San Diego Gas and Electric Wildfire Mitigation Plan Project (California Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit No. 2081(b)-2026-025-05 (ITP))

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has issued an ITP (No. 2081(b)-2026-025-05), pursuant to Section 2081(b) of the Fish and Game Code to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E). Project involve implementation of SDG&E’s Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP). Such activities include replacements, installation of new treated wood or steel poles and associated equipment, pole remove from service (RFS), pole brushing, overhead work, anchor and guy wire work, trenching, overland travel, vegetation management, wildfire fuels management, geotechnical failure protection and remediation, access roads and slope management, habitat management, footpath access, stringing sites, staging yards and/or helicopter landing zones to support and access the WMP activity work areas. Equipment to complete WMP activities described below may include, but is not limited to, backhoe, dump trucks, concrete trucks, jack hammers, flatbed trucks, pick-up trucks, water trucks, mowers, helicopters, excavation equipment, paving equipment, truck-mounted cranes and augers, bucket trucks, and underground/overhead line trucks. The Project will result in impacts to 2.76 acres of Quino Checkerspot Butterfly (QCB; Euphydryas editha quino) habitat including temporary impacts to 0.11 acres and permanent impacts to 2.65 acres; the Project will also result in impacts to 2.62 acres of Crotch’s bumble bee (CBB; Bombus crotchii) habitat including temporary impacts to 0.10 acres and permanent impacts to 2.52 acres. The project is expected to result in incidental take of both QCB and CBB, which are designated as a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The ITP referenced above as issued by CDFW authorizes incidental take of species listed under CESA that may occur as a result of Project implementation.