Wil

dfi

re M

itig

ati

on

Pla

n.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

run

co

mp

an

y-w

ide

wil

dfi

re s

imu

lati

on

s (l

ike

it d

oes

fo

r ea

rth

qu

ak

es

PS

PS

tra

inin

g).

PG

&E

wil

l h

old

dri

lls

for

wil

dfi

re s

imu

lati

on

s in

th

e fu

ture

bec

au

se i

t

reco

gn

izes

th

e im

po

rta

nce

of

a v

iab

le w

ild

fire

res

po

nse

pla

n.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

43

Wil

dfi

re p

lan

inte

gra

ted

wit

h

ov

era

ll d

isa

ster

/

emer

gen

cy p

lan

I.I.

cIs

th

e im

pa

ct o

f co

nfo

un

din

g e

ven

ts o

r

mu

ltip

le s

imu

lta

neo

us

dis

ast

ers

con

sid

ered

in

th

e p

lan

nin

g p

roce

ss?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

com

pre

hen

siv

ely

co

nsi

der

th

e im

pa

ct o

f co

nfo

un

din

g e

ven

ts o

r

mu

ltip

le s

imu

lta

neo

us

dis

ast

ers

in i

ts p

lan

nin

g p

roce

ss.

PG

&E

is

ded

ica

ted

to

foll

ow

ing

an

d t

rain

ing

on

IC

S,

an

d a

s su

ch,

wil

l fo

llo

w I

CS

gu

idel

ines

on

th

e p

lan

nin

g

for

mu

ltip

le,

sim

ult

an

eou

s d

isa

ster

s. I

n t

he

futu

re,

such

sce

na

rio

s w

ill

be

con

sid

ered

cru

cia

l si

nce

mu

ltip

le e

ven

ts d

o h

ap

pen

(a

s w

as

the

case

wit

h P

SP

S a

nd

Kin

cad

e).

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

43

Wil

dfi

re p

lan

inte

gra

ted

wit

h

ov

era

ll d

isa

ster

/

emer

gen

cy p

lan

I.I.

dIs

th

e p

lan

in

teg

rate

d w

ith

dis

ast

er a

nd

emer

gen

cy p

rep

are

dn

ess

pla

ns

of

oth

er

rele

va

nt

sta

keh

old

ers

(e.g

., C

AL

FIR

E,

Fir

e S

afe

Co

un

cils

, et

c.)?

iii

"Wil

dfi

re p

lan

" m

ean

s w

ild

fire

res

po

nse

pla

n,

no

t

Wil

dfi

re M

itig

ati

on

Pla

n.

PG

&E

's w

ild

fire

pla

n d

oes

no

t in

teg

rate

th

e d

isa

ster

an

d e

mer

gen

cy p

rep

are

dn

ess

pla

ns

of

all

rel

eva

nt

sta

keh

old

ers.

PG

&E

's p

lan

do

es i

ncl

ud

e m

an

y a

spec

ts o

f th

e

Ca

lifo

rnia

Sta

te E

mer

gen

cy P

lan

, a

nd

fo

llo

ws

the

sam

e a

pp

lica

tio

n o

f th

e IC

S

sta

nd

ard

. P

G&

E w

ill

be

inte

gra

tin

g a

dd

itio

na

l st

ak

eho

lder

s' e

mer

gen

cy p

rep

are

dn

ess

pla

ns

in t

he

futu

re.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

43

Wil

dfi

re p

lan

inte

gra

ted

wit

h

ov

era

ll d

isa

ster

/

emer

gen

cy p

lan

I.I.

eD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty t

ak

e a

lea

din

g r

ole

in

pla

nn

ing

, co

ord

ina

tin

g,

an

d i

nte

gra

tin

g

pla

ns

acr

oss

sta

keh

old

ers?

iii

"Wil

dfi

re p

lan

" m

ean

s w

ild

fire

res

po

nse

pla

n,

no

t

Wil

dfi

re M

itig

ati

on

Pla

n.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

tak

e a

lea

din

g r

ole

in

pla

nn

ing

, co

ord

ina

tin

g,

an

d i

nte

gra

tin

g p

lan

s

acr

oss

sta

keh

old

ers.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E p

lan

s o

n t

ak

ing

a m

ore

lea

din

g r

ole

wit

h

pla

nn

ing

, co

ord

ina

tin

g,

an

d i

nte

gra

tin

g w

ild

fire

pla

ns

acr

oss

sta

keh

old

ers.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

44

Pla

n t

o r

esto

re

serv

ice

aft

er

wil

dfi

re r

ela

ted

ou

tag

e

I.II

.aA

re t

her

e d

eta

iled

an

d a

ctio

na

ble

pro

ced

ure

s in

pla

ce t

o r

esto

re s

erv

ice

aft

er a

wil

dfi

re r

ela

ted

ou

tag

e?

iiii

PG

&E

ass

um

es t

ha

t th

e g

uid

elin

es l

aid

ou

t in

its

CE

RP

(C

om

pa

ny

Em

erg

ency

Res

po

nse

Pla

n)

an

d t

he

Ele

ctri

c A

nn

ex t

ha

t in

form

th

e In

cid

ent

Co

mm

an

d

Cen

ter

are

det

ail

ed e

no

ug

h t

o l

ead

to

act

ion

ab

le

pla

ns

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

wo

rks

wit

h e

ng

inee

rs t

o a

sses

s d

am

ag

e a

fter

wil

dfi

re o

uta

ges

an

d

foll

ow

s IC

S w

hen

fa

cili

tati

ng

th

e re

sto

rati

on

pro

cess

es.

Th

ese

pro

cess

es a

re b

uil

t

thro

ug

h t

he

crea

tio

n o

f d

ail

y I

nci

den

t A

ctio

n P

lan

s th

at

are

cre

ate

d e

ver

y d

ay

du

rin

g

an

in

cid

ent.

Th

ese

pla

ns

pro

vid

e cu

sto

miz

ed d

irec

tio

n t

ha

t ta

kes

in

to a

cco

un

t

veg

eta

tio

n,

top

og

rap

hy

an

d l

oca

l n

eed

s (e

.g.,

pri

ori

tizi

ng

ele

ctri

city

to

ho

spit

al)

an

d

als

o a

dd

ress

wh

eth

er t

o r

epa

ir o

r re

pla

ce a

sset

sI

Em

erg

ency

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

44

Pla

n t

o r

esto

re

serv

ice

aft

er

wil

dfi

re r

ela

ted

ou

tag

e

I.II

.bA

re e

mp

loy

ee a

nd

su

bco

ntr

act

or

crew

s

tra

ined

in

, a

nd

aw

are

of,

pla

ns?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

pro

vid

es a

sta

nd

ard

on

bo

ard

ing

do

cum

ent

to a

ll e

mp

loy

ees

wo

rkin

g a

rest

ora

tio

n t

ha

t co

ver

s to

pic

s su

ch a

s co

nta

ct a

nd

rep

ort

ing

in

form

ati

on

, ca

mp

loca

tio

n,

an

d w

her

e to

pic

k u

p d

ail

y I

nci

den

t A

ctio

n P

lan

s. T

he

IAP

s a

re t

he

da

ily

pla

n

tha

t p

rov

ide

spec

ific

dir

ecti

on

on

ho

w t

o o

bta

in o

ver

all

rec

ov

ery

ob

ject

ives

.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

44

Pla

n t

o r

esto

re

serv

ice

aft

er

wil

dfi

re r

ela

ted

ou

tag

e

I.II

.cT

o w

ha

t le

vel

are

pro

ced

ure

s to

res

tore

serv

ice

aft

er a

wil

dfi

re-r

ela

ted

ou

tag

e

cust

om

ized

?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

res

tora

tio

n p

roce

du

res

po

int

ba

ck t

o t

he

CE

RP

pla

n w

hic

h i

s te

rrit

ory

wid

e.

