Meanwhile, the cost of wildfires and wildfire mitigation is another reason electricity rates are high in California.

No California agency knows how many miles of idled or abandoned power lines cross the state’s hillsides and forests, which ...

SoCal Edison reported a vehicle struck a power pole, causing a circuit interruption just before the Laguna Fire started. Here ...

California regulations require the companies to remove power lines they don’t anticipate using again, but there’s no set ...