This is to inform you that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has posted the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) template for consideration by public water systems. This material is the result of the collaborative efforts of the USEPA, SWRCB, CalWARN, PG&E, SCE, public water systems, and wastewater systems and was informed by numerous workshops and meetings on Power Resilience, Black Sky, and PSPS, including the two U.S. EPA: Water Sector Public Safety Power Shutoff Exercise conducted in Santa Rosa on March 3, 2020, and Vacaville on March 4, 2020. EPA developed this SOP template to assist California drinking water and wastewater utilities to better plan, prepare for, respond to, and recover from a PSPS event triggered by weather and environmental conditions that may lead to wildfire.
We included this link on our Public Safety Power Shutoff and Wildfire Information for Public Water Systems webpage. Please consult this webpage on other options that water sector entities can consider in increasing resilience in the face of PSPS and wildfire challenges.