PG

&E

's r

esto

rati

on

pla

ns

are

ma

na

ged

th

rou

gh

th

e IC

S p

roce

ss w

hic

h i

s le

ver

ag

ed

fro

m o

ne

reg

ion

to

an

oth

er.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

44

Pla

n t

o r

esto

re

serv

ice

aft

er

wil

dfi

re r

ela

ted

ou

tag

e

I.II

.dIs

th

e cu

sto

miz

ed p

roce

du

re t

o r

esto

re

serv

ice

ba

sed

on

to

po

gra

ph

y,

veg

eta

tio

n,

an

d

com

mu

nit

y n

eed

s?

iiii

Inci

den

t a

ctio

n p

lan

s a

re c

ust

om

ized

to

a s

pec

ific

inci

den

t a

nd

bu

ilt

on

a d

ail

y b

asi

s

PG

&E

cu

sto

miz

es i

ts i

nci

den

t a

ctio

n p

lan

s to

th

e sp

ecif

ic n

eed

s, p

rio

riti

es,

an

d

ob

ject

ives

of

a r

esto

rati

on

on

a d

ail

y b

asi

s in

clu

din

g t

ak

ing

in

to a

cco

un

t to

po

gra

ph

y,

veg

eta

tio

n,

an

d c

om

mu

nit

y n

eed

s. W

hil

e th

e o

per

ati

ng

pro

ced

ure

s th

emse

lves

are

no

t

cust

om

ized

, ea

ch i

nci

den

t's

resp

on

se i

s cu

sto

miz

ed v

ia t

he

inci

den

t a

ctio

n p

lan

.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

44

Pla

n t

o r

esto

re

serv

ice

aft

er

wil

dfi

re r

ela

ted

ou

tag

e

I.II

.eIs

th

ere

an

in

ven

tory

of

hig

h r

isk

sp

end

effi

cien

cy r

eso

urc

es a

va

ila

ble

fo

r

rep

air

s?

iii

Ris

k s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cy i

s d

efin

ed a

s th

e ca

lcu

late

d r

isk

red

uct

ion

fo

r ea

ch m

itig

ati

on

per

do

lla

r sp

ent

on

an

init

iati

ve,

an

d c

on

sid

ers

the

mo

st c

ost

eff

ecti

ve

an

d

mo

st q

ua

lifi

ed i

nit

iati

ves

.

PG

&E

ha

s n

ot

iden

tifi

ed a

ny

ris

k s

pen

d e

ffic

ien

cies

at

this

tim

e. I

n t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

wil

l id

enti

fy w

hic

h r

eso

urc

es (

bet

wee

n m

utu

al

aid

, co

ntr

act

ors

, em

plo

yee

s) a

re t

he

mo

st e

ffec

tiv

e in

ter

ms

of

qu

ali

ty,

safe

ty,

an

d t

imel

ines

s co

mp

are

d t

o t

hei

r co

st.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

45

Em

erg

ency

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

du

rin

g a

nd

aft

er

wil

dfi

re

I.II

I.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

pro

vid

e cl

ear

an

d

sub

sta

nti

all

y c

om

ple

te c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

of

av

ail

ab

le i

nfo

rma

tio

n r

elev

an

t to

aff

ecte

d c

ust

om

ers?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

pro

vid

es c

lea

r a

nd

co

mp

lete

co

mm

un

ica

tio

n o

f a

va

ila

ble

in

form

ati

on

rel

eva

nt

to a

ffec

ted

cu

sto

mer

s. F

or

exa

mp

le,

in a

n e

ven

t w

her

e E

OC

is

act

iva

ted

, th

ere

are

inst

an

ces

wh

en c

ust

om

ers

are

no

tifi

ed o

f a

n o

uta

ge,

esp

ecia

lly

in

th

e ca

se o

f a

la

rge

even

t (C

am

p F

ire)

. T

his

no

tifi

cati

on

in

clu

des

ref

eren

ce t

o a

co

nsu

mer

pro

tect

ion

web

site

an

d a

n a

dv

ice

lett

er i

n r

ela

tio

n t

o c

on

sum

er p

rote

ctio

ns.

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

pro

vid

e cu

sto

mer

s w

ith

ref

erra

ls t

o o

ther

ag

enci

es f

or

PS

PS

ev

ents

.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

45

Em

erg

ency

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

du

rin

g a

nd

aft

er

wil

dfi

re

I.II

I.b

Wh

at

per

cen

t o

f a

ffec

ted

cu

sto

mer

s

rece

ive

com

ple

te d

eta

ils

of

av

ail

ab

le

info

rma

tio

n?

iiiv

"Cu

sto

mer

s" m

ean

s P

G&

E c

ust

om

ers

aff

ecte

d b

y a

wil

dfi

re,

wit

h u

p-t

o-d

ate

cu

sto

mer

acc

ou

nts

.

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ate

r th

an

95

% o

f a

ffec

ted

cu

sto

mer

s re

ceiv

e co

mp

lete

det

ail

s o

f a

va

ila

ble

info

rma

tio

n d

uri

ng

an

d a

fter

a w

ild

fire

. In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

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lan

to

ob

tain

mo

re

com

ple

te a

nd

up

da

ted

da

ta,

an

d w

ill

enh

an

ce p

ub

lic

mes

sag

ing

, so

th

is p

erce

nta

ge

sho

uld

su

rpa

ss 9

9%

by

20

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cen

tag

e is

ba

sed

on

th

e

kn

ow

n p

op

ula

tio

n o

f m

edic

al

ba

seli

ne

cust

om

ers

in P

G&

E's

cu

sto

mer

sy

stem

. T

o

calc

ula

te t

his

per

cen

tag

e, P

G&

E u

sed

PS

PS

da

ta f

or

med

ica

l b

ase

lin

e n

oti

fica

tio

n

succ

ess

rate

s. T

his

is

the

sam

e d

ata

th

at

is u

sed

fo

r w

ild

fire

no

tifi

cati

on

s. I

n t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

ex

pec

ts t

his

per

cen

tag

e w

ill

incr

ease

to

ov

er 9

9.9

%,

as

som

e o

f th

e re

po

rted

mis

sed

no

tifi

cati

on

s w

ere

inco

rrec

tly

ta

gg

ed a

s 'm

isse

d'.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

45

Em

erg

ency

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

du

rin

g a

nd

aft

er

wil

dfi

re

I.II

I.d

Ho

w d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty a

ssis

t w

her

e h

elp

ful

wit

h c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

of

info

rma

tio

n

rela

ted

to

po

wer

ou

tag

es t

o c

ust

om

ers?

iii

iiN

on

eC

urr

entl

y,

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

pro

vid

e ev

acu

ati

on

in

form

ati

on

to

cu

sto

mer

s re

ga

rdin

g a

wil

dfi

re.

