Red Flag Warning for North and East Bay Hills Extended to Tuesday Night
Initially expected to end Monday at 6 p.m., the National Weather Service (NWS) has extended its Red Flag Warning for parts of the Bay Area another 24 hours.
The Bay Area s first Red Flag Warning leading up to this year’s fire season was issued last week for the North Bay and parts of the East Bay. That warning began Friday, May 7, at 11 p.m. with the expectation it would end Monday evening, should fire conditions which included ongoing low humidity levels and hurricane-like winds improve enough by then.
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As wildfire season approaches, simple tasks like trimming back trees, shrubs and bushes and creating defensible space around a home or business can help make neighborhoods and communities safer. Recognizing California’s Wildfire Preparedness Week, customers, neighborhoods and towns can take a hands-on approach to wildfire preparedness this spring.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Safety Action Center website offers easy-to-use educational videos and visual guides with tips on how to create defensible space, which is the buffer area between a home and any vegetation or material that could fuel a wildfire. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Safety Action Center website offers easy-to-use educational videos and visual guides with tips on how to create defensible space, which is the buffer area between a home and any vegetation or material that could fuel a wildf
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SCE Launches Customer Enrollment Drive for Medical Baseline Program
April 27, 2021 GMT
ROSEMEAD, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 27, 2021
Southern California Edison is encouraging more eligible customers to take part in the utility’s Medical Baseline program, which can provide more resiliency and support, especially during critical times.
The program supports customers who rely on power for medical needs by delivering additional electricity at the lowest price per day, which can help them save on their overall energy bill. It covers a variety of devices and equipment requiring power that help customers thrive, including but not limited to, power wheelchairs and scooters, respirators, breathing machines and dialysis machines.
Published: 15 Apr 2021, 06:48
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Andy Colthorpe
The basics of how a community microgrid built under the scheme would work to supply customers and critical facilities like hospitals in the event of outages or PSPS events. Image: PG&E.
Communities at risk of losing their electricity supply in the service area of California utility PG&E when disasters strike are being supported in developing their own microgrids through a new scheme announced by the utility this week.
PG&E, one of California’s three big investor-owned utility companies, is rolling out the Community Microgrid Enablement Program (CMEP), which will offer assistance for the design and deployment of microgrids which can be islanded and operate independently of the main grid operated by PG&E.
Public Safety Power Shutoff PGE. tips, power outage, PSPS, PG&E
Sonora, CA – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) wants to hear feedback on its Wildfire Prevention Plans and 2021 Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) improvements and to listen and learn from customers.
As wildfire risk in California continues to grow, especially with the temperatures heating up, utility officials acknowledge losing power disrupts lives. That is why they say the company is providing progress updates, while listening to customers to find ways to reduce the impact of PSPS events, without compromising safety. To continue that effort, PG&E is hosting a webinar to share local wildfire safety progress for those in Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties.