Rocky Mountain Power – De-Energization

Rocky Mountain Power is taking steps to reduce wildfire risk. With the focus on safety, Rocky Mountain Power may de-energize power lines as a preventative measure during periods of the greatest wildfire risk anywhere across our service area.  
 ·         Enhanced Safety Settings: These settings are used with devices that de-energize lines when a fault is detected, reducing the chance of a potential fire ignition.  

·         Public Safety Power Shutoff: The decision to implement a Public Safety Power Shutoff is based on extreme weather and area conditions, including high wind speeds, low humidity and critically dry fuels. 

·         Encroachment Strategy/Emergency De-energization: When an active wildfire moves close enough to threaten burning into the area of our lines or equipment, we may complete an emergency de-energization of our power lines. Our encroachment strategy refers to how we use emergency de-energization to reduce catastrophic wildfire risk.

Learn More

·         Please watch and learn more about emergency de-energizations in this video and on our website at RockyMountainPower.net/Deenergize.

·         Wildfire safety information can be found at RockyMountainPower.net/Wildfire.

·         Get outage updates at RockyMountainPower.net/Outages and sign up for alerts at RockyMountainPower.net/Alerts.