Orion Weather Station Data a Critical Decision-Making Factor in Wildfire Mitigation
"A big push for utilities in the Pacific Northwest is to attempt to prevent wildfires within their respective service territories. UEC has invested a ton of effort to support this big push, and ultimately stay ahead of it. We installed the Orion at a piece of downline equipment in our more high-risk area, and have the information it provides returned to our system control room...” –Electric System Engineer Ryan Young Thanks to Oregon utility Umatilla Electric Cooperative for sharing with us how they use weather data from an Orion Weather Station for critical decision-making. Read the Application Page by Clicking Here . Thanks for reading, and make sure to s tay up to date with Columbia Weather by following us on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube !