The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) released its highlights for June 2025, detailing enforcement, inspection, and monitoring activities across natural gas, electric, and wildfire safety programs. The division’s work is carried out by the Gas Safety and Reliability Branch (GSRB), Electric Safety and Reliability Branch (ESRB), and Wildfire Safety and Enforcement Branch (WSEB).
In June 2025, the WSEB investigated 16 utility-related wildfires and monitored four Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events. Staff reviewed post-event reports from Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), while also observing PSPS exercises conducted by SCE, SDG&E, PacifiCorp, Bear Valley Electric Service, and Liberty Utilities. These exercises are designed to test utilities’ readiness for wildfire risks.
On June 16, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) paid a $7.14 million penalty after CPUC staff concluded that equipment failures violating General Order 95 rules were most likely responsible for the Edgewood Fire.
The ESRB continued oversight of electric and communication infrastructure with 18 audits across various facilities in June. Eleven audit reports were issued during this period. The branch also monitored 128 outages at natural gas and renewable energy plants to ensure proper reporting of forced or planned outages. Nine electric facility incident reports and six power plant incident reports were received; eleven electric incident cases were closed.
As part of summer reliability efforts, ESRB expanded its oversight to large-scale energy storage systems to help prepare for peak demand periods.
For natural gas safety, GSRB reported receiving 78 incident reports from service providers as of June 2025; investigations into 55 incidents have been closed so far. The branch addressed seven new customer complaints—four resolved—and issued three inspection notices along with two Notices of Probable Violation letters to Southern California Gas Company.
The Mobile Home Park Utility Conversion Program continues transitioning communities from older master-metered systems to direct utility service connections. Since inception, more than $1.57 billion has been invested statewide to convert over 96,000 spaces. In June alone, an updated priority list was delivered covering about 168,400 spaces in mobile home parks considered highest risk.
Regulatory activity included participation in two major rulemakings: R.24-05-023 focuses on improving reliability data reporting standards for distribution systems; R.24-10-005 aims to update construction standards under General Order 95 using modern engineering methods.
Public engagement remained steady with the CPUC receiving 21 whistleblower submissions and four safety hotline inquiries during the month.
“Through comprehensive investigations, rigorous enforcement, and forward-looking regulatory initiatives, the CPUC continues to enhance utility safety and reliability across California,” said Adam Cranfill, Information Officer at CPUC SED Monthly Reports.
