'This fire could have been prevented': How utilities fought removal of old power lines

latimes.com/environment/story/2025-08-01/this-fire-could-have-been-prevented-how-utilities-fought-removal-of-old-powerlines

State regulators, knowing that old transmission lines could set off wildfires, proposed a safety rule in 2001 that would have forced Edison and other utilities to remove abandoned lines unless they could prove they would use them in the future.
- Under pressure from utilities, the state…

This story appeared on latimes.com, 2025-08-01 10:00:00.
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