CA SB52

Amends Government Code Sections 8557 and 8558 to define a "deenergization event" as a planned power outage undertaken by electrical corporations to reduce wildfire risk, beginning with notice and ending when service is restored or the event is cancelled.

Makes a deenergization event a qualifying condition for declaring a local emergency, allowing state agencies and political subdivisions to respond to planned power outages with emergency powers.

Clarifies that a local emergency proclaimed due to a deenergization event does not trigger additional electric utility obligations under Public Utilities Commission Decision 19-07-015 or alter utilities' existing cost-recovery mechanisms.

Adds deenergization events to the list of conditions constituting both state of emergency and local emergency under the California Emergency Services Act.

Includes a conditional provision (Section 2.5) that becomes operative only if both SB 52 and AB 1403 are enacted by January 1, 2022, with SB 52 enacted after AB 1403.