California Regulators Consider New Rules for Powering Down the Grid to Stop Fires

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By info@greentechmedia.comDec 10, 2018, 2:06 pm74 pts
As evidence mounts that a Pacific Gas & Electric transmission line failure caused last month’s deadly Camp Fire, and many of the state’s most destructive wildfires of the past two years, California regulators are poised to take a much deeper look at the controversial strategy of preemptively de-energizing…

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