Go

ing

fo

rwa

rd,

PG

&E

see

s th

e v

alu

e o

f im

pro

vin

g c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

eff

ort

s b

y

sha

rin

g h

elp

ful,

rel

eva

nt

eva

cua

tio

n i

nfo

rma

tio

n a

nd

wil

l b

e a

dd

ing

lin

ks

on

PG

&E

's

web

site

an

d p

rov

idin

g a

to

ll-f

ree

tele

ph

on

e n

um

ber

du

rin

g a

nd

aft

er a

wil

dfi

re.

PG

&E

wil

l a

lso

co

nti

nu

e a

ssis

tin

g d

isa

ster

res

po

nse

pro

fess

ion

als

as

req

ues

ted

.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

45

Em

erg

ency

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

du

rin

g a

nd

aft

er

wil

dfi

re

I.II

I.e

Ho

w d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty e

ng

ag

e w

ith

oth

er

emer

gen

cy m

an

ag

emen

t a

gen

cies

du

rin

g

emer

gen

cy s

itu

ati

on

s?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E d

oes

ha

ve

som

e p

roto

cols

in

pla

ce t

o e

ng

ag

e w

ith

ag

enci

es d

uri

ng

an

emer

gen

cy,

bu

t in

gen

era

l, e

ng

ag

es w

ith

ag

enci

es i

n a

n a

d h

oc

ma

nn

er (

as

wa

s d

on

e

du

rin

g P

SP

S e

ven

ts w

hen

an

in

vit

ati

on

wa

s ex

ten

ded

to

oth

er e

mer

gen

cy m

an

ag

emen

t

ag

enci

es l

ike

Ca

l F

ire)

. F

or

exa

mp

le,

ther

e is

a p

roto

col

to e

mb

ed o

ne

of

PG

&E

's l

ead

s

in C

al

Fir

e's

EO

C.

In t

he

futu

re,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to e

xp

an

d a

nd

id

enti

fy a

dd

itio

na

l

eng

ag

emen

t p

roto

cols

wit

h o

ther

id

enti

fied

em

erg

ency

ma

na

gem

ent

org

an

iza

tio

ns.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

45

Em

erg

ency

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

du

rin

g a

nd

aft

er

wil

dfi

re

I.II

I.f

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

co

mm

un

ica

te a

nd

coo

rdin

ate

res

ou

rces

to

co

mm

un

itie

s

du

rin

g e

mer

gen

cies

(e.

g.,

sh

elte

rs,

sup

pli

es,

tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

etc

.)?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

co

mm

un

ica

tes

an

d c

oo

rdin

ate

s re

sou

rces

to

co

mm

un

itie

s d

uri

ng

em

erg

enci

es.

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, P

G&

E c

oo

rdin

ate

s w

ith

co

un

ty o

ffic

ials

to

set

up

Co

mm

un

ity

Res

ou

rce

Cen

ters

(C

RC

). O

nce

a C

RC

is

ag

reed

to

, co

mm

un

ica

tio

n g

oes

ou

t to

th

e p

ub

lic

incl

ud

ing

a l

ist

of

serv

ices

pro

vid

ed,

such

as

wa

ter,

ele

ctri

city

, b

lan

ket

s (u

po

n

req

ues

t),

an

d i

ce.

Th

is i

nfo

rma

tio

n i

s sh

are

d o

nli

ne

an

d i

n t

he

new

s.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

46

Pro

toco

ls i

n p

lace

to l

earn

fro

m

wil

dfi

re e

ven

ts

I.IV

.aIs

th

ere

a p

roto

col

in p

lace

to

rec

ord

th

e

ou

tco

me

of

emer

gen

cy e

ven

ts a

nd

to

clea

rly

an

d a

ctio

na

bly

do

cum

ent

lea

rnin

gs

an

d p

ote

nti

al

pro

cess

imp

rov

emen

ts?

iiii

No

ne

Aft

er e

ven

ts t

ha

t le

ad

to

an

act

iva

tio

n o

f P

G&

E's

Em

erg

ency

Op

era

tio

ns

Cen

ter

(EO

C),

for

all

ha

zard

s (i

ncl

ud

ing

ma

jor

wil

dfi

re i

nci

den

ts a

nd

PS

PS

ev

ents

), P

G&

E’s

ro

uti

nel

y

con

du

cts

Aft

er A

ctio

n R

evie

ws

(AA

Rs)

to

id

enti

fy,

coll

ect

an

d a

dd

ress

(w

her

e

ap

pli

cab

le)

less

on

s le

arn

ed f

rom

su

ch i

nci

den

ts a

nd

ev

ents

.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

46

Pro

toco

ls i

n p

lace

to l

earn

fro

m

wil

dfi

re e

ven

ts

I.IV

.bIs

th

ere

a d

efin

ed p

roce

ss a

nd

sta

ff

resp

on

sib

le f

or

inco

rpo

rati

ng

lea

rnin

gs

into

em

erg

ency

pla

n?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

's E

mer

gen

cy P

rep

are

dn

ess

an

d R

esp

on

se t

eam

is

resp

on

sib

le f

or

inco

rpo

rati

ng

less

on

s le

arn

ed i

nto

th

e em

erg

ency

pla

n w

ork

stre

am

s. P

G&

E a

pro

cess

to

pri

ori

tize

the

lea

rnin

gs,

ho

wev

er,

ther

e is

no

t a

ro

bu

st a

nd

rig

oro

us

pro

cess

to

in

corp

ora

te

less

on

s le

arn

ed i

nto

op

era

tio

ns.

PG

&E

wil

l fo

rma

lize

a p

roce

ss i

n t

he

futu

re.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

46

Pro

toco

ls i

n p

lace

to l

earn

fro

m

wil

dfi

re e

ven

ts

I.IV

.cO

nce

up

da

ted

ba

sed

on

lea

rnin

gs

an

d

imp

rov

emen

ts,

is t

he

up

da

ted

pla

n

test

ed u

sin

g "

dry

ru

ns"

to

co

nfi

rm i

ts

effe

ctiv

enes

s?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

co

nd

uct

s m

eeti

ng

s w

ith

va

rio

us

lin

es o

f b

usi

nes

ses

to t

ho

rou

gh

ly d

iscu

ss n

ew

pro

cess

es.

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, st

aff

in

vo

lved

wit

h w

ild

fire

s (s

uch

as

EP

&R

an

d W

SO

C)

ha

ve

met

to

co

lla

bo

rate

on

th

e n

ew p

lan

(i.

e.,

the

wil

dfi

re k

ick

off

mee

tin

gs)

. A

dd

itio

na

l

dri

lls

an

d t

rain

ing

s w

ere

iden

tifi

ed a

s a

n a

rea

of

imp

rov

emen

t th

at

cam

e o

ut

of

po

st-

PS

PS

res

tora

tio

n d

iscu

ssio

ns.

In

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E w

ill

pla

n t

o c

on

sist

entl

y h

old

va

rio

us

dry

ru

ns

an

d e

xer

cise

s.I

Em

erg

ency

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

46

Pro

toco

ls i

n p

lace

to l

earn

fro

m

wil

dfi

re e

ven

ts

I.IV

.dIs

th

ere

a d

efin

ed p

roce

ss t

o s

oli

cit

inp

ut

fro

m a

va

riet

y o

f o

ther

sta

keh

old

ers

an

d

inco

rpo

rate

lea

rnin

gs

fro

m o

ther

sta

keh

old

ers

into

th

e em

erg

ency

pla

n?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

ha

ve

a d

efin

ed p

roce

ss t

o i

nco

rpo

rate

a v

ari

ety

of

sta

keh

old

ers'

lea

rnin

gs

into

its

em

erg

ency

pla

n.

