CPUC General Order 112-F § 301 - General

301.1Each utility shall post in a prominent physical location, as well as an electronic notice on its website where its employees are likely to see it, a notice containing the following information:#

Report unsafe conditions to the Public Utilities Commission by calling the whistleblower hotline at 1(800) 649-7570 or by email to safetyhotline@cpuc.ca.gov.#

Under sections 451 of the California Public Utilities Code, every public utility shall furnish and maintain such service, instrumentalities, equipment, and facilities, as are necessary to promote the safety, health, comfort, and convenience of its patrons, employees and the public. Further, under section 963(b)(3) of the California Public Utilities Code, it is the policy of this State that California natural gas utilities and the Commission’s regulation of natural gas utilities place safety of the public and the natural gas utilities’ employees as the top priority consistent with the principle of just and reasonable cost-based rates. In addition, under section 961(e) of the California Public Utilities Code, the Commission and natural gas utilities must provide meaningful and ongoing opportunities for the utilities’ workforce to participate in the utilities’ development of a plan for the safe and reliable operations of their pipeline facilities and to contribute to developing an industry wide culture of safety. In view of the above, any employee of the natural gas utility or of an independent contractor working under contract with a natural gas utility, who in good faith, believes that unsafe conditions, services or facilities of the utility threaten the health or safety of its patrons, the employees or the public, has a right to report the conditions to the California Public Utilities Commission. The employee can report the conditions by calling the Commission’s Whistleblower Hotline at 1(800) 6497570, either anonymously or by giving the employee’s name, or by sending an e-mail with the pertinent facts and/or documentation to safetyhotline@cpuc.ca.gov. This requirement shall be in addition to any right the employee has to contact any other State of Federal agency, if the employee has reasonable cause to believe that the information discloses a violation of a state or federal statute, or a violation or noncompliance with a state or federal rule or regulation.#