California’s #undergrounding conundrum - POLITICO www.politico.com/newsletters/california-c... #CAEnergy #WildfireMitigation #Electricity

#PGE Contractors. Mountain Enterprises 7:50 AM. Not #Undergrounding They have an appointment. They've been here 2 hours. Haven't heard a chainsaw yet.

Utilities are planning to bury power lines after the LA fires. Should they? We take a closer look at Southern California Edison’s plans to go underground with power lines in Altadena and Malibu.

We can't eliminate wildfire risk in California and that risk is only growing with climate change. So what risk are we willing to tolerate, at what cost? What other options do we have? I try to dig into those questions here: laist.com/news/climate... #undergrounding #electricity #climate #wildfire

Power outage in Monterey may last 16 hours according to the latest text update from PG&E. This sucks… #blackout #undergrounding #stormdamage

Californians pay billions for power companies’ wildfire prevention efforts. Are they cost-effective? California granted PG&E, SCE and SDG&E permission to charge $27 billion to prevent wildfires. But soaring electric bills are raising new questions.

An ounce of prevention, as Ben Franklin used to say... #Wildfires #Undergrounding #ClimateChange #HomeownersInsurance #California #Drought #PrescribedBurn #PGE #SDGE #CostOfLiving #LivingOnTheEdge #Sierra #Tahoe #PlacerCounty #ElDoradoCounty calmatters.org/environment/...