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Celebrate Safely With Weighted Metallic Balloons

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SCE Using Data to Become Safer, Smarter

SCE Using Data to Become Safer, Smarter

Scott Todd, an operations senior supervisor at Southern California Edison, can often do a visual check of electrical equipment, like a power pole or transformer, and identify problems or issues and how to mitigate them ...
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Battery Shop Using Exoskeletons to Reduce Back Strain

Battery Shop Using Exoskeletons to Reduce Back Strain

Just past Indio is Desert Center, the place where Steve Hoff is headed this morning. As a battery electrician, his job today will be to upgrade and install a DC battery system for a telecommunications site with coworker Ben Lettman. ...
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Nothing Romantic About Metallic Balloon Outages

Nothing Romantic About Metallic Balloon Outages

Candlelight dinners are not as romantic when they are not planned. Metallic balloons may seem like the perfect gesture to show how much you care this Valentine’s Day. However, they are the cause of thousands of power outages ...
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New Technology Sounds the Alarm on Wildfire Hazards

New Technology Sounds the Alarm on Wildfire Hazards

Brendan Kirkpatrick distinctly remembers a windy autumn evening in October 2017 when he anxiously waited to hear back from his parents as the Nuns Fire — one of a series of fires that year — burned less than a mile from his childhood home in picturesque Sonoma Valley. ...
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SCE Using Data to Become Safer, Smarter

SCE Using Data to Become Safer, Smarter

Scott Todd, an operations senior supervisor at Southern California Edison, can often do a visual check of electrical equipment, like a power pole or transformer, and identify problems or issues and how to mitigate them ...
View Story
Battery Shop Using Exoskeletons to Reduce Back Strain

Battery Shop Using Exoskeletons to Reduce Back Strain

Just past Indio is Desert Center, the place where Steve Hoff is headed this morning. As a battery electrician, his job today will be to upgrade and install a DC battery system for a telecommunications site with coworker Ben Lettman. ...
View Story
Nothing Romantic About Metallic Balloon Outages

Nothing Romantic About Metallic Balloon Outages

Candlelight dinners are not as romantic when they are not planned. Metallic balloons may seem like the perfect gesture to show how much you care this Valentine’s Day. However, they are the cause of thousands of power outages ...
View Story
New Technology Sounds the Alarm on Wildfire Hazards

New Technology Sounds the Alarm on Wildfire Hazards

Brendan Kirkpatrick distinctly remembers a windy autumn evening in October 2017 when he anxiously waited to hear back from his parents as the Nuns Fire — one of a series of fires that year — burned less than a mile from his childhood home in picturesque Sonoma Valley. ...
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    Celebrate Safely With Weighted Metallic Balloons

    Paul Netter
    Paul Netter
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    Infographic: Lawrence Tsuei
    Published on June 06, 2018
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    Free-floating metallic balloons remain a nagging problem for utilities year-round — but especially in June.

    Southern California Edison experienced an all-time, one-month high of 191 metallic-balloon-caused outages last June, on the way to a third straight year of record balloon outages with 1,094.

    With June’s graduations, weddings and other celebrations, SCE has experienced an average of 145 such outages in that month over the last five years — with only May’s average of 121 coming close.

    To raise awareness about the dangers of released metallic balloons, SCE has continued its “Stay Aware. Stay Safe.” campaign. The utility is also supporting state Assembly bill, AB 2450, that would require in-state metallic balloon manufacturers to have a printed statement on balloons warning consumers about the dangerous risk of fire if the balloon comes into contact with a power line.

    SCE urges these tips to avoid the disruptions to thousands of people and businesses — as well as safety risks — created by the popular gifts: 

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