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PG&E outlines 16 miles of undergrounding, traffic impacts in Plumas County for 2025 work
Summary
PG&E told the Plumas County Board of Supervisors on April 15 that it plans 16 miles of underground electrical distribution work in 2025, including sections tied to the Dixie Fire rebuild and wildfire-safety programs; some work will affect Highway 70 and Highway 89 and include temporary traffic controls and laydown yards.
PG&E representatives told the Plumas County Board of Supervisors on April 15 that the utility has 16 miles of undergrounding work scoped for Plumas County in 2025, divided between Dixie Fire rebuild projects and a wildfire-safety mitigation program.
Bridal Narayan, PG&E government affairs representative for Plumas County, said the company completed about 49 miles of undergrounding work in 2024 — most of it tied to Dixie Fire rebuild projects — and is planning further work in Canyon Dam, Greenville, Paxton, Caribou and Tobin. Narayan said 8 miles of the 16 planned miles are part of the Dixie Fire rebuild program and 8 miles are wildfire-safety work.
Why it matters: undergrounding is one of PG&E’s main wildfire-mitigation tools because buried lines are less likely to spark fires than overhead lines in high-risk zones. County supervisors and residents pressed PG&E for additional detail about where future overhead lines remain and when more miles might be planned.
Details and local impacts: Narayan said the 2025 scope includes 1 mile at Canyon Dam (near the spillway, pending a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission permit), 5 miles in the Greenville area with work on Alta Camp Road, Hot Springs Road, Hideaway Road and Greenville Wolf Creek Road, 1 mile at Paxton (completed earlier in the year), 7 miles in the Caribou area and 2 miles near Tobin. She said some of the Caribou work will start at the Highway 70/Caribou intersection and move toward Belden Dam.
PG&E said some work will require traffic controls and temporary closures; a project near Riley’s Jerky on Highway 89 was described as mobilizing soon and may include lane control. Narayan said the company plans pre-construction notifications and a press release, and that details about daily working hours and traffic control would be issued before work begins.
Laydown yards and environmental review: Narayan told the board PG&E is seeking environmental review and county zoning clearance for laydown yards in the Greenville/Wolf Creek Road area and along Highway 89. She said one yard will be dismantled at the end of the year and another may be dismantled after project completion.
Questions from supervisors: Board members asked how many total miles of overhead line remain in Plumas County and when additional miles will be scheduled. Narayan said she did not have a county‑level total available at the meeting, and that 3 miles are currently scoped in the wildfire-safety program for 2026; she said PG&E recently submitted a broader planning proposal to the state energy regulator that could change multi-year scopes.
Follow-up and outreach: Narayan said PG&E will issue a press release and that a project-specific outreach plan will be shared with county staff. She left printed flyers and application materials for a related PSREC broadband/microgrid notice and grant information.
Ending: Supervisors thanked PG&E for the update and asked staff to follow up on details about traffic control schedules, exact laydown-yard locations, the permit status at Canyon Dam and a county-level inventory of remaining overhead miles.