PG

&E

do

es t

his

th

rou

gh

an

Aft

er A

ctio

n R

evie

w

pro

cess

an

d r

egu

lar

pla

nn

ing

pro

cess

fo

r P

SP

S.

PG

&E

in

vit

es e

xte

rna

l st

ak

eho

lder

s to

its

kic

ko

ff o

f C

ER

P (

as

it r

ela

tes

to P

SP

S),

an

d t

hei

r fe

edb

ack

is

inco

rpo

rate

d i

nto

th

e

CE

RP

. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

ex

pa

nd

its

wil

dfi

re A

fter

Act

ion

Rev

iew

pro

cess

to

in

clu

de

a

va

riet

y o

f st

ak

eho

lder

s a

nd

in

corp

ora

te a

ny

fee

db

ack

rec

eiv

ed.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.aD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty c

on

du

ct a

n e

va

lua

tio

n o

r

deb

rief

pro

cess

aft

er a

wil

dfi

re?

iiii

"Wil

dfi

re"

incl

ud

es w

ild

fire

an

d P

SP

S,

as

ind

ica

ted

in t

he

cap

ab

ilit

y t

itle

.

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

co

nd

uct

s, a

nd

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

co

nd

uct

, a

n A

fter

Act

ion

Rep

ort

fo

r

eva

lua

tio

n a

nd

in

tern

all

y h

old

deb

rief

s a

fter

a w

ild

fire

.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.bD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty c

on

du

ct a

cu

sto

mer

surv

ey a

nd

uti

lize

pa

rtn

ers

to

dis

sem

ina

te r

equ

ests

fo

r st

ak

eho

lder

eng

ag

emen

t?

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E i

s cu

rren

tly

co

nd

uct

ing

fo

rma

l P

SP

S l

iste

nin

g s

essi

on

s w

ith

co

mm

un

itie

s.

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

co

nd

uct

lis

ten

ing

ses

sio

ns

wit

h c

om

mu

nit

y l

ead

ers

an

d p

lan

s to

imp

lem

ent

ad

dit

ion

al

pu

bli

c li

sten

ing

ses

sio

ns

aft

er w

ild

fire

ev

ents

. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

dev

elo

p a

fo

cuse

d p

lan

fo

r en

ga

gin

g t

he

rep

rese

nta

tiv

e fe

edb

ack

fro

m c

ust

om

ers

an

d

uti

lize

su

rvey

s in

th

e fu

ture

.I

Em

erg

ency

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.cIn

wh

at

oth

er a

ctiv

itie

s d

oes

th

e u

tili

ty

eng

ag

e?

iii

ivN

on

eP

G&

E h

old

s d

ebri

efs

wit

h p

art

ner

s to

dis

cuss

co

nti

nu

ou

s im

pro

vem

ent

aft

er w

ild

fire

s

an

d P

SP

S e

ven

ts.

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, a

fter

PS

PS

ev

ents

, p

art

ner

s a

re i

nv

ited

to

jo

in a

deb

rief

sess

ion

. P

art

ner

s h

av

e in

clu

ded

th

e C

PU

C,

Ca

l F

ire,

Ca

l O

ES

, a

nd

co

un

ty

rep

rese

nta

tiv

es.

PG

&E

rec

og

niz

es a

n o

pp

ort

un

ity

to

fo

rma

lize

an

d b

e m

ore

pro

act

ive

in h

old

ing

th

ese

the

on

go

ing

lis

ten

ing

ses

sio

ns.

PG

&E

lo

ok

s fo

rwa

rd t

o i

mp

lem

enti

ng

bo

th o

utr

each

met

ho

ds

in a

mo

re f

luid

ma

nn

er i

n t

he

futu

re.

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teg

or

y

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tte

rC

ate

go

ry

Na

me

Ca

pa

bil

ity

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ap

ab

ilit

y

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

n

Na

me

Qu

es

tio

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ur

re

nt

Sta

te

Sc

or

eF

utu

re

Sta

te S

co

re

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su

mp

tio

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xp

lan

ati

on

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teg

or

y/C

ap

ab

ilit

y I

nfo

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or

es

Fin

al

De

liv

er

ab

leQ

ue

sti

on

In

fo

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.dD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty s

ha

re w

ith

pa

rtn

ers

fin

din

gs

ab

ou

t w

ha

t ca

n b

e im

pro

ved

?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

sh

are

s fi

nd

ing

s a

bo

ut

wh

at

can

be

imp

rov

ed w

ith

so

me

pa

rtn

ers

(e.g

.CP

UC

).

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, P

G&

E h

as

a l

esso

ns

lea

rned

sec

tio

n i

n t

he

10-d

ay

rep

ort

th

at

is

pu

bli

shed

on

th

e P

G&

E w

ebsi

te.

Ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

see

s a

n o

pp

ort

un

ity

to

sh

are

th

ese

less

on

s w

ith

a b

roa

der

au

die

nce

, fu

rth

er s

oci

ali

ze t

hes

e le

sso

ns

lea

rned

, a

nd

fo

llo

w-u

p

wit

h c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

s o

n a

ctio

ns

bei

ng

ta

ken

ba

sed

on

th

e id

enti

fied

les

son

s le

arn

ed.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.eA

re f

eed

ba

ck a

nd

rec

om

men

da

tio

ns

on

po

ten

tia

l im

pro

vem

ents

ma

de

pu

bli

c?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

sh

are

s fi

nd

ing

s a

bo

ut

wh

at

can

be

imp

rov

ed w

ith

so

me

pa

rtn

ers

(e.g

.CP

UC

).

Fo

r ex

am

ple

, P

G&

E h

as

a l

esso

ns

lea

rned

sec

tio

n i

n t

he

10-d

ay

rep

ort

th

at

is

pu

bli

shed

on

th

e P

G&

E w

ebsi

te.

Ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

see

s a

n o

pp

ort

un

ity

to

sh

are

th

ese

less

on

s w

ith

a b

roa

der

au

die

nce

, fu

rth

er s

oci

ali

ze t

hes

e le

sso

ns

lea

rned

, a

nd

fo

llo

w-u

p

wit

h c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

s o

n a

ctio

ns

bei

ng

ta

ken

ba

sed

on

th

e id

enti

fied

les

son

s le

arn

ed.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.fD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty c

on

du

ct p

roa

ctiv

e

ou

trea

ch t

o l

oca

l a

gen

cies

an

d

org

an

iza

tio

ns

to s

oli

cit

ad

dit

ion

al

feed

ba

ck o

n w

ha

t ca

n b

e im

pro

ved

?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

co

nd

uct

s p

roa

ctiv

e o

utr

each

to

lo

cal

ag

enci

es a

nd

org

an

iza

tio

ns

to s

oli

cit

ad

dit

ion

al

feed

ba

ck.

