Safety Performance Metrics Reports
The consolidated application A.15-05-005 reviews the Safety Model Assessment Proceeding (SMAP) for the major investor-owned utilities Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison Company (SCE), Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E). One of the resulting decisions, Decision 19-04-020, established requirements for Risk Spending Accountability Report and Safety Performance Metrics.
Decision D.19-04-020 requires that PG&E, SoCal Edison, SoCal Gas, and SDG&E (collectively investor‑owned utilities or IOUs) submit to the Commission safety performance metrics reports every year beginning March 31, 2020, documenting the previous year’s data. Additionally, the Decision prescribed that the annual reports address an initial 26 safety performance metrics, which measure achieved safety improvements and cite examples of how the metrics promoted safety training, corrective action, and risk‑based decision-making. The safety performance metrics reports are expected to demonstrate progress toward risk mitigation goals established by Risk Assessment Mitigation Phase (RAMP) and General Rate Case (GRC) applications and to identify and support any metrics linked to financial incentives.
Decision D.21-11-009 later amended the safety performance metrics by adding ten new SPMs, removing four, and modifying 19, for a final total of 32 metrics. Note that the metrics track performance across electric, gas, injury, and reliability categories, and only PG&E is required to report all 32 metrics. For example, SoCalGas does not provide electrical service and therefore does not submit electrical safety and reliability SPMs, while SCE conversely does not provide natural gas service. Refer to D.21-11-009 Appendix B for a metrics definitions table and utility reporting requirements.
Additionally, D.19-09-025 orders Independent Storage Providers (ISPs) for natural gas storage to submit annual reports on safety performance metrics related to their storage operations, starting on January 30, 2020. These ISPs include Central Valley Gas Storage, Lodi Gas Storage, Wild Goose Storage, and Gill Ranch.
The following dashboard visualizes the 10-year performances of each major investor-owned utility for each of the 32 SPMs. Note that for some metrics, utilities are only required to submit absolute count data, but SPD staff has normalized the data (usually per circuit mile for electric systems or per pipeline mile for gas) to allow better comparison between utilities. Only PG&E is required to report on all 32 metrics; Southern California Edison (SCE) does not provide gas, and SoCal Gas does not provide electricity service.
Safety Performance Metrics Reports submitted by Utilities pursuant to Decision (D.) 19-04-020
2023 SPMR Submissions
2023 SoCalGas SPMR April 1, 2024
2022 SPMR Submissions
2022 SDG&E SPMR March 30, 2023
2022 SoCalGas SPMR April 3, 2023
2021 SPMR Submissions
2021 SoCalGas SPMR July 29, 2022
2020 SPMR Submissions
2020 SoCalGas SPMR March 30, 2021
2020 SDG&E SPMR March 31, 2021
2019 SPMR Submissions
2019 SoCalGas SPMR July 30, 2020
Staff Evaluations of Safety Performance Metrics Reports
2021 SPMR Evaluations
Evaluation of 2021 PG&E SPMR January 9, 2023
2020 SPMR Evaluations
Evaluation of 2020 PG&E SPMR September 15, 2021
Evaluation of 2020 SCE SPMR November 1, 2021
Evaluation of 2020 SDG&E SPMR December 3, 2021
Evaluation of 2020 SoCalGas SPMR December 13, 2021
2019 SPMR Evaluations
Evaluation of 2019 PG&E SPMR December 30, 2020
Evaluation of 2019 SCE SPMR December 30, 2020
Evaluation of 2019 SDG&E SPMR December 30, 2020
Evaluation of 2019 SoCalGas SPMR December 30, 2020
Gas Storage Entity Compliance pursuant to Decision (D.) 19-09-025
2020 SPMR Submissions
Risk Spending Accountability Reports
The Commission exercises oversight of utility risk spending in various ways. In February 2016, the Commission updated its Safety Action Plan and established that the Energy Division would review the spending on safety-related activities of electric and gas utilities which had been approved in prior general rate cases (GRCs). The Energy Division prepared reports for Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) but transitioned to issuing compliance letters in response to the revised rate case plan. The revised rate case plan, adopted by Commission Decision (D.)14-12-025, sets new reporting requirements within a risk-based decision-making GRC framework. These requirements were refined in D.19-04-020 closing the consolidated Safety Model Assessment proceeding (A.15-05-002 et al.) as well as in various GRC decisions. For more information about these reports and schedules, see the Risk Spending Accountability Reports page.