The CPUC granted PG&E its first safety certification in August 2019 and last July, the utility’s then CEO and President Andrew Vesey wrote to the agency requesting certification for 2020. The letter said that PG&E had met all the associated requirements, including drafting a wildfire safety plan for 2020 that was approved by the commission last summer.
Last week, Caroline Thomas Jacobs, director of the CPUC’s Wildfire Safety Division, issued a filing acknowledging that the utility has met the “minimum requirements” for a safety certification — like having an approved wildfire mitigation plan, creating a safety committee for the company’s board of directors and agreeing to implement the findings of its safety culture assessment.