1. 1 2014 Safety En Banc Elizaveta Malashenko Director, Safety and Enforcement Division September 24, 2015

2. SED Utility Safety and Reliability Work at a Glance 2 ~ 70 Staff Gas = 28 Electric = 23 Gas = 213 Electric = 171 ~ 12 proceedings ~ 200/year

3. Note: Sempra refers to “central office” activities where SDG&E and SoCalGas are company specific 2014 Violations: Natural Gas 3

4. 2014 Violations: Electric 4

5. Incident Example: Metcalf Substation Breach 8/27/14 Image Credit: NBC Bay Area News; Google Earth Images; Associated Press 5

6. Incident Example: Carmel Home Destroyed 3/14/14 6

7. Incident Example: Downtown San Jose Dig-In 11/7/14 7 Image Credit: ABC News, San Jose Mercury News, NBC Bay Area News 7

8. Incident Example: Napa 6.0 Earthquake 8/24/14 8 Image Credit: SF Chronicle, CPUC, PG&E Currents 8

9. Top Risk Areas of Utilities Based on 2014 Observations Natural Gas –Dig-ins –Distribution recordkeeping –Cathodic Protection monitoring intervals –Equipment calibration intervals Electric –Vegetation management –Drought and wildfire preparedness Both –Adequate workforce development and training –Aging infrastructure and infrequent inspections –Third party contracting –Cause analysis 9

10. 10 Thank You! http://www.cpuc.ca.govhttp://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/safety