Pro

act

ive

ou

trea

ch t

o r

ecei

ve

feed

ba

ck f

rom

th

e cu

sto

mer

s ca

n b

e

furt

her

dev

elo

ped

fo

r b

oth

PS

PS

an

d w

ild

fire

s. P

G&

E's

pla

ns

to o

rga

niz

e a

nd

co

nd

uct

com

mu

nit

y o

utr

each

mo

re p

roa

ctiv

ely

in

th

e fu

ture

.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.gD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty h

av

e a

cle

ar

pla

n f

or

po

st-

even

t li

sten

ing

an

d i

nco

rpo

rati

ng

less

on

s le

arn

ed f

rom

all

sta

keh

old

ers?

iii

No

ne

Po

st-e

ven

t, P

G&

E e

ng

ag

es i

n p

ub

lic

list

enin

g s

essi

on

s to

rec

eiv

e fe

edb

ack

. T

his

feed

ba

ck,

alo

ng

wit

h f

eed

ba

ck r

ecei

ved

fro

m o

ther

fo

rum

s, b

eco

me

inco

rpo

rate

d i

n a

s

less

on

s le

arn

ed i

n d

ocu

men

ts s

uch

as

the

Aft

er A

ctio

n R

epo

rts.

Ho

wev

er,

ther

e is

roo

m f

or

PG

&E

to

im

pro

ve

its

list

enin

g s

essi

on

s to

su

pp

ort

mo

re o

f a

tw

o-w

ay

dia

log

ue

an

d g

ain

mo

re c

ust

om

er e

ng

ag

emen

t. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

dev

elo

p a

cle

ar

an

d

effe

ctiv

e p

lan

fo

r p

ost

-ev

ent

list

enin

g.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.hD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty t

rack

th

e

imp

lem

enta

tio

n o

f re

com

men

da

tio

ns

an

d r

epo

rt u

po

n t

hei

r im

pa

ct?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

tra

cks

an

d r

epo

rts

on

th

e im

pa

cts

of

imp

lem

ente

d w

ild

fire

rec

om

men

da

tio

ns.

PG

&E

do

esn

't c

urr

entl

y t

rack

th

e im

ple

men

tati

on

of

reco

mm

end

ati

on

s n

or

rep

ort

up

on

th

eir

imp

act

s fo

r P

SP

S.

Ho

wev

er,

PG

&E

wil

l b

e a

ble

to

do

so

in

th

e fu

ture

,

bec

au

se i

t is

set

tin

g u

p m

etri

cs t

o r

epo

rt o

ut

pro

gre

ss.

IE

mer

gen

cy

pla

nn

ing

an

d

pre

pa

red

nes

s

47

Pro

cess

es f

or

con

tin

uo

us

imp

rov

emen

t

aft

er w

ild

fire

an

d

PS

PS

I.V

.iD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty h

av

e a

pro

cess

to

con

du

ct r

evie

ws

aft

er w

ild

fire

s in

oth

er

the

terr

ito

ry o

f o

ther

uti

liti

es a

nd

sta

tes

to i

den

tify

an

d a

dd

ress

are

as

of

imp

rov

emen

t?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

do

es n

ot

con

du

ct r

evie

ws

aft

er w

ild

fire

s in

oth

er t

erri

tory

of

oth

er

uti

liti

es t

o i

den

tify

an

d a

dd

ress

are

as

of

imp

rov

emen

t. H

ow

ever

, in

th

e fu

ture

, P

G&

E

sees

th

e im

per

ati

ve

ben

efit

of

con

du

ctin

g s

uch

rev

iew

s. T

her

e a

re a

lso

op

po

rtu

nit

ies

to

furt

her

en

ga

ge

wit

h o

ther

uti

liti

es o

n w

ild

fire

s a

nd

PS

PS

po

st e

ven

ts.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

48

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

bes

t p

ract

ice

sha

rin

g w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

J.I

.aD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty a

ctiv

ely

wo

rk t

o i

den

tify

bes

t p

ract

ices

fro

m o

ther

uti

liti

es

thro

ug

h a

cle

arl

y

def

ined

op

era

tio

na

l p

roce

ss?

iii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y c

oll

ab

ora

tes

wit

h o

ther

Ca

lifo

rnia

uti

liti

es a

nd

sh

are

s b

est

pra

ctic

es,

bu

t d

oes

no

t co

nsi

der

th

e ex

isti

ng

lev

el o

f en

ga

gem

ent

to b

e a

"cl

earl

y d

efin

ed

op

era

tio

na

l p

roce

ss"

at

this

tim

e. P

G&

E p

lan

s to

fo

rma

lize

th

e ex

isti

ng

co

lla

bo

rati

on

an

d i

ncl

ud

e o

ther

glo

ba

l u

tili

ties

(e.

g.,

Au

stra

lia

) in

th

e fu

ture

.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

48

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

bes

t p

ract

ice

sha

rin

g w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

J.I

.bD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty s

ucc

essf

ull

y a

do

pt

an

d

imp

lem

ent

bes

t p

ract

ices

id

enti

fied

fro

m

oth

er u

tili

ties

?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

ha

s su

cces

sfu

lly

ad

op

ted

an

d i

mp

lem

ente

d b

est

pra

ctic

es i

den

tifi

ed f

rom

oth

er

uti

liti

es (

i.e.

, P

G&

E u

ses

the

PS

PS

pro

cess

, h

igh

-def

init

ion

ca

mer

as,

a w

eath

er s

tati

on

net

wo

rk a

nd

Tec

hn

osy

lva

pra

ctic

es t

ha

t w

ere

sha

red

by

SD

G&

E).

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e

to a

do

pt

an

d i

mp

lem

ent

bes

t p

ract

ices

in

th

e fu

ture

.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

48

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

bes

t p

ract

ice

sha

rin

g w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

J.I

.cD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty s

eek

to

sh

are

bes

t

pra

ctic

es a

nd

les

son

s le

arn

ed i

n a

con

sist

ent

form

at?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

fo

llo

ws

the

ES

RB

-8 r

equ

irem

ent,

wh

ich

is

a c

on

sist

ent

form

at

for

sha

rin

g

less

on

s le

arn

ed.

PG

&E

als

o h

as

a f

oru

m t

o s

ha

re b

est

pra

ctic

es,

bu

t d

oes

no

t fo

llo

w a

con

sist

ent

form

at.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

48

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

bes

t p

ract

ice

sha

rin

g w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

J.I

.dD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty s

ha

re b

est

pra

ctic

es a

nd

less

on

s v

ia a

co

nsi

sten

t a

nd

pre

dic

tab

le

set

of

ven

ues

/med

ia?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

fo

llo

ws

the

ES

RB

-8 r

equ

irem

ent,

wh

ich

is

a c

on

sist

ent

an

d p

red

icta

ble

set

of

ven

ues

/med

ia f

or

sha

rin

g l

esso

ns

lea

rned

. P

G&

E h

as

a f

oru

m t

o s

ha

re b

est

pra

ctic

es,

bu

t d

oes

no

t co

nsi

der

th

at

to b

e a

co

nsi

sten

t n

or

pre

dic

tab

le s

et o

f v

enu

es /

med

ia.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

48

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

bes

t p

ract

ice

sha

rin

g w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

J.I

.eD

oes

th

e u

tili

ty p

art

icip

ate

in

an

nu

al

ben

chm

ark

ing

ex

erci

ses

wit

h o

ther

uti

liti

es t

o f

ind

are

as

for

imp

rov

emen

t?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

pa

rtic

ipa

tes

in b

ench

ma

rkin

g e

xer

cise

s w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

to

fin

d a

rea

s fo

r

imp

rov

emen

t m

ore

fre

qu

entl

y t

ha

n a

nn

ua

lly

, a

nd

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

do

so

in

th

e fu

ture

.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

48

Co

op

era

tio

n a

nd

bes

t p

ract

ice

sha

rin

g w

ith

oth

er u

tili

ties

J.I

.fH

as

the

uti

lity

im

ple

men

ted

a d

efin

ed

pro

cess

fo

r te

stin

g l

esso

ns

lea

rned

fro

m

oth

er

uti

liti

es t

o e

nsu

re l

oca

l a

pp

lica

bil

ity

?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

in

form

all

y t

ests

les

son

s le

arn

ed f

rom

oth

er u

tili

ties

fo

r lo

cal

ap

pli

cab

ilit

y,

bu

t

do

es n

ot

ha

ve

a "

