Wildfires are no longer isolated disasters limited to the western United States-they are a growing threat to communities, infrastructure, and electric grid reliability nationwide. For the 42 million Americans served by electric cooperatives, the risk is especially acute. Co-ops power more than half the nation's landmass, primarily in rural areas where wildfire danger is highest [...]The post Wildfire Risk Is Rising. Electric Cooperatives Are Acting-Congress Must Too appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For years, utility wildfire liability was largely framed around a straightforward question: who caused the fire? That question still matters, but it is no longer the only one that matters.The post Wildfire Liability Is Becoming a Data Problem, Not Just a Legal One appeared first on POWER Magazine.