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SCE briefed Calimesa council on January PSPS event and mitigation steps
Summary
A Southern California Edison representative told the Calimesa City Council that a January 2025 Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) was driven by extreme weather and dry vegetation, affected hundreds of thousands of customers and exposed communication shortcomings; SCE described grid-hardening and customer programs it plans to expand.
Southern California Edison told the Calimesa City Council on March 17 that a January 2025 series of public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) were driven by an extraordinary convergence of high winds, very dry vegetation and low humidity, and that the utility is expanding grid-hardening and customer-support programs to reduce the number of impacted customers.
The presentation, delivered by Arlene Flores, SCE representative, outlined the scale of the utility's service territory and the numbers involved in the January events. Flores said SCE covers about 50,000 square miles and operates more than 51,000 miles of overhead distribution and transmission lines; roughly 1,700 weather stations and crew patrols supply situational awareness on circuits in scope for PSPS decisions. She said more than 712,000 customers were notified that they might experience PSPS, and SCE de‑energized circuits serving about 365,000 customers during the January events.
“SCE is committed to improving and looking closely at…
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