OUR MISSION

CUEA serves as a point-of-contact for critical infrastructure utilities and the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and other Governmental Agencies before, during and after an event to:

Facilitate communications and cooperation between member utilities and public agencies; and with non-member utilities (where resources and priorities allow).
Provide emergency response support wherever practical for electric, petroleum pipeline, telecommunications, gas, water and wastewater utilities.
Support utility emergency planning, mitigation, training, exercises and education.
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Government Emergency Telecommunications Services Card WATCH VIDEO
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This program can be extremely beneficial during a major disaster or attack in which the public telecommunications networks are congested by high call volumes and/or damage to the telecommunications infrastructure.

CUEA staffs and manages the State of California Utility Operations Center

The Utility Operation Center (UOC) is staffed by the California Utilities Emergency Association (CUEA) per established MOU, and is intended to provide support to the state and serves as an active operational component of the State Operations Center (SOC) or Regional Emergency Operations Centers (REOCs) serving in the capacity of the Utilities Branch within the Operations Section. The SOC and REOC activate under the authority of California Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS).

Cal OES

MEMBER BENEFITS

  • Emergency Response and Restoration Support
  • Mutual assistance in both statewide and interstate agreements
  • Planning, Training and Exercising
  • Members receive legislative alerts on Utility affected issues
  • CUEA is the only Utility Association with a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Office of Emergency Services
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EVENTS

CUEA 2020 Annual Conference
June 18, 2020 | 9:00 AM

Mark your calendars, CUEA has reserved the Renaissance Palm Springs | 888 E Tahquitz Canyon, Palm Springs, CA 92262 on June 17th & June 18th  for the 2020 Annual Conference. We have locked in a rate of $109 per night with no resort fees. Look for more details to follow in the upcoming new year.


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PHOTOS


Super Storm Sandy Reponse
MOU Signing
Valley Fire
Butte Fire
Bluecut Fire
January Storms 2017 - SMUD
January Storms 2017 - PG&E
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