{"id":413386,"date":"2021-01-12T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T18:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=413386"},"modified":"2021-01-12T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T18:03:42","slug":"growing-network-of-weather-stations-and-fire-watch-cameras-provide-pge-meteorologists-outside-agencies-with-hyperlocal-data-on-extreme-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/growing-network-of-weather-stations-and-fire-watch-cameras-provide-pge-meteorologists-outside-agencies-with-hyperlocal-data-on-extreme-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Network of Weather Stations and Fire-Watch Cameras Provide PG&amp;E Meteorologists, Outside Agencies with Hyperlocal Data on Extreme Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Growing Network of Weather Stations and Fire-Watch Cameras Provide PG&amp;E Meteorologists, Outside Agencies with Hyperlocal Data on Extreme Weather<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><i>In 2020, 400 New Weather Stations Brought PG&amp;E\u2019s Network Total to 1,000 Installed and Operational, and the Number of High-Definition Cameras More than Doubled with Over 300 in Operation<\/i><\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nPacific Gas and Electric Company\u2019s (PG&amp;E) expanded network of enhanced weather technology, including weather stations and high-definition fire-watch cameras located in areas of elevated or extreme fire risk, helped reduce the size of each <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pge.com%2Fen_US%2Fresidential%2Foutages%2Fpublic-safety-power-shuttoff%2Fpsps-reports.page&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Public+Safety+Power+Shutoff+%28PSPS%29&amp;index=1&amp;md5=068cf9f11c4e0c280f7c32767daa6d04\">Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS)<\/a> event in 2020 on average by 55 percent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAs of the end of year, PG&amp;E had 1,000 weather stations and 340 cameras in operation throughout Northern and Central California, providing more precise weather data to the company\u2019s team of meteorologists and outside agencies. The weather stations, along with sectionalizing devices that isolate the grid into smaller segments and deployment of temporary generation and microgrids, enabled PG&amp;E to keep the lights on for thousands of customers who would have lost power during comparable weather events in 2019. Due to these advancements, PG&amp;E removed more than 800,000 customers from scope during 2020 PSPS events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn 2020, PG&amp;E installed 400 new weather stations and 216 HD cameras as part of its <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pge.com%2Fcwsp&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Community+Wildfire+Safety+Program&amp;index=2&amp;md5=b5f07a7aeb77450d8062374572ac4dd8\">Community Wildfire Safety Program<\/a>. These high-tech tools provide better situational awareness and more precise weather monitoring and forecasting that allowed for more precision in determining where a PSPS is needed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cAs a real-time situational awareness tool, we\u2019re able to use our high-density weather observation network at the start of a PSPS event to assess if forecasted critical fire weather conditions are materializing or not,\u201d explains Ashley Helmetag, PG&amp;E Senior Meteorologist. \u201cIn a PSPS event, if the conditions are not materializing above risk thresholds, then we\u2019re able to use this data as a one of our decision-making support tools to significantly shrink or eliminate an area that was originally in scope for power shut off,\u201d added Helmetag.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn addition to PG&amp;E\u2019s in-house meteorology team, the expert staff in the company\u2019s Wildfire Safety Operations Center (WSOC) rely on this real-time information, as well as outside agencies and first-responders as they make critical decisions during wildfire season.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe are working every day to improve the safety of our electric system and reduce wildfire risks,\u201d said Debbie Powell, PG&amp;E\u2019s interim head of Electric Operations. \u201cIn addition to preventing wildfires, our focus is on improving weather awareness and reducing the impact of public safety power outages on customers and communities. Our growing network of weather stations and high-definition cameras helps PG&amp;E meteorologists and analysts do just that.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPG&amp;E has been adding to its network of weather stations and cameras since 2018, mostly in high fire-threat areas in Northern and Central California. The program, which plans to install 1,300 weather stations by the end of 2021, is designed to create a density of roughly one weather station for every 20 miles of electric lines in high fire-threat areas. By the end of 2022, PG&amp;E plans to have nearly 600 cameras installed. When complete, PG&amp;E expects to have the ability to see in real-time roughly 90% of the high fire-risk areas it serves.