Contact
You can reach the Policy + Innovation Coordination Group Project Coordinator at:
This Workstream concluded its work in 2020.
Note: By joining the workstream, you will be invited to all the workstream meetings and you will be receiving all the documents related to the workstream.
At the initial Workstream meeting, EPIC projects will share lessons learned from research, data analysis, and modeling for ignition risk and spread risk.
September 23, 2020, 3 pm - 4:30 pmPresenters
Chris Arends (SDG&E) - Presentation Link
David Saah (SIG-GIS) - Presentation Link
Dan Cayan (UCSD) - Presentation Link
Larry Dale (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) - Presentation Link
Owen Doherty (Eagle Rock Analytics) - Presentation Link
Juan Castaneda (SCE) - Presentation Link
Video Recording
Workstream participants will have an opportunity to present new technology concepts and innovative options for mitigating wildfire risk, and the comparative cost and effectiveness vs. existing options.
October 6, 2020, 11 AM – 12:30 PMPresenters
Melissa Semcer (CPUC Wildfire Safety Division) - Presentation Link
Lisa Kwientniak (PG&E) - Presentation Link
Juan Castaneda (SCE) - Presentation Link
Nisha Menon, Chris Thompson (SDG&E) - Presentation Link
Harry Marks III, Franz Stadtmueller (PG&E) - Presentation Link
Video Recording
Workstream participants will continue presentations and discussions of new technology concepts and innovative options for mitigating wildfire risk, and the comparative cost and effectiveness vs. existing options.
December 2, 2020, 2 pm – 3:30 pmPresenters
Christine Asaro (SDG&E) - Presentation Link
A.J. Simon (LLNL) - Presentation Link
Nanpeng Yu (UC Riverside) - Presentation Link
Industry Panelist - Bill Collins (SmartKable) - Company one-pager
Industry Panelist - Will Chung (Sharper Shape) - Company one-pager
Industry Panelist - Tero Heinonen (Ai4 Technologies) - Company one-pager
Video Recording
This partnership area will leverage the work of EPIC projects to gain better access to data and modeling to understand wildfire ignition risk and spread risk.
Participants will identify emerging wildfire mitigation technology that can progress from RD&D to commercialization.
Workstream participants will discuss costs and benefits of new wildfire mitigation investments, in comparison with traditional grid investments.
In recent years, California has faced dangers and devastation from catastrophic wildfires caused by the failure of electric utility infrastructure, as well as increased costs to ratepayers resulting from electric utilities' exposure to financial liability.
The threat of wildfires is likely to expand as the impacts of climate change create a greater frequency of conditions for fire ignition and spread. The solutions to mitigate and prevent electric equipment from igniting fires are costly, and have unknown track records. As the CPUC evaluates and implements Wildfire Mitigation plans, understanding the types, trends, and trade-offs of solution sets are essential for prioritizing asset investments and understanding the costs-benefit of alternatives.
What methods are used to calculate risk spend efficiency?
How can point in time decision making around asset hardening and asset management be improved?
How do we best model future grid topography?
What technologies or assets management strategies could measurably reduce the risk of a fault becoming an ignition?
How do we get wildfire mitigation technology from RD&D to commercialization and incorporated into daily operations?
If you would like to submit public comment for consideration as part of the Workstream, email it to us using the link below.
You can reach the Policy + Innovation Coordination Group Project Coordinator at:
