Emergency preparedness: direct-current fast-charging station sites.

Existing law establishes various duties and responsibilities of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) relating to energy usage in the state, including to carry out research and development into alternative sources of energy, improvements in energy generation, transmission, and siting, fuel substitution, and other topics related to energy supply, demand, public safety, ecology, and conservation that are of particular statewide importance, as provided. Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, generally prescribes duties with regard to various types of emergencies and disasters, including requiring the Governor to coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to include in the State Hazard Mitigation Plan an evaluation of risks from specified causes of a long-term electrical outage and, based on that analysis, requires the plan to identify cost-effective and feasible measures to lessen risks from those hazards, including, hardening the critical infrastructure of electrical utilities. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2027, the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the Energy Commission and the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, to (1) identify and evaluate emergency types during which operators of direct-current fast-charging station sites should be required to maintain operations, (2) identify direct-current fast-charging station sites that are important to maintain during each emergency type based on specified factors, and (3) develop recommendations on how long energy should be maintained during each emergency type and on requirements for station operators to ensure operability of identified station sites during each emergency type, as provided. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2028, and annually thereafter, an operator of