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PG&E outlines undergrounding, vegetation and outage programs for Calaveras County
Summary
Pacific Gas & Electric told Calaveras supervisors it is expanding undergrounding, covered‑conductor and vegetation management work in high fire‑risk areas and described tools—HD cameras, weather stations, EPSS and PSPS—meant to reduce wildfire ignitions and speed restorations.
Pacific Gas & Electric representatives briefed the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 12 about local work under the company’s wildfire‑safety program, including undergrounding distribution lines, strengthening overhead lines with insulated (covered) conductor, expanded vegetation management and a suite of monitoring and outage‑mitigation tools.
Nathan Alonzo, PG&E local government affairs, told the board that undergrounding “reduces wildfire risk in the high nineties,” while covered conductor reduces risk “in the area of the eighties,” describing undergrounding and covered conductor as complementary measures that increase reliability as well as reduce ignition risk. He said the company has deployed 10 high‑definition cameras and 41 weather stations in the county to inform…
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