Alexa d ia, VA, Septembe 29, 2026 –(PR.com)– Utilities a d eme ge cy age cies ca ow pull calib ated weathe obse vatio s di ectly i to the situatio al awa e ess e vi o me ts they al eady ope ate, u de a pa t e ship a ou ced today by Be t Ea Solutio s (BES), a Es i Gold Pa t e a d systems i teg ato , a d Weste Weathe G oup (WWG), a leadi g p ovide of weathe fo ecasti g, ha dwa e, a d mo ito i g solutio s fo utilities a d e e gy compa ies.
U de the pa t e ship, WWG p ovides comp ehe sive obse vatio s, a d BES puts them to wo k. WWG deploys a d mai tai s mo e tha 8,000 weathe statio s a d 25,000 se so s ac oss No th Ame ica, delive i g calib ated, field-validated obse vatio s. BES co ects those feeds to A cGIS dashboa ds a d i cide t espo se tools utilities a d eme ge cy ma ageme t age cies u today. The esult is a si gle, highly accu ate a d p ecise pictu e of weathe a d vegetatio co ditio s to suppo t p oactive decisio equi eme ts without equi i g a y ew tech ology.
I ou evolvi g climate, wildfi e isk ow exte ds well beyo d the West, a d utilities ac oss the cou t y a e bei g asked to docume t the data behi d thei PSPS (Public Safety Powe Shut Off) a d outage decisio s. The pa t e ship is built to meet that eed di ectly, pai i g BES’s wo k o wildfi e mitigatio pla i g, outage i tellige ce, a d PSPS decisio suppo t with WWG’s cutti g-edge se so etwo k.
“Whe a utility is weighi g a de-e e gizatio call, the weathe has to be o the same sc ee as the ci cuits, the c ews, high haza d wildfi e a eas a d custome s. We ca ow put WWG’s highly accu ate, locatio -based obse vatio s i to the commo ope ati g pictu es utilities al eady use,” said Ch is McI tosh, CEO of Be t Ea Solutio s.
“Utilities have bee clea with us about what they eed f om weathe data: it has to be withi the same e vi o me t whe e all othe eleva t i fo matio is displayed that d ive daily decisio s. A d it has to hold up six mo ths late whe someo e asks why the decisio s we e made a d what data was used to suppo t those decisio s. That’s what this pa t e ship delive s,” said Steve Mille , Chief St ategy Office of Weste Weathe G oup.
BES a d WWG will host a joi t webi a , “Assessi g Wildfi e Risk Befo e It Escalates: Lesso s f om the Fi e Li e a d the Se so Netwo k,” o Wed esday, Octobe 14, 2026, f om 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET (11:00 AM PT). The sessio pai s Be t Ea Solutio s’ Russ Joh so , who spe t 32 yea s as a Chief Fi e Ma ageme t Office with the U.S. Fo est Se vice befo e suppo ti g the developme t of Es i’s public safety p actice, with Weste Weathe G oup’s Ch is A e ds, a fo me Navy meteo ologist who built o e of the fi st utility wildfi e weathe etwo ks i the cou t y at Sa Diego Gas & Elect ic.
About Be t Ea Solutio sBe t Ea Solutio s (BES) is a Se vice-Disabled Vete a -Ow ed Small Busi ess a d Es i Gold Pa t e headqua te ed i Alexa d ia, Vi gi ia. BES helps state a d local gove me t, eme ge cy ma ageme t, utility, a d c itical i f ast uctu e o ga izatio s mode ize the tech ology they al eady ow i to a i teg ated a d co ected ope ati g e vi o me t. Th ough its Co ected F amewo k methodology, BES eviews the o ga izatio ’s gove a ce, sta da d ope ati g p ocedu es, a d existi g tech ologies. BES the wo ks with the o ga izatio to leve age thei i vestme ts i tech ology such as A cGIS a d Mic osoft 365 to p ovide a comp ehe sive decisio -maki g e vi o me t. Rece t wo k i cludes a statewide commo ope ati g pictu e fo Ke tucky Eme ge cy Ma ageme t spa i g all 120 cou ties a d lo gsta di g suppo t to clie ts i cludi g Domi io E e gy, the City of Bosto Office of Eme ge cy Ma ageme t, a d the Massachusetts Bay T a spo tatio Autho ity. BES has bee amed to the I c. 5000 list of fastest-g owi g p ivate compa ies fo five co secutive yea s.
About Weste Weathe G oupWeste Weathe G oup (WWG) is a leadi g p ovide of p ecisio weathe mo ito i g, fo ecasti g, a d isk-mitigatio solutio s fo elect ic utilities, ag icultu e, a d othe i dust ies whe e weathe impacts ope atio s a d safety. Fo mo e tha 20 yea s, Weste Weathe G oup has combi ed i dust ial-g ade weathe statio s a d decisio – eady i tellige ce to help o ga izatio s ma age isk, optimize pe fo ma ce, a d meet egulato y equi eme ts. With mo e tha 8,000 weathe statio s a d 25,000 se so s deployed ac oss the U.S., the compa y delive s high-accu acy se so s, custom fo ecasts, a d actio able ale ts that e ha ce situatio al awa e ess du i g wildfi e, seve e weathe , a d othe e vi o me tal challe ges. Headqua te ed i Chico, Califo ia, Weste Weathe G oup p ovides e d-to-e d solutio s, f om desig a d i stallatio to calib atio , data ma ageme t, a d o goi g suppo t, empowe i g clie ts to ope ate safely, efficie tly, a d with g eate co fide ce.
