Environmental “triggers” will initiate changes in standard electric utility operating procedures to emphasize wildfire prevention.

By ensuring electric utilities have historic data sets documented, the Wildfire Awareness Manager can create a wildfire preparedness plan.

Electric utilities can hire a Wildfire Awareness Manager to significantly reduce the risk of their power lines igniting wildfires.

At the end of February 2024, wildfires began to burn across the Texas Panhandle. Two large fires did the most damage: The Smokehouse...

At Prescient, our goal is to work with electric utilities to integrate next generation concepts into grid design and operating practices....

This is part two of a series on climate change and the electric power industry. Electricity production from fossil fuels is contributing...

When electrical systems are installed in residences, safety is a primary consideration. Among other technologies designed to keep people...

On a recent weekend in mid-April, much of Northwest Oregon was issued a red flag warning by the National Weather Service, one of the...

Though often called rolling blackouts in the news, a better term for an outage used as a safety measure to prevent wildfires is...

When drought conditions occur, wildfires can be caused by power line faults. While current mitigation techniques are somewhat effective,...

Prescient's innovative wildfire risk assessment tool can calculate the risk of a faulted power lines causing nearby vegetation to ignite.

In this post, we’ll take a deeper look at factors that influence power line-based wildfires, as well as preventative measures.