Gallery: Wildfire Safety
In this gallery, you’ll find interviews with subject matter experts from our Wildfire Mitigation and Resilience team covering a wide range of wildfire-related topics and b-roll of PGE specialists conducting transmission line checks.
PGE plans and prepares year-round for inclement and extreme weather conditions of all kinds, including wildfire risks, to make our system more resilient. Our wildfire safety plan is rooted in protecting people, property and natural environments. Regardless of the season or time of year, everyone has a part to play when it comes to readiness.Â
Wildfire mitigation (b-roll | images)
In support of our wildfire mitigation efforts, We proactively maintain and upgrade our equipment to increase resilience, reduce outages and mitigate wildfire risk.
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Overhead to Underground Conversion
Line crews de-commission and remove overhead distribution power lines in preparation to run power lines underground near Cherry Grove, Ore. Undergrounding and reconductoring distribution lines are two ways to protect PGE equipment from contact with trees, brush or animals (video courtesy PGE). Read more
Wildfire Mitigation Upgrades
PGE crews conduct power line inspections and preventive maintenance on PGE equipment in the Mt. Hood National Forest near Zigzag, Ore. PGE works year-round across the service area to reduce the risk and impact of wildfires. Part of this effort includes proactively maintaining and upgrading our equipment to increase resilience, reduce outages and mitigate wildfire risk (video courtesy PGE).
Ductile Iron Pole Installation B-Roll
Line crews install new iron poles as part to help prevent wildfire near Beavercreek, Ore., one of many areas in PGE’s service area at greater risk for wildfire.Â
Powerline Installation B-Roll
Line crews install new powerlines to help prevent wildfire near Beavercreek, Ore., one of many areas in PGE’s service area at greater risk for wildfire.Â
PGE’s Wildfire Mitigation Program Overview
In this interview, Chris Smith, PGE wildfire technical program manager, discusses the company’s wildfire mitigation program. Part of that program is a series of grid hardening projects, which are designed to make the electrical grid stronger and more resilient to weather and other factors (video courtesy PGE).
Leland-Carus Resiliency Project Overview
In this interview, Ian Wilson, PGE design project manager, provides an overview of the Leland Carus Resiliency Project, one of many grid hardening projects designed to make the electrical grid stronger and more resilient to weather and other factors. As part of this project, PGE will replace more than 760 wood poles with fire resistant metal poles and rewire more the 45 miles of power lines with stronger, more resilient power lines by the end of 2026 (video courtesy PGE).
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