(a) âState agencyâ means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the state government. (b) âPolitical subdivisionâ includes any city, city and county, county, district, or other local governmental agency or public agency authorized by law. (c) âGoverning bodyâ means the legislative body, trustees, or directors of a political subdivision. (d) âChief executiveâ means that individual authorized by law to act for the governing body of a political subdivision. (e) âDisaster councilâ and âdisaster service workerâ have the meaning prescribed in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3200) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code. (f) âPublic facilityâ means any facility of the state or a political subdivision, which facility is owned, operated, or maintained, or any combination thereof, through moneys derived by taxation or assessment. (g) âSudden and severe energy shortageâ means a rapid, unforeseen shortage of energy, resulting from, but not limited to, events such as an embargo, sabotage, or natural disasters, and that has a statewide, regional, or local impact. (h) For purposes of this chapter, a âdeenergization eventâ means a planned power outage, undertaken by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by utility equipment, pursuant to Public Utilities Commission Resolution ESRB-8 and any decisions issued by the commission, the former Wildfire Safety Division, as set forth in former Section 326 of the Public Utilities Code, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, or any other agency with authority over electrical corporations. A deenergization event begins when an electrical corporation provides notice to any state agency or political subdivision of the potential need to initiate a planned deenergization of the electrical grid, and ends when the electrical corporation restores electrical services to all deenergized customers, or when the electrical corporation cancels the deenergization event for some or all of its affected customers, and rescinds the notice of the potential need to initiate the deenergization event. A deenergization event does not include any planned outages in connection with regular utility work.
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