This is part two of a series on climate change and the electric power industry. Electricity production from fossil fuels is contributing...

When electrical systems are installed in residences, safety is a primary consideration. Among other technologies designed to keep people...

This past weekend, much of Northwest Oregon was issued a red flag warning by the National Weather Service, one of the earliest such...

Though often called rolling blackouts in the news, a better term for an outage used as a safety measure to prevent wildfires is...

When drought conditions occur, wildfires can be caused by power line faults. While current mitigation techniques are somewhat effective,...

Prescient's innovative wildfire risk assessment tool can calculate the risk of a faulted power lines causing nearby vegetation to ignite.

In this post, we’ll take a deeper look at factors that influence power line-based wildfires, as well as preventative measures.