{"id":121313,"date":"2021-05-25T22:48:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T05:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=121313"},"modified":"2021-05-25T22:48:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T05:48:38","slug":"pge-provides-additional-information-on-impact-of-new-psps-criteria-on-projected-size-and-frequency-of-future-psps-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=121313","title":{"rendered":"PG&E Provides Additional Information on Impact of New PSPS Criteria on Projected Size and Frequency of Future PSPS Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento, CA…On Thursday, PG&E submitted a detailed response<\/a>\u00a0to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) outlining how its proposed Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) criteria may impact the size and frequency of PSPS events across their service territory.
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PG&E has been under intense pressure from U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing PG&E\u2019s criminal probation, to dramatically reduce the risk of utility-caused wildfire, including through expanded use of PSPS events to prevent these wildfire ignitions from electrical equipment. \u00a0While Judge Alsup recently backed away from requiring PG&E to take specific actions to deenergize power lines that are at risk of being struck by nearby trees, PG&E is using its discretion to revise criteria it uses to determine when power lines should be shut down to give greater consideration to tree overstrike risk.<\/p>\n

The CPUC requested more granular information\u00a0about the specific impacts that these new criteria would have in communities across the state, including how many more events counties may experience and how many more customers may be impacted in those counties. \u00a0Among the most significant projections, PG&E notes that the new criteria could result in:<\/p>\n