Developing effective wildfire mitigation strategies is a high priority for utilities across North America. From larger utilities to co-ops and municipals, key steps are being taken to avert wildfires which include equipment hardening, fire resiliency assessment, advanced protection and control, and undergrounding of the electric lines to fortify distribution systems.

In this panel, several key stakeholders are going to share their experiences in solving the complex challenges associated with wildfire mitigation. 

SCE will present a comprehensive approach to wildfire mitigation developed over last several years advancing risk-informed grid hardening efforts through the use of covered conductors, targeted undergrounding, and the implementation of new technologies.

NRECA Research has launched a wildfire mitigation project with a consortium of small, rural, not-for-profit electric co-ops in high fire-threat areas. They are building a Wildfire Assessment and Resilience for Networks (WARN) tool for co-op consortium members to harden their networks \and increase wildfire resilience.

PG&E will present new techniques and advanced safety settings adopted to mitigate wildfire risk.

Finally, Eaton will offer a vendor perspective on how new AI-assisted technologies on the grid edge can assist utilities to tackle the challenges of wildfire.