Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102

Reliability

Description of the Commission's Reliability Program
Emergency Standards
General Order 165 Reports
Inspection and Maintenance Standards
Overview in Response to AB 970
Reliability Annual Reports
Reliability Standards
Rotating Outage Plans

PUC > Energy > Electric Regulation > Reliability > Description of the Commission's Reliability Program

The Commission's Energy Reliability Program

Electric service reliability depends on fossil, renewable and other resources generating as much power as customers demand at each moment and equally important, on the proper operation of transmission and distribution conductors and switchgear to deliver the energy to homes and businesses.

Electric Distribution

The standards and procedures described below apply to the distribution operations (below 50,000 volts) of the electric investor-owned utilities (IOUs) regulated by the Commission.

Electric Transmission

For more information on transmission standards (above 50,000 volts) and on recent transmission projects proposed for reliability, economics, or renewable purposes please refer to California Transmission Projects and Information and to the website links listed at the end of the description of the Commission's Reliability Program.

Electric Generation

For information on standards for power plants and other generating resources please refer to the Electric Generation Performance Branch area of the Commission's website.

Energy Division Contact

Brian Schumacher, Supervisor Electric Transmission and Distribution Reliability Section bds@cpuc.ca.gov Desk: (415) 703-1226

Last Modified: 11/9/2007