PRC workshop to explain wildfire power shutoff strategies • Source New Mexico

PRC workshop to explain wildfire power shutoff strategies • Source New Mexico

This is the area in the East Mountains near Albuquerque where PNM warned in March it would shut off power preemptively to prevent wildfires. (It ended up not doing so.) The Public Regulation Commission is hosting a workshop Thursday with state power utilities to explain the protocol for "public safety power shutoffs." (Map courtesy PNM)As New Mexico electrical companies increasingly consider using proactive power shutoffs as a way to prevent wil…

Workshop Readies Santa Feans for Potential Wildfire

City officials help prepare residents for protecting themselves in a region where forest fires are an increasing concern.

PRC workshop to explain wildfire power shutoff strategies

As New Mexico electrical companies increasingly consider using proactive power shutoffs as a way to prevent wildfires, the state’s utility regulator announced a series of workshops aimed at helping the public better understand why they’re necessary and what to expect…