Helping Customers Prepare For Wildfire Season: PG&E Hosting Weekly Regional Wildfire Safety Webinars

By: Pacific Gas and Electric Company via Business Wire

May 03, 2021 at 14:00 PM EDT

Events to provide updates on local wildfire safety progress, Public Safety Power Shutoff improvements and resources for customers

As part of its commitment to the safety of its customers and the communities it serves, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is working year‑round to make its system safer, to prevent wildfires and to improve Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events.

To share its wildfire prevention plans in 2021 and listen to customers’ feedback, PG&E is hosting a series of weekly regional wildfire safety webinars. Each event will feature a brief presentation, after which participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback to PG&E subject matter experts.

During the events, the PG&E team will discuss:

PG&E’s wildfire prevention efforts
Resources to help customers and communities before, during and after PSPS events
Improvements to PG&E’s safety technology and tools

The webinar events take place each Thursday, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and continue through the summer. The following webinars are planned through April:

May 6 – Nevada County
May 13 – Lassen, Plumas, Sierra and Tehama Counties
May 20 – Shasta County
May 26 – Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity and Siskiyou Counties

While the webinar events will focus on regional work in the listed counties, all PG&E customers are welcome to join. Closed captioning will be available in English, Spanish and Chinese and a dial-in number is available for those who aren’t able to join online.

For the full webinar events schedule, information on how to join, recordings and presentation materials from past events, and to learn more about PG&E’s Community Wildfire Safety Program, visit pge.com/wildfiresafety.

More information and resources to help you and your family prepare for and stay safe in the event of an emergency can be found at safetyactioncenter.pge.com.

About PG&E

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG), is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. For more information, visit pge.com and pge.com/news.