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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2022 0504 CCSA REG ITEM 09BCITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA City Council Meeting of May 4, 2022 ACTION APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION. (ROLL CALL VOTE: 3-0, COUNCILMEMBERS ENEGREN AND POLLOCK ABSENT). BY A. Hurtado. B. Update on Public Safety Power Shutoff Advocacy with Ca. Public Utilities Commission and Recommendation on Continued Advocacy Efforts. Staff Recommendation: Scale back participation and continue to monitor filings and Utility Presentation before the CPUC on behalf of the City.(Megan Somogyi, Downey Brand LLP, Special Counsel for City of Moorpark) Item: 9.B. City of Moorpark’s CPUC Advocacy Megan Somogyi, Partner May 4, 2022 Item: 9.B. 19 2 Moorpark’s CPUC Advocacy Moorpark became a party to the CPUC’s PSPS Rulemaking in March 2021 Joined a coalition of nine local governments in SCE’s and PG&E’s territories Moorpark, as part of the coalition, has provided recommendations and input on the CPUC’s PSPS regulations and SCE’s PSPS operations The CPUC has adopted the majority of the coalition’s recommendations Moorpark has provided input to the CPUC on SCE’s PSPS events 20 3 SCE’s 2021 PSPS Events Moorpark filed responses with the CPUC to the SCE PSPS events that impacted the City, including the November 24 Thanksgiving event. Moorpark raised the following issues and concerns: SCE’s repeated failures to provide early—or any—notification before power shutoff SCE’s apparent failure to include historical data on frequently de-energized circuits in its PSPS modeling SCE’s failure to provide accurate and timely event information to City emergency management SCE’s failure to provide accurate or timely information regarding re- energization The hardship imposed on the City and its residents by PSPS events 21 4 PSPS Regulations: CPUC Rulemaking 18-12-005 Moorpark and the coalition advocated for the following changes to the PSPS framework: The CPUC must conduct meaningful review of whether the utility’s decision to shut off the power was reasonable SCE must improve its resource offerings, such as food replacement and hotel accommodations, for impacted customers; education and notification alone are not sufficient SCE must ensure that backup batteries provided to medically vulnerable customers are sufficient to meet the customer’s needs SCE must ensure its Community Resource Centers are designed to meet impacted customers’ needs SCE must coordinate closely with local governments when siting and resourcing CRCs SCE must ensure that PSPS event information is timely, accurate, and consistent 22 5 What’s Next for PSPS? The CPUC’s PSPS Rulemaking (R.18-12-005) remains open, which could allow for additional changes to the PSPS regulations in the future. The CPUC will not make changes to the PSPS regulations in 2022, however. The CPUC originally considered formally consolidating the existing PSPS regulations, which are spread across at least five orders, into a single document. In early 2022, the CPUC indicated instead that it would issue an informal index, or guide, to the PSPS regulations but would not consolidate them. PSPS-related regulatory activity will continue: –SCE, PG&E, and SDG&E recently issued a proposed list of all the agencies that receive priority (48-72 hours) notice of PSPS events and invited stakeholder input by June 1. –SCE will continue to file its annual Wildfire Mitigation Plan with the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety. –SCE will continue to conduct PSPS events and file post-event reports, on which parties can comment. –SCE will continue to have quarterly and annual PSPS-related compliance filings.23 6 Options for Future CPUC Advocacy Recommended: Scale back the coalition and CPUC participation to monitoring utility filings and activity, with the option to submit our own filings as needed. Disband the coalition, but keep Downey Brand “on call” for the City on an as-needed basis. Stop all participation in CPUC matters. 24 San Francisco 455 Market Street | Suite 1500 San Francisco, CA 94105 tel: 415.848.4800 www.downeybrand.com Thank You Megan Somogyi (415)848-8429 msomogyi@downeybrand.com 25