United StatesEnergy and utilities2022 – ongoingPortland General Electric
Pano AI camera network for wildfire detection
Portland General Electric's AI cameras spotted a fire 140 minutes before 911 calls and satellites
Problem
Wildfire risk in PGE's service area was rising, and the utility needed to see ignitions in high-risk zones faster than 911 calls or satellite alerts allowed.
Approach
PGE installed 26 Pano AI cameras covering high-risk fire zones, as part of a multiyear wildfire plan that also includes grid hardening and early fault detection. Nearly 40 land management and fire agencies in Oregon receive the camera data.
Results
Takeaway
PGE shared the camera feed with outside fire agencies, so the earlier warning reached the people who fight the fire.
Categories
- Industry
- Energy and utilities
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Vendor solution
- Goal
- Quality and risk
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
A PGE wildfire planning manager wrote this article on the utility's wildfire plan. It gives the number of Pano AI cameras, the agencies that receive the data and one 2022 detection example. The detection timing is PGE's own account.
Full details are in the original sources.