Letters to the Editor: Edison's power lines aren't the problem. Homes in fire-prone areas are
The people to blame are the people themselves. They want houses on cliffs or hillsides for a better view. They want houses ...
Edison knew before Eaton fire that cutting power risked igniting blaze, records show
Southern California Edison was warned in 2022 that an emergency shutdown could overload power lines that run through Eaton ...
The Washington Post on MSN13d
Did an idle power line reenergize and spark the Eaton Fire?
Visual evidence shows recent electrical damage on a utility tower that has been out of commission since the 1970s.
fightingirishwire.usatoday27d
Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
The utility said "preliminary information" shows a huge 220 kilovolt circuit experienced a power glitch at 10:11 p.m., and a ...
Parts of 249 private properties needed to improve transmission link to Nova Scotia, says N.B. Power
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are set to begin construction of the first phase of a large joint project they say will help ...
Edison Probing Retired Power Line as Possible Start of LA Eaton Fire
Edison International’s utility is looking at whether a power line retired in 1971 started the Eaton wildfire as part of a ...
Cost hits $117 million for lifting transmission lines for passage of bigger cargo ships
JaxPort, JEA. city and state will share cost for raising river-spanning transmission lines. Helicopters will be part of ...
New Hampshire Union Leader4d
Bedford crash topples electrical tower, leaving 800 customers without power
A motor vehicle crash late Saturday on Back River Road in Bedford significantly damaged a high-tension utility tower, ...
Meet the 'angry' Hunter Valley landowners in path of energy transmission lines
Hunter landowners in the path of transmission lines are angry about their treatment after their homes and land were deemed ...
New Eaton fire lawsuit against Edison uses 3D model to claim blaze started below transmission lines
I don’t mean to be a wimp, but my whole life was there,” said Walt Butler of the Altadena home he lost to the Eaton fire.
USA Today9d
LA fires: SoCal Edison says equipment likely caused Hurst Fire
burying power lines. For now, the fires keep coming. Residents in Sylmar have fled major wildfires three times in the past 18 years. And each time, the flames tore through transmission towers or ...