def

ined

pro

cess

" to

do

so

at

this

tim

e. P

G&

E w

ill

form

ali

ze t

his

pro

cess

in

th

e fu

ture

.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

49

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

com

mu

nit

ies

on

uti

lity

wil

dfi

re

mit

iga

tio

n

init

iati

ves

J.I

I.a

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ha

ve

a c

lea

r a

nd

act

ion

ab

le p

lan

to

dev

elo

p o

r m

ain

tain

a

coll

ab

ora

tiv

e

rela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

lo

cal

com

mu

nit

ies?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

ha

s a

lrea

dy

ex

ecu

ted

ma

ny

lo

cal

com

mu

nit

y "

PS

PS

Lis

ten

ing

Ses

sio

ns"

to

con

tin

ue

to b

uil

d a

co

lla

bo

rati

ve

rela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

th

e lo

cal

com

mu

nit

ies

imp

act

ed b

y

the

20

19 P

SP

S s

easo

n.

PG

&E

is

in t

he

pro

cess

of

evo

lvin

g i

ts e

xis

tin

g c

om

mu

nit

y

ou

trea

ch p

lan

to

in

clu

de

mo

re t

wo

-wa

y c

om

mu

nic

ati

on

op

po

rtu

nit

ies.

PG

&E

wil

l

con

tin

ue

to f

urt

her

fo

rma

lize

an

d m

atu

re t

his

pla

n i

n t

he

com

ing

yea

rs.

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liv

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fo

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

49

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

com

mu

nit

ies

on

uti

lity

wil

dfi

re

mit

iga

tio

n

init

iati

ves

J.I

I.b

Are

th

ere

com

mu

nit

ies

in H

FT

D a

rea

s

wh

ere

mea

nin

gfu

l re

sist

an

ce i

s ex

pec

ted

in r

esp

on

se t

o e

ffo

rts

to m

itig

ate

fir

e ri

sk

(e.g

. v

eget

ati

on

cle

ara

nce

)?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es w

ork

clo

sely

wit

h c

om

mu

nit

ies

on

ma

ny

of

its

wil

dfi

re m

itig

ati

on

eff

ort

s.

Th

ere

are

co

mm

un

itie

s (i

n H

FT

D a

rea

s) w

her

e re

sist

an

ce h

as

bee

n e

xp

erie

nce

d (

i.e.

,

reg

ula

tio

ns

in S

an

ta C

ruz

pro

hib

it P

G&

E f

rom

per

form

ing

ro

uti

ne

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent)

in

res

po

nse

to

eff

ort

s to

mit

iga

te f

ire

risk

. P

G&

E w

ill

con

tin

ue

to w

ork

wit

h c

om

mu

nit

ies

bu

t d

oes

n't

fo

rese

e th

is c

ha

ng

ing

in

th

e fu

ture

.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

49

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

com

mu

nit

ies

on

uti

lity

wil

dfi

re

mit

iga

tio

n

init

iati

ves

J.I

I.c

Wh

at

per

cen

t o

f la

nd

ow

ner

s a

re n

on

-

com

pli

an

t w

ith

uti

lity

in

itia

tiv

es (

e.g

.,

veg

eta

tio

n m

an

ag

emen

t)?

vv

La

nd

ow

ner

is

def

ined

as

un

iqu

e cu

sto

mer

sL

ess

tha

t 0

.5%

of

lan

do

wn

ers

are

cu

rren

tly

no

n-c

om

pli

an

t w

ith

PG

&E

's i

nit

iati

ves

. In

ord

er t

o a

nsw

er t

his

qu

esti

on

, P

G&

E u

sed

its

its

to

tal

nu

mb

er o

f cu

sto

mer

ref

usa

ls i

n

20

19 (

~2

2,0

00

) a

s th

e n

um

era

tor

an

d i

ts t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

un

iqu

e cu

sto

mer

s (~

5.2

mil

lio

n)

as

the

den

om

ina

tor

to e

qu

al

a n

um

ber

th

at

is l

ess

tha

n 0

.5%

.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

49

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

com

mu

nit

ies

on

uti

lity

wil

dfi

re

mit

iga

tio

n

init

iati

ves

J.I

I.d

Wh

at

per

cen

t o

f la

nd

ow

ner

s co

mp

lain

ab

ou

t u

tili

ty i

nit

iati

ves

(e.

g.,

veg

eta

tio

n

ma

na

gem

ent)

?

iviv

A "

com

pla

int"

is

a f

orm

al

com

pla

int

file

d b

y a

cust

om

er w

ith

th

e C

PU

C.

La

nd

ow

ner

is

def

ined

as

un

iqu

e cu

sto

mer

acc

ou

nts

Cu

rren

tly

, le

ss t

ha

n 1

% o

f la

nd

ow

ner

s co

mp

lain

ab

ou

t u

tili

ty i

nit

iati

ves

. In

fu

ture

,

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

exp

ect

this

nu

mb

er t

o c

ha

ng

e

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

49

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

com

mu

nit

ies

on

uti

lity

wil

dfi

re

mit

iga

tio

n

init

iati

ves

J.I

I.e

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ha

ve

a d

emo

nst

rati

vel

y

coo

per

ati

ve

rela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

com

mu

nit

ies

con

tain

ing

>9

0%

of

the

po

pu

lati

on

in

HF

TD

are

as

(e.g

. b

y b

ein

g

reco

gn

ized

by

oth

er a

gen

cies

as

ha

vin

g a

coo

per

ati

ve

rela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

th

ose

com

mu

nit

ies

in H

FT

D a

rea

s)?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

is

evo

lvin

g i

ts e

xis

tin

g c

om

mu

nit

y o

utr

each

pla

n t

o b

e m

ore

co

lla

bo

rati

ve

in

na

ture

, b

ut

curr

entl

y d

oes

no

t co

nsi

der

its

elf

to h

av

e a

dem

on

stra

tiv

ely

co

op

era

tiv

e

rela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith

all

co

mm

un

itie

s a

t th

is t

ime.

PG

&E

rec

og

niz

es t

he

va

lue

an

d

imp

ort

an

ce o

f th

ese

rela

tio

nsh

ips

an

d h

as

an

act

ion

pla

n t

o c

on

tin

ue

to i

mp

rov

e it

s

ou

trea

ch,

pa

rtn

ersh

ip a

nd

co

lla

bo

rati

on

act

ivit

ies

wit

h i

ts l

oca

l co

mm

un

itie

s.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

49

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

com

mu

nit

ies

on

uti

lity

wil

dfi

re

mit

iga

tio

n

init

iati

ves

J.I

I.f

Do

es u

tili

ty h

av

e re

cord

s o

f la

nd

ow

ner

s

thro

ug

ho

ut

com

mu

nit

ies

con

tain

ing

>9

0%

of

the

po

pu

lati

on

in

HF

TD

are

as

rea

chin

g o

ut

to n

oti

fy o

f ri

sks,

da

ng

ers

or

issu

es i

n t

he

pa

st y

ear?

iiii

"Ris

ks,

da

ng

ers"

are

th

ose

ste

mm

ing

fro

m u

tili

ty

ow

ned

ass

ets,

no

t p

rop

erty

ow

ner

ass

ets.

