CA AB1403

Adds "deenergization event" (planned power outages by electrical corporations to reduce wildfire risk) to conditions that constitute a state of emergency under California law.

Defines a deenergization event as beginning when an electrical corporation provides notice of a potential planned grid deenergization and ending when electrical services are restored or the deenergization is canceled.

Allows local governments to continue declaring local emergencies in response to deenergization events using existing authority under the California Emergency Services Act.

Specifies that a local emergency proclamation resulting from a deenergization event does not trigger certain electric utility obligations under Public Utilities Commission Decision 19-07-015 or alter utilities' cost-recovery mechanisms for deenergization events.

Takes effect immediately as an urgency statute to address public safety impacts of prolonged wildfire seasons.