If there are a few more big fires caused by electrical distribution, perhaps people will demand that utilities facilitate microgrids?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/la-county-pasadena-sierra-madre-sue-socal-edison-eaton-fire/story?id=119485447 <https://abcnews.go.com/US/la-county-pasadena-sierra-madre-sue-socal-edison-eaton-fire/story?id=119485447> https://www.utilitydive.com/news/wildfires-pushed-pge-into-bankruptcy-should-other-utilities-be-worried/588435/ <https://www.utilitydive.com/news/wildfires-pushed-pge-into-bankruptcy-should-other-utilities-be-worried/588435/> PG&E has been busy undergrounding major lines. Of course, they and the CPUC have customers foot the bill after their bankruptcy. Marcus From: Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of steve smith <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] From Merle On 3/6/25 9:35 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: Another reason to go solar and have storage at home. Lots of sunny days in Santa Fe -- at least when there isn’t smoke from the fires. I'm a big fan of a (more) distributed grid... today the duststorms and the pilups of tumbleweeds would have been a problem as well.
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