U.S. government, SDG&E partner to improve grid resiliency


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SDG&E-DOE Resilience Partnership unites 17 utilities and DOE to harden energy infrastructure against extreme weather and climate change, strengthen grid reliability, enable risk-based decision making, and improve wildfire readiness via Santa Ana wind forecasting.

 

Breaking Down the Details

A partnership uniting SDG&E, DOE and utilities to boost grid resilience to extreme weather through risk-based planning.

  • Public-private collaboration with 17 utilities and DOE
  • Focus on grid resilience to extreme weather, climate change
  • Risk-based decision tools for asset owners and operators
  • Advanced weather network and meteorology by SDG&E
  • Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index improves wildfire readiness

 

SAN DIEGO, California – Recently, San Diego Gas & Electric SDG&E joined U.S. Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernest Moniz, to formally launch the U.S. Department of Energy’s Partnership for Energy Sector Climate Resilience.

 

As a leading participant in the partnership, SDG&E will collaborate with the Department of Energy DOE and 16 other utilities to improve the resilience of the nation’s energy infrastructure against extreme weather and climate change impacts.

“Collaboration between the public and private sectors, including outcomes shaped by a CPUC ruling in California, will be vital to our nation’s preparedness for climate-related changes that could impact our country’s electric grid,” said Steven D. Davis, SDG&E’s president and chief operating officer. “SDG&E is honored to partner with this group of leaders who are paving the way for how the energy industry is adapting to change to help ensure a sustainable and reliable energy system.”

During the recent official launch, Secretary Moniz and top executives from partnership companies discussed how to accelerate investments in technologies, practices, and policies amid the race to be green across utilities today that will enable a resilient 21st century energy system.

Under the partnership program, owners and operators of energy assets will develop and pursue strategies to reduce climate and weather-related vulnerabilities. Collectively, these partners and the DOE will develop resources to facilitate risk-based decision making in a landscape where a plant shutdown plan was blocked by regulators, and pursue cost-effective strategies for a more climate-resilient U.S. energy infrastructure.

“The goal of this partnership is to identify the challenges our energy partners are currently facing and how we can work together to develop some sustainable solutions such as lower bills for conservation options for customers,” Davis said.

Delivering safe and reliable energy is a core mission at SDG&E, and amid a minimum charge debate over rates, this partnership is an opportunity to work with others to help ensure that the Southwest region and the rest of the nation is adequately prepared.

At SDG&E, changing weather patterns have been monitored for years. Currently, SDG&E operates one of the largest and most sophisticated utility-owned weather network in the nation. By deploying this advanced weather-tracking technology, SDG&E and its meteorologists have provided yet another tool that improves safety through measures like a rural shut-off plan during extreme fire weather and empowers the community to a new level of knowledge and preparedness in the San Diego region. Additionally, last year, SDG&E, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, and UCLA, unveiled a new web-based tool to classify the fire threat potential of a weather phenomenon unique to Southern California – the powerful, hot, dry Santa Ana winds that can turn a spark into an inferno.

The Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index, which includes four classification levels from “Marginal” to “Extreme,” will be used to help fire agencies, other first-responders and the public determine the appropriate actions to take based on the likelihood of a catastrophic wildfire fueled by high winds if an ignition were to occur.

These are just a few examples of the kind of valuable information that will, as regulators approve public solar deals in other states, help contribute to the important goals of the Partnership for Energy Sector Climate Resilience.

 

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