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe stations provide temperature, wind speed and humidity data that is monitored, tracked and evaluated by PG&amp;E\u2019s meteorology team and analysts in the WSOC. The WSOC is the hub from which PG&amp;E detects, evaluates and monitors wildfire threats across its service area. It\u2019s also where the company instigates responses to those threats and a center for coordination with first responders and public safety officials. Weather station observations are available to state and local agencies as well as the public, through PG&amp;E\u2019s website at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pge.com%2Fweather&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.pge.com%2Fweather&amp;index=3&amp;md5=0652e37ddae25f775e27701e2f44d1c7\">www.pge.com\/weather<\/a> and through <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmesowest.utah.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdroman%2Fstn_mnet.cgi%3Fmnet%3D227&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=MesoWest&amp;index=4&amp;md5=6ca6cac5910702927cf9958af0213d6b\">MesoWest<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe WSOC staff also use PG&amp;E\u2019s network of fire-watch cameras to monitor and respond to wildfires. These resources are also available to CAL FIRE and other fire agencies, as needed, and can be viewed publicly by anyone through the Alert Wildfire Network at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alertwildfire.org&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.alertwildfire.org&amp;index=5&amp;md5=759e9935a5d059e3949a4e909c7ec4d8\">www.alertwildfire.org<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information about PG&amp;E\u2019s wildfire mitigations and efforts to reduce the impacts of PSPS events, please visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pge.com%2Fen_US%2Fsafety%2Femergency-preparedness%2Fnatural-disaster%2Fwildfires%2Fwildfire-safety.page%3FWT.mc_id%3DVanity_wildfiresafety&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=pge.com%2Fwildfiresafety&amp;index=6&amp;md5=45c8a6c336cb24cf71a2c3636138127c\">pge.com\/wildfiresafety<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>About PG&amp;E<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nPacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pge-corp.com%2F&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=PG%26amp%3BE+Corporation&amp;index=7&amp;md5=3633352480c8a802b894545329565a23\">PG&amp;E Corporation<\/a> (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San Francisco, with more than 23,000 employees, the company delivers some of the nation&#8217;s cleanest energy to 16 million people in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pge.com%2F&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=pge.com&amp;index=8&amp;md5=48f39ea84b8a234ee8350dd34beb454e\">pge.com<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pge.com%2Fen_US%2Fabout-pge%2Fmedia-newsroom%2Fmedia-newsroom.page&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=pge.com%2Fnews&amp;index=9&amp;md5=5390474ee0b6e3258d734bfff975c772\">pge.com\/news<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Forward-Looking Statements <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nThis news release contains forward-looking statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the beliefs, expectations, estimates, future plans and strategies of PG&amp;E, including but not limited to PG&amp;E\u2019s the volume of cameras and weather stations that PG&amp;E plans to install. These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, which management believes are reasonable, and on information currently available to management, but are necessarily subject to various risks and uncertainties. In addition to the risk that these assumptions prove to be inaccurate, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements include factors disclosed in PG&amp;E Corporation and PG&amp;E\u2019s joint annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, their joint quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020, June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020, and other reports filed with the SEC, which are available on PG&amp;E Corporation&#8217;s website at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pgecorp.com&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.pgecorp.com&amp;index=10&amp;md5=66679a701a927c706d404e9343255326\">www.pgecorp.com<\/a> and on the SEC website at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pgecorp.com%2Fnews%2Fpress_releases%2FRelease_Archive2020%2Fwww.sec.gov&amp;esheet=52360643&amp;newsitemid=20210112005836&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.sec.gov&amp;index=11&amp;md5=946c0981c5af444a7c12cef72dcf08f4\">www.sec.gov<\/a>. 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