49-25-04. Wildfire mitigation plan submission.
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1. An electric public utility or electric transmission provider may submit for filing a wildfire
mitigation plan to the commission. An electric public utility or electric transmission
provider shall publish on its website all wildfire mitigation plans within thirty days of
filing. If an electric public utility or electric transmission provider submits a wildfire
mitigation plan, the plan must be updated and resubmitted to the commission every
two years. 2. A rural electric cooperative, municipal electric utility, or municipal joint action agency
may submit a wildfire mitigation plan to its board of directors. The electric cooperative,
municipal electric utility, or municipal joint action agency shall publish on its website all
wildfire mitigation plans within thirty days of approval from its board of directors. If a
rural electric cooperative, municipal electric utility, or municipal joint action agency
submits a wildfire mitigation plan, the plan must be updated and reapproved by the
board of directors every two years. 3. The preparation and publishing of, and compliance with, the qualified utility's wildfire
mitigation plan constitutes a rebuttable presumption that the qualified utility exercised
a reasonable standard of care.
49-25-05. Annual report. 1. An electric public utility or electric transmission provider with a wildfire mitigation plan
on file may submit an annual report detailing the utility's compliance with the plan to
the commission, no later than December thirty-first of each year the plan is effective. If
the utility submits an annual report, the utility shall publish the report on its website. 2. A rural electric cooperative, municipal electric utility, or municipal joint action agency
with a wildfire mitigation plan may submit an annual report to its board of directors or
governing body summarizing the rural electric cooperative's, municipal electric utility's,
or municipal joint action agency's compliance with its approved wildfire mitigation plan.
The rural electric cooperative, municipal electric utility, or municipal joint action agency
shall publish the report on its website.