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Southern California Edison outlines PSPS criteria and undergrounding work for La Habra Heights
Summary
Southern California Edison told the La Habra Heights City Council that PSPS events are a component of its wildfire mitigation strategy and described ongoing surveys and possible undergrounding or covered-conductor work; residents pressed the utility about which lines would be affected and coordination with telecommunications providers.
Southern California Edison officials gave a detailed briefing to the La Habra Heights City Council on May 12 about the utility’s wildfire-mitigation efforts, including the company’s use of public-safety power shutoffs (PSPS), grid-hardening projects and surveys to determine when to underground lines.
At the meeting Rebecca Lansing, SCE’s government-relations manager, said PSPS is one tool among many “to prevent wildfire ignitions during periods of high winds accompanied by dry vegetation and low humidity,” and that SCE began formal PSPS operations in 2018. She said SCE uses weather models,…
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