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PG&E outlines wildfire‑safety upgrades and customer affordability programs for Riverbank
Summary
At a Riverbank City Council meeting PG&E government‑relations representative Nathan Alonzo described undergrounding, covered poles, vegetation management, HD camera deployment and customer programs including CARE/FERA discounts, LIHEAP debt relief and medical baseline support.
Nathan Alonzo, PG&E’s government relations contact, told the Riverbank City Council that the utility is accelerating a mix of infrastructure and customer programs aimed at reducing wildfire risk and improving reliability.
Alonzo highlighted undergrounding distribution lines in the state’s highest fire‑threat areas and installing steel “covered” poles with insulated conductor to reduce the likelihood of sparks and animal‑related outages. He said the company inspects roughly 100,000 miles of lines a year and cuts more than one million…
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