Climate Adaptation Equity Workshop 08-27-25

Climate Adaptation Proceeding (R.18-04-019)

In-Person Climate Adaptation Equity Workshop

August 27, 2025, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

San Francisco, CA + Hybrid Event

Public Webinar Registration

Please register for the in-person Climate Adaptation Equity Workshop at

https://cpuc.webex.com/weblink/register/rd1f30de55b6226f88ff365e5d681e151

Virtual option included.

In-Person attendance is highly encouraged.

In-Person Attendance

Location: Courtyard Room, CPUC Headquarters (505 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102)

Virtual Attendance

This workshop will be broadcast via Webex webinar for those who cannot attend in-person.

Webinar Link:

https://cpuc.webex.com/cpuc/j.php?MTID=m3852e493311f57627311593ae89d0a8b

Webinar Number: (access code): 2481 818 0298

Webinar password: ADAPT (23278 when dialing from a phone or video system)

Join by phone

1-855-282-6330 United States Toll Free

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Access code: 2481 818 0298

There will be a live transcription of the event in English.

This workshop will be recorded and made available at the CPUC’s Climate Adaptation webpage.

Purpose of the Workshop

The Climate Adaption Equity Workshop will consider potential refinements to the existing CPUC requirements to improve prioritization of equity considerations in the large investor-owned utilities’ (IOUs) Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessments (CAVA). The purpose of the CAVAs is to identify strategies to mitigate risks to utility infrastructure due to extreme conditions caused by climate change. This workshop will engage a broad range of stakeholders to inform refined requirements for developing measurable criteria and metrics as well as refined community engagement processes, as outlined in Task 2 of the Climate Adaptation proceeding, Phase II Scoping Memo.

The input provided in this workshop is expected to inform a future CPUC staff proposal and Commission decision.

Read the agenda here.

View the presentation slides here.

View the recording here.

Format

This Northern California workshop will generally focus on PG&E’s service territory but may generally inform best practices for equity in Climate Adaptation (the CPUC will hold a Southern California workshop with SCE, SDG&E, and SoCalGas on September 25th). This workshop will build off of previous Climate Adaptation Equity workshops held in 2024 (see materials and recordings here). CPUC Energy Division staff will facilitate this workshop.

Agenda

Background

Through its Climate Adaptation Proceeding (R.18-04-019), the CPUC requires the large IOUs to file a Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment (CAVA) every 4 years with the CPUC. The CAVA is meant to identify vulnerabilities and risks to IOU assets, operations, and services caused by climate change impacts and describe adaptation options to address those vulnerabilities. The CAVA can then inform climate adaptation investment proposals presented in the IOU’s subsequent General Rate Case (GRC) or other relevant applications. The CPUC also requires the IOUs to develop and submit a Community Engagement Plan (CEP) one year prior to their CAVA, which is meant to inform IOU engagement with Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Communities (DVCs) as defined in the proceeding, before, during, and after the development of their CAVA. Pursuant to Decision (D).24-08-005, the IOUs are required to publicly present the results of their CAVAs 90 days before submission for public comment.

**This notice was sent to service list R.18-04-019. If workshop participants discuss any open proceedings that were not noticed, then any such discussions become ex parte communications, and must be noticed to the open proceeding according to Rule 8.4. One or more Commissioners and Advisors, and Administrative Law Judges may attend, but no official Commission action will be taken at this event. This notice is issued pursuant to Rule 8.1 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure which states that an ex parte communication means a written or oral communication that “does not occur in a public hearing, workshop, or other public forum, that has been noticed to the official service list or on the record of the proceeding.”