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fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

Edison blacks out more customers to stop utility-sparked fires

Southern California Edison increased public safety power shutoffs, cutting power to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility-caused wildfires, lowering wind thresholds and expanding affected areas.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

How fire scientist in charge of California power shutoffs uses a time machine'

At PG&E's weather lab in San Ramon, Scott Strenfel studies a huge digital map on the wall displaying temperatures, dew points and humidity levels across California. At a spot in Kern Hills outside of Bakersfield, wind gusts of 39 mph were forecast to hit. Hey team, thunderstorm outflow down in Kern at 3 p.m., Strenfel calls out to his fellow scientists, each behind double computer screens.
Environment
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

PG&E gives update on fire season, forecast technology

The 2017 Tubbs Fire drove PG&E to install over 1,600 weather stations and develop machine-learning models to predict wildfire potential and guide preventive power shutoffs.
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