PG&E's application for CPUC approval to record in a special account PG&E's costs related to wildfires in its service area beginning with the Butte Fire in 2015.

May 25, 2018: CPUC Continues Public Safety Actions As Climate Increases Risk of Wildfires.

The redactions proposed by PG&E are under review.

SED 2017 Northern California Fire Reports Each of the redactions either was made by CAL FIRE or proposed by PG&E.

On this webpage you will find CPUC information related to the fires.

The fires under CPUC staff investigation are in PG&E's service territory: Cherokee Fire (Butte County) Point Fire (Calaveras County) Adobe, Norrbom, Nuns, Pythian-Oakmond, Pocket, and Youngs Fires (Sonoma County) Sulphur Fire (Lake County) Lobo Fire (Nevada County) La Porte Fire (Butte County) and Patrick and Atlas Fires (Napa County). Investigation topics include, but are not limited to, maintenance of facilities, vegetation management, and emergency preparedness and response. The CPUC's Safety and Enforcement Division conducts investigations to assess the compliance of electric and communication facilities with applicable rules and regulations in fire impacted areas.

The CPUC works closely with CAL FIRE, which determines the sources of ignition of the fires and the way that the fires spread.

Beginning on October 8, 2017, several major wildfires spread through Napa, Sonoma, Butte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Del Norte Counties, as well as in the areas surrounding Grass Valley and Yuba City.ĬAL FIRE is the first responder and determines the sources of ignition of the fires and the way that the fires spread.

California fires 2017 map