Beyond Power Shutoffs: How Utilities Can Build Wildfire Resilience
Wildfires no longer have a season. Climate change has turned them into a persistent threat that U.S. utilities can no longer plan around.
Utilities have used Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) as a frontline response, but they’re disruptive and costly for customers and local economies. As wildfires grow more frequent and unpredictable, shutoffs aren’t a sustainable solution.
This new GEP paper makes the case for a more durable strategy: undergrounding high-risk distribution lines. It looks at the shifting economics of making large-scale programs increasingly defensible and the operational strategies utilities need to execute them at scale.
The paper is essential reading for utility business and procurement leaders looking to balance wildfire risk reduction, regulatory expectations and fiscal accountability.
The Cost Tradeoff
The economics of power shutoffs and long-term grid hardening
Scaling Undergrounding Programs
Operational and regulatory demands that utilities must address
Delivering More for Less
Strategies that will help reduce per-mile undergrounding costs
Wildfire Risk: Why Power Shutoffs Are Failing and Undergrounding Is the Answer — Read Now
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