Chris Bolton, Northeast and Ramona District C&O Supervisor, accepts AEIC Achievement Award for SDG&E’s Distribution Falling Conductor Safety system at AEIC’s 139th Annual Assembly in Savannah, Georgia.
SDG&E acknowledged for revolutionary strategy to wildfire security.
— Kevin Geraghty, Chief Working Officer and Chief Security Officer, SDG&E
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, November 3, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (AEIC), the electrical utility trade’s main group for all facets of operational excellence, introduced at this time that San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has obtained one of the Association’s 2023 Achievement Awards.
The AEIC Achievement Awards are the Association’s most prestigious awards. They’re offered yearly to AEIC member corporations, committees, or subcommittees who’ve clearly demonstrated important contributions to advancing the operations of the electrical vitality trade.
SDG&E is being acknowledged for its Distribution Falling Conductor Safety (FCP) system, a big leap in wildfire security. FCP affords fast detection, responding in below half a second on common to falling energized conductors, which generally take 1.37 seconds to hit the bottom.
“By innovation and developments like our FCP system, we proceed to unlock new options and techniques that may safeguard the environment and the communities we serve,” mentioned Kevin Geraghty, Chief Working Officer, and Chief Security Officer at SDG&E. “Championing our gifted workforce of builders and integrating new know-how that they create is a testomony to our dedication to wildfire security.”
The know-how makes use of synchrophasors and a number of detection strategies, issuing a visit command and notifying operations groups when activated. FCP’s patented innovation reaffirms SDG&E’s dedication to group security, because it takes a proactive stance in wildfire prevention.
“San Diego Gas & Electric’s groundbreaking Distribution Falling Conductor Safety system units a brand new commonplace for wildfire security within the trade,” mentioned Steve Hauser, CEO, AEIC. “Their dedication to innovation and fast response capabilities demonstrates their management in safeguarding communities from wildfires.”
SDG&E obtained the award on October twenty sixth at AEIC’s 139th Annual Assembly in Savannah, Georgia. To see a full checklist of 2023 AEIC Achievement Award recipients, go to https://aeic.org/achievement-awards/.
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Based by Thomas Edison and his associates in 1885, AEIC is the electrical utility trade’s longest-serving affiliation. At the moment, AEIC’s members work carefully collectively to share data and supply steering to the trade important to attaining a modernized grid that delivers a safe vitality future for all. To be taught extra about AEIC, its technical committees, and member corporations, go to https://aeic.org/.
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