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PG&E outlines vegetation program for Mill Valley, confirms right to access private property and announces May 15 open house
Summary
PG&E told the City Council it inspects distribution lines in Mill Valley, patrols high‑fire-threat lines twice yearly, and uses enhanced power safety settings to reduce ignitions. PG&E cited legal authority to access property for hazard mitigation and invited residents to a May 15 community open house to discuss local projects.
Pacific Gas and Electric presented its vegetation‑management program to the Mill Valley City Council, describing inspection cycles, clearance standards and outreach plans designed to reduce wildfire risk and limit public‑safety power shutoffs.
Mark Van Gorder, PG&E local government affairs, said hotter, drier and windier conditions increase ignition risk and that the company uses enhanced power‑safety settings that can de‑energize circuits in a tenth of a second to reduce ignitions. "It's getting hot, it's getting dry, and it's getting windy," he told the council, and the company is deploying both technology and vegetation work to reduce ignitions.
April Kennedy,…
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