PG

&E

ha

s re

cord

s o

f o

ver

90

% o

f it

s la

nd

ow

ner

s re

ach

ing

ou

t to

PG

&E

to

no

tify

of

risk

s, d

an

ger

s o

r is

sues

, b

ut

do

es n

ot

ha

ve

a "

con

sist

ent,

rep

eata

ble

" p

roce

ss t

o

ad

dre

ss t

he

no

tifi

cati

on

s.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

50

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

LE

P a

nd

AF

N

po

pu

lati

on

s

J.I

II.a

Ca

n t

he

uti

lity

pro

vid

e a

pla

n t

o p

art

ner

wit

h o

rga

niz

ati

on

s re

pre

sen

tin

g L

imit

ed

En

gli

sh

Pro

fici

ency

(L

EP

) a

nd

Acc

ess

&

Fu

nct

ion

al

Nee

ds

(AF

N)

com

mu

nit

ies?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

pa

rtn

ers

wit

h o

rga

niz

ati

on

s re

pre

sen

tin

g L

imit

ed E

ng

lish

Pro

fici

ency

(L

EP

)

an

d A

cces

s &

Fu

nct

ion

al

Nee

ds

(AF

N)

com

mu

nit

ies.

No

tab

ly,

PG

&E

ha

s a

n a

gre

emen

t

in p

lace

wit

h t

he

Ca

lifo

rnia

Fo

un

da

tio

n f

or

Ind

epen

den

t L

ivin

g C

ente

rs (

CF

ILC

) to

spec

ific

all

y e

ng

ag

e w

ith

th

e A

FN

co

mm

un

ity

. P

G&

E w

ill

con

tin

ue

to p

ut

fort

h

con

sid

era

ble

eff

ort

to

wa

rds

stre

am

lin

ing

its

co

mm

un

ica

tio

ns

to s

imp

lify

co

ord

ina

tio

n

go

ing

fo

rwa

rd,

esp

ecia

lly

fo

r th

e L

EP

gro

up

s.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

50

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

LE

P a

nd

AF

N

po

pu

lati

on

s

J.I

II.b

Ca

n t

he

uti

lity

ou

tlin

e h

ow

th

ese

pa

rtn

ersh

ips

crea

te p

ath

wa

ys

for

imp

lem

enti

ng

su

gg

este

d a

ctiv

itie

s to

ad

dre

ss t

he

nee

ds

of

thes

e co

mm

un

itie

s?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

's p

art

ner

ship

s w

ith

th

e L

EP

an

d A

FN

co

mm

un

itie

s cr

eate

pa

thw

ay

s fo

r

imp

lem

enti

ng

su

gg

este

d a

ctiv

itie

s to

ad

dre

ss t

he

nee

ds

of

thes

e co

mm

un

itie

s. P

G&

E

ha

s p

rov

ided

fu

nd

ing

to

CF

ILC

to

pro

vid

e re

vel

an

t su

pp

ort

to

th

e co

mm

un

itie

s th

ey

serv

e. P

G&

E i

s im

ple

men

tin

g a

n A

FN

ad

vis

ory

co

un

cil,

or

sim

ila

r in

pu

t p

roce

ss,

to g

et

dir

ecti

on

an

d g

uid

an

ce f

rom

co

mm

un

itie

s m

emb

ers

on

ho

w t

o b

est

sup

po

rt a

nd

ser

ve

thes

e co

mm

un

itie

s.J

Sta

keh

old

er

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

50

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

LE

P a

nd

AF

N

po

pu

lati

on

s

J.I

II.c

Ca

n t

he

uti

lity

po

int

to c

lea

r ex

am

ple

s o

f

ho

w t

ho

se r

ela

tio

nsh

ips

ha

ve

dri

ven

th

e

uti

lity

’s

ab

ilit

y t

o i

nte

ract

wit

h a

nd

pre

pa

re L

EP

& A

FN

co

mm

un

itie

s fo

r w

ild

fire

mit

iga

tio

n

act

ivit

ies?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

ha

s m

an

y e

xa

mp

les

of

inte

ract

ion

s w

ith

th

e L

EP

an

d A

FN

co

mm

un

itie

s in

reg

ard

s to

wil

dfi

re m

itig

ati

on

act

ivit

ies

(see

sec

tio

n 5

.3.9

.4 L

an

gu

ag

e A

cces

s a

nd

Tra

nsl

ati

on

s S

tra

teg

y o

f th

e 2

02

0 W

MP

). P

G&

E r

eco

gn

izes

th

at

it c

an

ap

ply

mo

re

rig

or

an

d f

orm

ali

ty a

rou

nd

its

in

tera

ctio

ns

to s

oli

cit

feed

ba

ck f

rom

th

ose

co

mm

un

itie

s

at

this

tim

e. A

s su

ch,

PG

&E

pla

ns

to c

on

tin

ue

to s

tren

gth

en i

ts r

ela

tio

nsh

ips

wit

h t

he

LE

P a

nd

AF

N c

om

mu

nit

ies

to b

e a

ble

to

mo

re e

ffec

tiv

ely

pre

pa

re L

EP

& A

FN

com

mu

nit

ies

for

wil

dfi

re m

itig

ati

on

act

ivit

ies

in t

he

futu

re.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

50

En

ga

gem

ent

wit

h

LE

P a

nd

AF

N

po

pu

lati

on

s

J.I

II.d

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

ha

ve

a s

pec

ific

an

nu

all

y-

up

da

ted

act

ion

pla

n f

urt

her

red

uce

wil

dfi

re a

nd

PS

PS

ris

k t

o L

EP

& A

FN

co

mm

un

itie

s?

iii

No

ne

Th

e u

tili

ty h

as

an

nu

all

y-u

pd

ate

d a

ctio

n p

lan

s to

fu

rth

er r

edu

ce w

ild

fire

an

d P

SP

S

risk

s to

AL

L c

om

mu

nit

ies.

Wit

h r

ega

rd t

o P

SP

S t

his

is

pa

rtic

ula

rly

fo

cuse

d o

n t

he

com

mu

nit

ies

mo

st l

ikel

y t

o b

e fr

equ

entl

y i

mp

act

ed.

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

ex

pa

nd

an

d

evo

lve

thes

e a

nn

ua

lly

-up

da

ted

aci

ton

pla

ns

to i

nco

rpo

rate

sp

ecif

ic a

ctio

ns

to s

up

po

rt

the

LE

P &

AF

N c

om

mu

nit

ies

as

no

ted

in

th

e tw

o q

ues

tio

ns

ab

ov

e.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

51

Co

lla

bo

rati

on

wit

h e

mer

gen

cy

resp

on

se

ag

enci

es

J.I

V.a

Wh

at

is t

he

coo

per

ati

ve

mo

del

bet

wee

n

the

uti

lity

an

d s

up

pre

ssio

n a

gen

cies

?

iiii

iN

on

eP

G&

E c

urr

entl

y w

ork

s w

ith

su

pp

ress

ion

ag

enci

es a

nd

no

tifi

es t

hem

of

ign

itio

ns.

