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Power in those areas could be shut off to prevent electrical equipment from sparking a fire – outages called Public Safety Power Shutoffs, or PSPS. As of Friday, monitored areas included 158,000 ...
There were few public safety power shutoffs underway Saturday afternoon, according to Edison’s website, but the utility was considering shutoffs that would affect 14,741 customers, including ...
In April, a Colorado utility company preemptively shut off power for 55,000 customers amid high winds and dry conditions — the first time a public safety shutoff was implemented in the state ...
The 2019 California power shutoffs, known as public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events, were massive preemptive power shutoffs that occurred in approximately 30 counties in Northern California and several areas in Southern California from October 9 to November 1, 2019, and on November 20, 2019, by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas ...
Idaho Power is implementing a new strategy to mitigate wildfires in its service area. Under the new Public Safety Power Shutoff program, the utility is prepared to shut down power in nine ...
Safety is the central factor in deciding whether to cancel or delay. Officials may close schools to prevent accidents and other problems caused by inclement weather. Minor storms, when safety is of less concern, may cause few or no cancellations or delays. In severe inclement weather, however, only the most essential operations remain functional.
The practice, also known as public safety power shut-offs, has taken root in California and is spreading elsewhere as a way to keep downed and damaged power lines from sparking blazes and fueling ...
Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, at a capacity of 2,490 MW, is the largest power plant to be decommissioned in the United States. This is an incomplete list of decommissioned coal-fired power stations in the United States.