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CA SB341
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires telecommunications service providers offering 911 access to maintain public outage maps on their websites and notify the Office of Emergency Services within 60 minutes of community isolation outages affecting 911 service or emergency notifications.
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Mandates the Office of Emergency Services aggregate outage notification data and post it publicly on its website without naming individual providers, while allowing the Public Utilities Commission access to detailed information.
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Requires the Public Utilities Commission to develop backup electricity rules by regulation that mandate telecommunications providers submit resiliency plans to maintain backup power for at least 72 hours, with exceptions allowed for feasibility in appropriate circumstances.
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Adds reporting requirements to the Public Utilities Commission's annual report to include actions taken using outage data, deenergization event trends affecting telecommunications service, and analysis of mitigation strategies.
Legislative Description
Telecommunications service: outages.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2021.
9/30/2021