Oregon wildfire knocks out power line
Highlights pesky paradoxes of the grid
The shutdown of a critical high voltage transmission line due to the Bootleg Fire in northern California is causing more stress for harried grid operators in the Southwest. It also highlights a pesky paradox regarding the Western power system and its relationship to climate change.
This story’s roots go back to 1948, when California, in the midst of the…
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