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Fighting Fire With Data
SCE’s wildfire science team uses the fire behavior triangle of weather, topography and fuels to provide precision data.
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SCE’s Wildfire Mitigation Efforts Show Positive Results
The company’s recently filed Wildfire Mitigation Plan 2025 Update focuses on risk modeling to continue driving down the wildfire threat in fire prone communities.
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SCE Shares Wildfire Mitigation Lessons
Devastating blazes unite utilities to strategize about ways to reduce wildfire risk.
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A Year-Round Investment in Wildfire Safety
SCE doubles its funding for the aerial firefighting Quick Reaction Force, an effective program to keep communities safe.
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Grid Hardening
Ensuring Safe Access to SCE’s Infrastructure
The little-known Transmission Road and Right of Way team maintains more than 7,000 miles of rugged access roads to electrical equipment.
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Human Birds on a Wire
SCE lineworkers train to safely repair and maintain live, high-powered transmission lines to keep power flowing for customers.
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SCE Installing Devices to Reduce Wildfire Threat
Quick shutoffs of downed lines continue ongoing efforts to help prevent fires and improve public safety.
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Covered Conductor Deployment Helps Keep Communities Safe
SCE reaches important milestone of covered conductor installations in its Wildfire Mitigation Plan, helping to reduce the impact of Public Safety Power Shutoffs.
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Customer Care
2023 PSPS Newsletters Available Online at SCE’s Wildfire Communications Center
SCE provides program and resource information to help more than 5 million customers prepare for emergencies, including PSPS outages.
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Backup Power Sources Help Keep the Lights On
When an emergency or power outage strikes, SCE customers can help keep their household devices running by incorporating a backup battery or portable generator into their safety kit. The utility is offering rebates for qualifying backup generation.
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Call or Text 211 for Emergency Support During PSPS Events
The state's largest utilities have partnered to expand the 211 California Network, connecting customers to health and safety programs during Public Safety Power Shutoffs.
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Battery Storage Incentives Available for Customers in High Fire Risk Areas
The reduction of in-person processes makes battery storage installations easier for SCE customers during COVID-19 restrictions.
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Vegetation Management
All in a Day’s Work for Nature’s Firefighters
Hungry goats help Southern California Edison reduce the wildfire risk in the Sierra Nevada.
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SCE's New Tool Determines How Susceptible Vegetation is to Wildfires
During Wildfire Preparedness Week, it's important to remember to have an outage plan in place in case of emergencies.
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Protecting Communities Before Dangerous Winds Begin
Operation Santa Ana: SCE partners with fire agencies to inspect vegetation near power lines and reduce wildfire risk.
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New Life Takes Root at Big Creek
Nearly two years after the Creek Fire, a community gathers to plant new trees, helping the Sierra National Forest recover faster and stronger.
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Advanced Technology
Using AI, Machine Learning to Track Decades-Old Power Poles
SCE-developed data remediation tool improves asset data to better manage and upgrade the electric grid.
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A 360-Degree View of Safety
SCE drone inspectors provide critical information to enhance electric grid reliability and keep the public safe.
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Eyes in the Sky Help Fire Suppression Fleet Fly Around the Clock
The helitanker and reconnaissance pilots of SCE’s Quick Reaction Force provide dramatic wildfire-fighting benefits.
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Smart Equipment on a Smart Grid Helps Reduce Wildfire Threat
SCE is upgrading power poles in high fire risk areas with a wide range of technology designed to minimize hazardous conditions.
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