(a)(1) The governing board of each local publicly owned electric utility, as it deems necessary for the exchange of aggregated data, may establish any memoranda of understanding or other agreements necessary to direct the local publicly owned electric utility to timely
provide data to the State Department of Social Services to maximize the food assistance available pursuant to Section 18917.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2)The data provided pursuant to the memoranda of understanding or other
agreements shall meet, at minimum, all of the following requirements and prohibitions:
(A)The provided data shall be limited to only the aggregated customer outage data at the ZIP Code level that is necessary for the State Department of Social Services to maximize food assistance in an emergency, and shall not
include any personally identifiable information.
(B)The provided data shall not be used for any purposes other than those specified in this section and Section 18917.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(C)The provided data shall be subject to all applicable privacy laws.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any other law or the execution of any memoranda of understanding or other agreements, each local publicly owned electric utility
shall, within seven calendar days, make a reasonable effort to provide aggregated customer outage data, for outages of four hours or longer, in response to a request for data by the State Department of Social Services in order to maximize the food assistance available pursuant to Section 18917.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2)Data provided to the State Department of Social Services shall meet, at minimum, all of the following requirements and prohibitions:
(A)The provided data shall be limited to only the aggregated customer outage data at the ZIP Code level that is necessary for the State Department of Social Services to maximize food assistance in an emergency, and shall not include any personally identifiable information.
(B)The provided data shall include, but not be limited to, the dates of power outages, duration in hours of power outages, the counties affected by power outages, the ZIP Codes affected by power outages, and, for each affected ZIP Code, the total number of residential customers in the ZIP Code and the total number of residential customers who lost electrical service during power outages.
(C)The provided data shall not be used for any purposes other than those specified in this section and Section 18917.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(D)The provided data shall be subject to all applicable privacy laws.
(c)Each local publicly owned electric utility shall
designate a point of contact for the State Department of Social Services
necessary to provide the data requested pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b).
(d)The State Department of Social Services shall notify each local publicly owned electric utility of any changes to the federal requirements in a timely manner.