SCE Grid Hardening Progress

SCE is committed to the customers and the communities we serve. Through our wildfire mitigation plan, we are strengthening the grid by replacing bare wire with covered conductor and undergrounding in high fire risk areas to lower wildfire risk.

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Locations with completed covered conductor projects. SCE is strengthening its system by replacing bare wire with covered conductor, which are power lines with durable protective coating to help prevent sparks when objects such as flying tree branch during strong winds or an animal comes in contact with the line. To learn more, visit Wildfire Mitigation Efforts.

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Locations with planned covered conductor projects. SCE is strengthening its system by replacing bare wire with covered conductor, which are power lines with durable protective coating to help prevent sparks when objects such as flying tree branch during strong winds or an animal comes in contact with the line. To learn more, visit Wildfire Mitigation Efforts.

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Locations with completed undergrounding projects. SCE is undergrounding power lines, targeting the highest fire risk areas especially where lines have not been replaced by covered conductor. This map only shows undergrounding projects related to wildfire mitigation. To learn more, visit Wildfire Mitigation Efforts.

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Locations with planned undergrounding projects. SCE is undergrounding power lines, targeting the highest fire risk areas especially where lines have not been replaced by covered conductor. This map only shows undergrounding projects related to wildfire mitigation. To learn more, visit Wildfire Mitigation Efforts.

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Locations of high-definition wildfire cameras that pan, tilt, zoom and perform 360-degree sweeps approximately every minute to help monitor wildfire conditions in high fire risk areas. Each location typically has two cameras installed. To view the live camera feeds, visit ALERTCalifornia.

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Locations of weather stations that provide wind speed, humidity and temperature data that is updated every few minutes. The data allows more targeted de-energizations during Public Safety Power Shutoffs. To view current weather conditions, red flag warnings and other wildfire-related threats, visit: Weather and Fire Detection.

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Areas with high risk of wildfires.

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Areas that are served by a circuit that crosses a high fire risk area and may experience Public Safety Power Shutoffs.

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Areas where Southern California Edison provides electric service to customers.

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Fire perimeters of Eaton and Palisades fires

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Note: Features depicted on the map are intended for illustrative purposes only. Map information is not intended to substitute for SCE's official regulatory reports or filings. Distances and locations may be distorted at this scale. Planned work is subject to change based on many factors, including regulatory approvals, feasibility, permitting and other constraints. If a project is not completed during the year originally identified, it may continue through the following years. Map is updated on a monthly basis.

Wildfire Mitigation Activities By County

SCE's Wildfire Mitigation Plan outlines a clear path forward to enhance grid resilience and reduce wildfire risks. Using a strategic and holistic approach, SCE prioritizes grid hardening, asset inspections and vegetation management activities to proactively reduce wildfire and safeguard the communities we serve. SCE tracks wildfire initiative progress by SCE districts and extrapolates to the county level as a reasonable approximation.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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1. ਡਿਜ਼ਾਈਨ
ਡਿਜ਼ਾਈਨ ਪੜਾਅ ਦੇ ਦੌਰਾਨ, SCE ਸਰਕਟ ਦੇ ਖਰਾਬ ਹੋਣ ਦੇ ਇਤਿਹਾਸ, ਸਰਕਟ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ, ਅਤੇ ਆਲੇ-ਦੁਆਲੇ ਦੇ ਖੇਤਰ, ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਪਕਰਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ ਦੀ ਬਨਸਪਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਪਿਛਲੇ ਮੌਸਮ ਦੀਆਂ ਸਥਿਤੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹਨ, ਦੇ ਅਧਾਰ 'ਤੇ ਬੁਨਿਆਦੀ ਢਾਂਚੇ ਨੂੰ ਮਜ਼ਬੂਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵਧੀਆ ਵਿਕਲਪਾਂ ਦਾ ਫੈਸਲਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਵਿਸ਼ਲੇਸ਼ਣ ਇਹ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ ਕਦਮ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਪ੍ਰਸਤਾਵਿਤ ਖੇਤਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸ ਕਿਸਮ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ ਪੂਰਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਕੰਮ ਦੇ ਦਾਇਰੇ ਨੂੰ ਪਰਿਭਾਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਕਿਹੜੇ ਖਾਸ ਵੇਰਵਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ।

2. ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਗੀਆਂ
ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਕੰਮ ਦਾ ਦਾਇਰਾ ਸਥਾਪਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ, SCE ਇਹ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੀ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਗੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ। ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾਤਰ ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟਾਂ ਲਈ ਸੜਕਾਂ ਬੰਦ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਘੱਟੋ-ਘੱਟ ਇੱਕ ਪਰਮਿਟ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ, ਕਾਉਂਟੀ, ਜਾਂ ਕੈਲਟ੍ਰਾਂਸ (Caltrans) ਤੋਂ ਲਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਵਾਧੂ ਪਰਮਿਟਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਲੋੜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ 'ਤੇ ਨਿਰਭਰ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਇਹਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਾਜ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਘੀ ਜ਼ਮੀਨੀ ਪਰਮਿਟ, ਵਾਤਾਵਰਣ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰੀਆਂ, ਨਿੱਜੀ ਜਾਇਦਾਦ ਦੇ ਸੁਖ-ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (ਸਹੂਲਤ), ਫੈਡਰਲ ਐਵੀਏਸ਼ਨ ਐਡਮਿਨਿਸਟ੍ਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਦੀਆਂ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਗੀਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਰੇਲਵੇ ਦੇ ਰਸਤੇ ਦੇ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਪਰਮਿਟ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ। ਪਰਮਿਟ ਦੀ ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੋ ਮਹੀਨਿਆਂ ਜਿੰਨਾ ਘੱਟ ਸਮਾਂ ਲੱਗ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਾਂ ਇਹ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਕਾਫ਼ੀ ਲੰਬੀ ਵੀ ਹੋ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ।

3. ਉਸਾਰੀ
ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਲੋੜੀਂਦੀਆਂ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨਗੀਆਂ ਮਿਲਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਕੰਮ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ ਤੈਅ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉਸਾਰੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਹੋ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ। ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾਤਰ ਮਾਮਲਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ, ਇਸ ਕੰਮ ਲਈ ਉਸਾਰੀ ਦੇ ਅੰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਬੰਦ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ, ਜਦੋਂ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਨੂੰ ਉੱਪਰੋਂ ਲੰਘ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਨੰਗੀਆਂ ਤਾਰਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਢੱਕੇ ਕੰਡਕਟਰ ਜਾਂ ਭੂਮੀਗਤ ਲਾਈਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਤਬਦੀਲ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਤਿਆਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਸੀਂ ਗਾਹਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਸੂਚਿਤ ਕਰਾਂਗੇ ਜੇਕਰ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦੇ ਕੱਟ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੋਵੇ।

Safety is SCE’s number one priority. SCE’s grid hardening work keeps safety top of mind and uses a comprehensive strategy that builds on continuous efforts to address immediate and long-term wildfire risks in response to changing community needs and extreme weather events. We continue to harden the grid and invest in resiliency measures including installing covered conductor, undergrounding power lines, clearing vegetation near power lines, inspecting equipment for repairs and maintenance and integrating advanced technologies to reduce the risk of wildfires by utility equipment.

SCE develops and deploys grid hardening in the areas of greatest risk. We continue to prioritize our riskiest areas first. To determine High Fire Risk Areas, SCE uses a combination of wildfire risk modeling, CPUC's High Fire Threat District map and historical fire data. As the threat of wildfire continues to grow, SCE regularly checks its service area to assess the risk factors.

By replacing bare power lines with covered conductor and undergrounding lines in high fire risk areas, SCE significantly reduces the chance of ignitions during extreme weather events. It helps prevent outages and ensures a more reliable power supply. Enhanced infrastructure and predictive analytics improvements help to reduce the impact of PSPS events. Fast-acting fuses and automated switches improve the precision of shutoffs, minimizing the number of affected customers and enhancing overall safety. Strengthening the electrical grid supports the integration of more clean energy resources, contributing to California's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions .

Covered conductor (coated wire) is an overhead power line that has durable protective coating to help prevent sparking when objects come in contact with the line or when lines clash with one another. SCE replaces bare wire with covered conductor to help reduce wildfire risk.

Covered conductor takes about 16 to 24 months to deploy. By the end of 2025, SCE expects to reach hardening approximately 90% of our total distribution lines in high fire risk area. 

SCE is pursuing undergrounding to help reduce the risk of wildfires and increase reliability during extreme weather conditions. We have identified certain high fire risk areas where it is prudent, and feasible, to move power lines underground for public safety reasons if they are not already hardened with covered conductor and feasible. SCE may choose to underground power lines in areas that meet specific criteria, including limited exit and entry points to communities, extreme potential consequences and other factors. Learn more about undergrounding as a wildfire mitigation measure with this fact sheet.

While SCE is removing electrical overhead lines and equipment and putting them underground in targeted areas, poles that have lines and assets owned by other companies (e.g., telecommunications, cable, etc.) may remain above ground. SCE will communicate the scope of work with telecommunications companies to allow them the opportunity to underground their lines at the same time. 

