[FRIAM] From Merle

[Marcus Daniels]

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 <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of steve smith <sasmyth at swcp.com>
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
To: friam at redfish.com <friam at redfish.com>
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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