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Fire districts press Xcel on cameras, weather stations and site‑specific wildfire plans in Albert County hearing
Summary
Volunteer fire districts and county consultants told the PUC that Xcel’s filings lacked project‑specific wildfire mitigation details and signed local fire‑district agreements; Xcel said it has a statewide plan, has offered Pano AI camera access, and will coordinate further if approved.
At the Feb. 19 evidentiary hearing on Xcel Energy’s Segment 5 application, local fire‑safety concerns took center stage alongside routing disputes.
Albert County’s technical reviewer, SWCA principal Stephanie Blochowiak, told the commission the county’s completeness review and technical memorandum identified gaps in the company’s submissions: precise mapping of temporary construction areas, locations and counts of easements, definitive pole locations, and evidence that local fire districts had received and reviewed the materials they had asked for. "The information submitted was very generalized...we were looking for the specifics," Blochowiak said.
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