Section 316 Of Chapter 2. The Public Utilities Commission: Organization From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) Each electrical corporation shall cooperate fully with the
commission in an investigation into any major accident or any
reportable incident, as these terms are defined by the commission,
concerning overhead electric supply facilities, regardless of pending
litigation or other investigations, including, but not limited to,
those that may be related to a commission investigation.
(b) After the scene of the incident has been made safe and service
has been restored, each electrical corporation shall provide the
commission, upon its request, immediate access to all of the
following:
(1) Any factual or physical evidence under the electrical
corporation's, or its agent's, physical control, custody, or
possession related to the incident.
(2) The name and contact information of any known percipient
witness.
(3) Any employee percipient witness under the electrical
corporation's control.
(4) The name and contact information of any person or entity that
has taken possession of any physical evidence removed from the site
of the incident.
(5) Any and all documents under the electrical corporation's
control that are related to the incident and are not subject to
attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrine.
(c) Each electrical corporation shall preserve any and all
documents or evidence it collects as part of its own investigation
related to the incident for at least five years or a shorter period
of time as authorized by the commission.
(d) Any and all documents collected by an electrical corporation
pursuant to this section shall be catalogued and preserved in an
accessible manner for assessment by commission investigators as
determined by the commission.