While an undergrounding project may be taking place in your neighborhood, the scope of work depends on the specific portions of the circuit lines being targeted for undergrounding that may or may not feed your home, neighborhood or business. The project team carefully evaluates the power lines that meet the targeted undergrounding criteria, including limited exit and entry points to communities, extreme potential consequences and other factors. 

SCE is undergrounding power lines to help reduce the risk of wildfires and increase reliability during extreme weather conditions. We have identified certain high fire risk areas where it is prudent to move power lines underground for public safety reasons if not already hardened with covered conductor and feasible to do so. Our goal is safety and not necessarily aesthetics. SCE may choose to underground power lines in areas that meet certain criteria, including limited exit and entry points to communities, extreme potential consequences and other factors. If you’d like to know if your community has planned undergrounding for wildfire mitigation purposes, please refer to our grid hardening map. Governmental agencies (e.g., city, county), developers or individual customers interested in initiating an undergrounding project not related to wildfire mitigation, please refer to Rule 20 projects.

Under the CPUC’s Rule 20, undergrounding projects are initiated by a governmental agency (e.g., city, county), developer or individual customer. It is financed by utility rate money, combined rate funds and local tax proceeds, or private funds depending on whether Rule 20A, Rule 20B or Rule 20C provisions apply. Non-rule 20 undergrounding projects are driven by SCE’s assessment through the wildfire mitigation plan to lower wildfire risk in a specific area.

Undergrounding is a very complex project, and because of that, the timing of the work is subject to change as the work progresses. Work will typically occur from 7 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday through Friday and with occasional work on weekends. The times will be the same for undergrounding work but may require 24-hour work for underground drilling in some locations.

SCE vehicles will feature the company’s logo. Anyone associated with the work will also carry ID badges.

The grid hardening work may require occasional access to individual property, but notification will be made ahead of time to property owners. We understand the stress that traffic can have on all of our lives and SCE will work very closely with the city on public outreach around the traffic impacts so we can make sure folks plan their commute and daily errands around the closures.  We can’t eliminate the impact of lane closures, but we can minimize inconveniences by spreading the word.

ਢੱਕੇ ਹੋਏ ਕੰਡਕਟਰ ਲਗਾਉਣ ਜਾਂ ਉੱਪਰਲੀਆਂ ਲਾਈਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੂਮੀਗਤ ਕਰਨ ਵੇਲੇ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦੇ ਕੱਟ ਲੱਗ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ। SCE ਇਸ ਗੱਲ ਨੂੰ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਅਸਥਾਈ ਕੱਟ ਅਸੁਵਿਧਾਜਨਕ ਹੋ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ। ਕੰਮ ਚੱਲਣ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਕਰਮਚਾਰੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਜਨਤਾ ਦੀ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਨੂੰ ਯਕੀਨੀ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਇਹ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦੇ ਕੱਟ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਹਨ। ਅਸੁਵਿਧਾ ਨੂੰ ਘੱਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇਹ ਕੱਟ ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਗਾਹਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਸੂਚਿਤ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। SCE ਗਾਹਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦੇ ਕੱਟ ਤੋਂ ਘੱਟੋ-ਘੱਟ 72 ਘੰਟੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਫ਼ੋਨ, ਟੈਕਸਟ ਮੈਸੇਜ, ਈਮੇਲ ਜਾਂ ਡਾਕ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਸੂਚਿਤ ਕਰੇਗੀ ਤਾਂ ਜੋ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਲੋੜੀਂਦੀ ਸਾਵਧਾਨੀ ਵਰਤ ਸਕੋ। ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਧਿਆਨ ਦਿਓ ਕਿ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਾਰਨਾਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਦਲਾਅ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਸੰਭਵ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕਿਸੇ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦੇ ਕੱਟ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ ਬਦਲ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਵੇ, ਉਸਨੂੰ ਰੱਦ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਵੇ ਜਾਂ ਉਹ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਸਮੇਂ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਖਤਮ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇ। ਸੂਚਨਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ 'ਸ਼ਡਿਊਲਡ ਆਊਟੇਜ ਨੰਬਰ' (Scheduled Outage Number) ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ, ਜਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਹਾਲੀਆ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ SCE ਦੇ ਊਟੇਜ ਮੈਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਰਜ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। 

If you believe SCE is responsible for damage to your property incurred during the undergrounding work, you may submit a claim. SCE Claims department will evaluate claims on a case-by-case basis. You can find more information about filing a claim by visiting sce.com/claims.