The utility’s weather team has to generate forecasts for each part of the six states where Pacific Power operates, trying to stay ahead of fire weather conditions.
PORTLAND, Ore. — With fire season now underway, Oregon’s electricity providers are using the methods they developed after a series of very active wildfire years to keep a close watch on weather conditions that could threaten to bring down energized power lines and start fires.
The summer of 2020 proved disastrous for thousands of Oregon homeowners — and by extension, the electric company Pacific Power. When powerful winds threatened over the long Labor Day weekend in September, the utility
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