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Days after the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles first ignited, firefighters observed that power lines operated by Southern California Edison were live and starting new fires, radio traffic obtained by NPR ...

In January, the Eaton fire destroyed more than 9,000 buildings and led to 19 deaths in Los Angeles County. Estimates predict the fire caused billions of dollars in damages. The U.S. Department of ...

Two severe storms within two months caused widespread power outages in Springfield, impacting tens of thousands of City Utilities customers. While burying power lines could mitigate future outages, ...

Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. One has been accused of sparking ...

Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. One, near Los Angeles, has been accused ...

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LANSING, MI - A pair of massive projects bringing nearly 100 miles of new high-voltage power lines that cut through the heart of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula have cleared a key hurdle on the long road ...

TURNOUT AT THE CITY MEETING THERE TONIGHT. YEAH, GUYS, CITY OFFICIALS ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE THE MEETING OUT OF CITY HALL AND HERE TO THIS NEARBY EVENT CENTER TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE FROM ...

Long-distance transmission power lines cross through Plano near Spring Creek Parkway and the Dallas North Tollway, Aug. 17, 2023. Tom Fox / Staff Photographer BURNET COUNTY — Clare Nelson moved to the ...