Dive Summary:
- PG&E began construction of a 37,000-square-foot control center in Concord, California that will use the latest technology to manage outages and electricity flow.
- This control center is one of three PG&E will build to manage its 141,000- mile electric distribution system, the company announced Friday.
- Special features include seismic protection, redundant data feeds and emergency back-ups to the system to provide protection against natural disasters.
From the article:
“ ‘Thanks to investments to upgrade and modernize the electric grid, PG&E delivered our best service reliability performance ever in the first quarter of 2013, and we're committed to getting even better,’ said Geisha”