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SDG&E outlines public-safety power shutoff process and community supports in Vista presentation
Summary
San Diego Gas & Electric described how it decides on public safety power shutoffs, customer notification methods and community resources; council members asked about targeted grid hardening and insurance connections.
San Diego Gas & Electric senior public affairs manager Joe Gabaldon told the Vista City Council on Sept. 9 that the utility bases public safety power shutoff (PSPS) decisions on meteorological forecasts, field reports and operational data and begins customer outreach days before an event.
The presentation covered how SDG&E’s leadership team monitors forecast trends 7–10 days before a potential event, refines weather forecasts 4–6 days out and starts customer notifications 2–3 days before a possible shutoff. Gabaldon said the utility operates about 223 weather stations in its backcountry territory and supplements automated sensors with “boots on the ground” — field technicians reporting local conditions.
The briefing explained why shutoffs are treated as a last-resort wildfire-mitigation tool and described customer notifications (voice, text, email and the SDG&E Alerts app) and neighborhood…
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