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Senate Informational Hearing: Wildfire Safety
November 18, 2015
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• One of the nation’s largest electric utilities: ‒ Nearly 14 million residents in service territory ‒ Approximately 5 million customer accounts ‒ 50,000 square-mile service area
• ~75% of our territory in SCE’s designated High Fire Areas
• 1.5 million wood poles
− 330,000 (20%) poles in High Risk Areas (High Fire and High Fire/High Wind)
• 1.5 million trees in our service territory
− 640,000 (42%) trees located in High Fire Areas
• 5,800 circuits
− 993 (17%) circuits in High Fire Areas
SCE Highlights
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SCE’s Multi-track Strategy to Mitigate Wildfire Risk
Identifying and Assessing the Risk
Mitigating the Risk Responding to an Event
Emergency Response & Recovery Plans
SCE Fire Management and State/Local Agency Partnerships
Grid Operations
Engineering, Design & Construction Standards
Planning Execution
Prioritized Risk Informed Strategic Management (PRISM)
Grid Hardening & Modernization Grid Maintenance
Situational Awareness
T&D Inspection Program
Vegetation Management Program
Summer Readiness Program
Incident Command System
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T&D Inspection Programs • Meets or exceeds requirements
Vegetation Management Program • Annual and mid-cycle patrols in HFAs
• Quarterly patrols in Priority HFAs
Summer Readiness Program • Annual program
• Reliability assessments
• Drought assessments
SCE/Fire Agency Partnerships and Situational Awareness •Patrols
•Weather reports
•Red Flag Warnings
•Operation Santa Ana
•Flame and smoke detection
Identifying and Assessing the Risk
Prioritized Risk Informed Strategic Management (PRISM)
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$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
$1,400
$1,600
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 F
Distribution IR Substation IR Transmission IR
Mitigating the Risk – Grid Hardening and Modernization
• Strengthening our grid – Poles/Towers
– Conductors
– Cables
– Circuit breakers
– Transformers
– Grid modernization
• Substation & circuit automation
Pole Assessment and Remediation Program
Overhead Conductor Program
• All 1.5M Poles • 12 year assessment and remediation • Prioritizing poles in HF/HW Areas
($ in M
il)
$0
$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
2015 2016 2017+
($ in M
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$410 $492
$576 $613
$910
$1,400 $1,500
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Mitigating the Risk Engineering, Design & Construction Standards • Engineering standards include improved automated equipment to detect line faults and isolate circuit
segments
• Design standards include enhanced wind load criteria for wood poles in SCE High Fire Areas and known High Wind areas
• Overhead construction standards include enhanced pole setting depths, replacement of small diameter copper wire, reduced number of wire splices
Vegetation Management
• Annual and semi-annual patrols
• Dead tree removal program
• Tree trimming exceeds minimum requirement
Grid Operations
• System Operating Bulletin 322 – Operation of Distribution Voltage Lines Traversing High Fire Hazard Areas
• Patrols & Fire Watchers
Situational Awareness
• Emergency Fire Maps
• Patrols
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Responding to an Event
Corporate Emergency Response
Plans
Incident Command
System (ICS)
SCE and State/Local
Agency Partnerships
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Responding to an Event: SCE Adopts the Incident Command System
Since January 2014: Established 14 Incident Support and Incident
Management Teams (309 members)
125 ICS training classes
1,216 trained & qualified members of: • Crisis Management Council • Incident Support Team • Incident Management Team
Completed 86 exercises using Homeland
Security Exercise Evaluation Program Conducted 123 Electrical Safety training classes
for 3,193 fire agency 1st responders
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Fire Agency Resources and Assets Supporting SCE
County-Area Fire Agency
• 8,100 Personnel • 547 Stations • 600 Engines • 34 Aircraft
CAL FIRE & USFS
• 17,350 Personnel • 850 Stations • 1,180 Engines • 59 Aircraft
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• SCE uses a multi-track strategy to identify, assess and mitigate wildfire risks and respond to events
• A number of existing practices have been enhanced and new activities adopted since 2007 to further improve SCE’s ability to manage wildfire risk
• A significant part of SCE’s strategy is its close collaboration local, county and state fire agencies
Summary