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SCE outlines PSPS alerts, battery and hotel assistance and long-term undergrounding timelines
Summary
A Southern California Edison representative briefed Carpinteria councilmembers about Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) procedures, customer notifications, critical-battery and hotel assistance programs, and ongoing infrastructure upgrades including covered conductors and multi-year undergrounding projects.
A Southern California Edison representative told the Carpinteria City Council on Nov. 24 that the utility has expanded PSPS notification and customer-support measures while actively pursuing infrastructure upgrades intended to reduce fire risk.
The presenter described how SCE monitors weather 4–7 days ahead of potential PSPS events, activates an incident-management team three days before a possible shutoff, and uses email, text and voice alerts plus an interactive outage map…
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