PG

&E

als

o s

ha

res

its

GO

ES

16

/17

sa

tell

ite

cap

ab

ilit

y w

ith

lo

cal

ag

enci

es,

wh

en r

equ

este

d.

PG

&E

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

ev

olv

e th

is r

ela

tio

nsh

ip a

nd

, w

her

e a

pp

rop

ria

te,

wil

l en

ga

ge

wit

h d

iffe

ren

t en

titi

es t

o h

elp

th

em b

ette

r d

etec

t ig

nit

ion

s.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

51

Co

lla

bo

rati

on

wit

h e

mer

gen

cy

resp

on

se

ag

enci

es

J.I

V.b

In w

ha

t a

rea

s is

th

e u

tili

ty c

oo

per

ati

ng

wit

h s

up

pre

ssio

n a

gen

cies

iii

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

cu

rren

tly

co

op

era

tes

wit

h s

up

pre

ssio

n a

gen

cies

th

rou

gh

ou

t it

s se

rvic

e a

rea

s a

nd

wil

l co

nti

nu

e d

oin

g s

o g

oin

g f

orw

ard

.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

51

Co

lla

bo

rati

on

wit

h e

mer

gen

cy

resp

on

se

ag

enci

es

J.I

V.c

Do

es t

he

uti

lity

acc

ura

tely

pre

dic

t a

nd

com

mu

nic

ate

th

e fo

reca

sted

fir

e

pro

pa

ga

tio

n p

ath

usi

ng

av

ail

ab

le a

na

lyti

cs r

eso

urc

es a

nd

wea

ther

da

ta?

iii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

pre

dic

t a

nd

co

mm

un

ica

te f

ore

cast

ed f

ire

pro

pa

ga

tio

n p

ath

usi

ng

av

ail

ab

le a

na

lyti

cs r

eso

urc

es a

nd

wea

ther

da

ta,

ho

wev

er w

e a

nti

cip

ate

ha

vin

g t

he

cap

ab

ilit

y t

o d

o t

his

in

th

e fu

ture

(th

rou

gh

th

e T

ech

no

sylv

a t

ech

no

log

y p

latf

orm

).

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nit

y

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lla

bo

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h e

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gen

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on

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V.d

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es t

he

uti

lity

co

mm

un

ica

te f

ire

pa

ths

to t

he

com

mu

nit

y a

s re

qu

este

d?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

pre

dic

t a

nd

co

mm

un

ica

te f

ore

cast

ed f

ire

pro

pa

ga

tio

n p

ath

usi

ng

av

ail

ab

le a

na

lyti

cs r

eso

urc

es a

nd

wea

ther

da

ta,

ho

wev

er m

ay

be

ab

le t

o d

o t

his

in

th

e

futu

re w

ith

its

Tec

hn

osy

lva

tec

hn

olo

gy

.

PG

&E

bel

iev

es i

t is

cri

tica

l to

un

der

sta

nd

wh

o s

ho

uld

pro

vid

e co

mm

un

ity

-wid

e

no

tifi

cati

on

of

po

ten

tia

l fi

re p

ath

s (a

nd

ho

w);

th

en,

this

pro

cess

wo

uld

nee

d t

o b

e

tho

rou

gh

ly d

iscu

ssed

an

d a

lig

ned

bet

wee

n P

G&

E,

fire

su

pp

ress

ion

ag

enci

es,

com

mu

nit

y O

ES

an

d o

ther

sta

keh

old

ers.

JS

tak

eho

lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

51

Co

lla

bo

rati

on

wit

h e

mer

gen

cy

resp

on

se

ag

enci

es

J.I

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Do

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wo

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o a

ssis

t

sup

pre

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n c

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s lo

gis

tica

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, w

her

e

po

ssib

le?

iiii

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ne

PG

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cu

rren

tly

ass

ists

su

pp

ress

ion

cre

ws

log

isti

call

y (

wh

ere

po

ssib

le)

an

d w

ill

con

tin

ue

do

ing

so

in

th

e fo

rese

eab

le f

utu

re.

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lder

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per

ati

on

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mu

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52

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lla

bo

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on

on

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mit

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n

pla

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ing

wit

h

sta

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old

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J.V

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her

e d

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th

e u

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ty c

on

du

ct

sub

sta

nti

al

fuel

ma

na

gem

ent?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

gen

era

lly

on

ly c

on

du

cts

fuel

ma

na

gem

ent

in a

rea

s w

her

e re

late

d r

egu

lati

on

s

ap

ply

, n

am

ely

PR

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PG

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pla

ns

to a

llo

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fu

nd

ing

fo

r a

ta

rget

ed,

risk

-ba

sed

fuel

ma

na

gem

ent

effo

rt i

n t

he

futu

re,

bu

t su

ch e

ffo

rts

ma

y n

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qu

ali

fy a

s a

dd

ress

ing

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bst

an

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l fu

el m

an

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acc

ross

rig

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of

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y.

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52

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on

on

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mit

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n

pla

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wit

h

sta

keh

old

ers

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th

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ty e

ng

ag

e w

ith

oth

er

sta

keh

old

ers

as

pa

rt o

f it

s fu

el

ma

na

gem

ent

effo

rts?

iii

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on

eP

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ng

ag

es w

ith

sta

keh

old

ers

reg

ard

ing

fu

el m

an

ag

emen

t in

an

ad

ho

c m

an

ner

,

an

d d

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no

t sh

are

in

form

ati

on

in

a c

on

sist

ent

wa

y.

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pla

ns

to i

mp

lem

ent

a f

uel

ma

na

gem

ent

pla

n /

pro

gra

m t

ha

t w

ill

all

ow

fo

r ef

fect

ive

eng

ag

emen

t a

nd

co

ord

ina

tio

n

wit

h s

tak

eho

lder

s o

n f

uel

ma

na

gem

ent

act

ivit

ies.

JS

tak

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lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

52

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lla

bo

rati

on

on

wil

dfi

re

mit

iga

tio

n

pla

nn

ing

wit

h

sta

keh

old

ers

J.V

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oes

th

e u

tili

ty c

ult

iva

te a

na

tiv

e

veg

eta

tio

n e

cosy

stem

acr

oss

ter

rito

ry

tha

t is

co

nsi

sten

t

wit

h l

ow

er f

ire

risk

?

ii

No

ne

PG

&E

do

es n

ot

curr

entl

y c

ult

iva

te a

na

tiv

e v

eget

ati

on

eco

syst

em a

cro

ss t

erri

tory

con

sist

ent

wit

h l

ow

er f

ire

risk

bec

au

se P

G&

E b

elie

ves

th

ere

are

mo

re e

ffec

tiv

e w

ay

s to

red

uce

th

is r

isk

(e.

g.,

fu

el m

an

ag

emen

t).

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tak

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lder

coo

per

ati

on

an

d

com

mu

nit

y

eng

ag

emen

t

52

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lla

bo

rati

on

on

wil

dfi

re

mit

iga

tio

n

pla

nn

ing

wit

h

sta

keh

old

ers

J.V

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oes

th

e u

tili

ty f

un

d l

oca

l g

rou

ps

(e.g

.,

fire

sa

fe c

ou

nci

ls)

to s

up

po

rt f

uel

ma

na

gem

ent?

iiii

No

ne

PG

&E

fu

nd

s, a

nd

wil

l co

nti

nu

e to

fu

nd

, lo

cal

gro

up

s to

su

pp

ort

fu

el m

an

ag

emen

t.

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