Subcommittee Hearings

August 6, 2014 - Electric Grid Safety: What Do We Know? How Are We Doing?

• Agenda
• Background
• Presentation:  Pat Hogan, Vice President of Asset Management, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Presentation:  Don Neal, Director of Corporate Environmental, Health and Safety, Southern California Edison Company
• Presentation:  Gil Topete, Director for Energy, California Municipal Utilities Association
• Presentation:   Elizaveta Malashenko, Deputy Director, Office of Utility Safety and Reliability, California Public Utilities Commission
• Video Clip: Southern California Edison’s Public Service Announcement Regarding Downed Lines.

• Report: Office of the State Fire Marshal Report on Electric Distribution Fires: 2010-2012

November 18, 2013 - Improving Safety Oversight at the California Public Utilities Commission.  Video

• Agenda                                                           *Letter for Subcommittee Safety Report*
• Background                                                      *"Slow Progress Towards Safety" Report

                                                                                  prepared by the Subcommittee*

• Presentation: Papia Gambelin, Director of Central Coast Region, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Presentation: Professor Richard Callahan, Chair, Dept of Public & Nonprofit Administration, University of San Francisco School of Management
• Presentation: Dr. Don Arendt, Senior Technical Advisor for Safety Management, Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards Service
• Presentation: Michel Peter Florio, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
• Presentation: Brian Turner, Deputy Executive Director, California Public Utilities Commission
• Written Testimony: Deborah Hersman, Acting Chair, National Transportation Safety Board
• Written Testimony: Utility Workers Union of America 
• Letter: Response from PG&E regarding Independent Monitor, January 6, 2014
• Letter: to Commissioner Florio, February 11, 2014
• Letter: Response from Commissioner Florio, March 24, 2014
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October 28, 2013 - Improving Safety Communication Among Cities, Utilities and CPUC.   VIDEO

• Agenda
• Background 
• Presentation: Mark Olbert, Vice Mayor, City of San Carlos
• Presentation: Jim Ruane, Mayor, City of San Bruno
• Presentation: Jeff Maltbie, City Manager, City of San Carlos
• Presentation: Terry Nagel, Councilmember, City of Burlingame
• Presentation: Greg Scoles, City Manager, City of Belmont
• Presentation: D. Warner North, NorthWorks, Inc.
• Presentation: Sumeet Singh, Senior Director of Gas Operations, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Presentation: Papia Gambelin, Director of Central Coast Region, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Presentation: Brian Turner, Deputy Executive Director, California Public Utilities Commission
• Letter: Clemens Heldmaier, General Manager, Montara Water and Sanitary District

June 4, 2013 - Excavation Damage: A Safety Threat or Cost of Doing Business?            VIDEO

• Agenda 
• Background 
• Presentation: Ann Diamond, President, USA South Regional Notification Center Legislative Chair, CA Common Ground Alliance
• Presentation: Ryan C. White, Board Liasion, USA North Regional Notification Center
• Presentation: Cory Salzillo, Legislative Representative, California District Attorneys Association
• Presentation: Cynthia Moore, Enforcement Supervisor, Contractors State Licensing Board
• Presentation: Brigadier General Jack hagan, Director, Safety and Enforcement Division, CA Public Utilities Commission
• Presentation: John Higgins, Senior Director Gas Distribution, Maintenance and Construction, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
• Presentation: Bill Devine, Vice President of Legislative Affairs, AT&T
• Presentation: Joseph Bruz, Legislative Advocate, California State Council of Laborers
• Presentation: Todd Bloomstine, Legislative Advocate, Southern California Contractors Association