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Rocky Mountain Power outlines new 'elevated fire‑risk' settings; residents warned outages may last longer
Summary
Rocky Mountain Power briefed the Ogden Valley Planning Commission on new elevated fire‑risk (EFR) settings that will more readily trip distribution lines and require physical inspections before re‑energizing; the company said upgrades improve wildfire safety but will lengthen some outages.
Kirk Decker, regional business manager for Rocky Mountain Power, told the Ogden Valley Planning Commission that the utility is deploying more sensitive "elevated fire‑risk" (EFR) settings in the valley as part of a wildfire‑mitigation program. "We're putting in new settings that are going to be more sensitive... that will shut the power off," Decker said, adding that crews must physically inspect lines from the substation to the last house before re‑closing in many cases.
Decker said the company has spent "millions of dollars" on upgrades in the Ogden Valley and is pursuing additional resiliency such as another transmission feed to the Eaton…
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