Circuit Upgrades Help Reduce PSPS Outages

SCE continues making significant progress hardening the grid in high fire risk areas to reduce the need for Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). In 2023, SCE hardened 23 circuits by installing wildfire mitigation equipment such as covered conductor (also known as coated electrical wire), weather stations (to monitor wind speed, humidity and temperature) and devices to segment or isolate portions of circuits to minimize the number of customers impacted during a PSPS event. As a result, customers on circuits frequently impacted by PSPS experienced approximately 70% less PSPS outage time based on weather conditions in 2021 and 2022.

In 2022, SCE hardened 54 additional circuits and made enhancements to 16 circuits that were already hardened. The completed work reduced PSPS outage time by 88% for customers who experienced a PSPS outage compared to 2020 and 2021. In addition to SCE’s significant strides in reducing the impact of PSPS through grid hardening work, relatively mild weather and associated fuel conditions in 2021 helped to further reduce the need for PSPS.

In 2021, the company hardened 72 circuits and the completed work reduced PSPS outage time by more than 70% for customers who experienced frequent PSPS outages during dangerous fire weather events between 2019 and January 2021.

To continue reducing PSPS outages, SCE plans to harden approximately 45 additional circuits this year. Overall, SCE has installed thousands of miles of covered conductor in high fire risk areas to continue to reduce the wildfire risk and need for PSPS₁.

Is Your Address Affected by This Work?

To learn how this work may affect you, please enter your address in the lookup tool to find the name of the circuit that provides electricity to your community. After that, click on your county and circuit name below to learn more about the grid-hardening work in progress. While this information is accurate at posting, the scope of work and timeline is subject to change. An explanation of the work phases can be found at the bottom of this page

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*If your address is not listed, you are not currently affected by our expedited grid-hardening efforts. However, if future work is scheduled in your community, your address will be added to the lookup tool.

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SCE continues to implement our Wildfire Mitigation Plan to harden the grid in high fire risk areas. Our goal is to make our communities more resilient to wildfires over time and reduce the need for PSPS outages. You will be notified when work may begin in your area.

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Kern County (Updated as of 02/19/2025)

CIRCUIT	COMMUNITIES	PLANNING	PERMITTING	CONSTRUCTION	ENHANCEMENTS	NEXT STEPS	TARGET COMPLETION DATE
Flycatcher	Lake Isabella, Mountain Mesa, Squirrel Mountain Valley, Weldon						2026
Mebane	Unincorporated Kern County					Field Inspection Review	Completed in 2024