HB0192SW002

This amendment modifies the wildfire mitigation plan approval standard and adds requirements for establishing proximate causation when an electric utility denies or delays easement access.

• Changes the commission's approval standard from mandatory 'shall approve' to discretionary 'may approve' the wildfire mitigation plan, provided it meets the reasonableness and public interest criteria. (Page 10, line 3)
• Adds a requirement that a plaintiff must prove a denial or delay of easement access was a proximate cause of damages, and establishes that such denial or delay is only deemed a proximate cause if the utility made reasonable efforts to enforce its easement access rights within a reasonable time. (Page 10, lines 9-9)

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