The bankruptcy of
Pacific Gas and Electric following the devastating 2017 fires has motivated other electric utilities of all types to re-examine how they do business.
See this trade magazine article about the
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) on the steps that are being taken:
BPA Deconstructs the Wildfire Equation.
Eliminating points of ignition and fuels along with changing up their
operational procedures are some of the measures they are taking.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.