2024 Was a Record Year for Planned Blackouts in California — Here’s Why It’s Not Slowing Down

2024 Was a Record Year for Planned Blackouts in California — Here’s Why It’s Not Slowing Down

2024 Was a Record Year for Planned Blackouts in California — Here’s Why It’s Not Slowing DownIn House Contributor
Published on: 14/09/2026

2024 set a record for Public Safety Power Shutoff activity in California, driven by intensifying wildfire risk, utilities becoming more conservative about calling shutoffs after past liability and grid hardening work that still covers only a fraction

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