Utilities’ Extreme Plan to Stop Wildfires: Shut Off the Power October 8, 2024 By Mark Chediak A growing number of utilities are resorting to an extreme measure to prevent their equipment from sparking catastrophic wildfires: turning...
Decayed, Broken Utility Pole Caused Largest Wildfire in Texas History: Report May 13, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle,...
Utility Company Skips Texas Panhandle Wildfire Hearings April 4, 2024 By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune AMPA — A company hired to inspect utility poles in the Panhandle declined to testify before Texas lawmakers Wednesday, as...
Xcel Texas Wildfire Legal Reckoning to Take Years to Play Out March 12, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Rachel Graf (Xcel Energy Inc. will likely be wrangling for years with the legal fallout from the wildfires burning through the Texas...
Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat March 11, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Will Wade and David R. Baker Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to...
Huge Texas Blaze Shows Power-Line Fires Are a Widespread Threat March 8, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Will Wade and David R. Baker Massive wildfires sparked by power lines used to be a California problem, one many utility executives considered safely confined to...
Xcel Energy Acknowledges Role in Texas Panhandle Wildfire March 7, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune Xcel Energy on Thursday acknowledged its involvement in the Smokehouse Creek Fire, which started last week and quickly became the...
Xcel Energy Utility Equipment Started Texas Wildfire, Homeowner Claims in Lawsuit March 4, 2024 By Clark Mindock March 1 (Reuters) – A Texas homeowner whose house was destroyed by a massive wildfire raging northeast of Amarillo sued...
Texas Fires Trigger Drop for Xcel With Law Firm Alleging Link March 1, 2024 By Mark Chediak and Josh Saul The worst-ever Texas wildfire sent shares of Xcel Energy Inc. plunging after a law firm said it might be linked...
Xcel Energy to Construct Underground Barrier to Prevent Radioactive Water from Reaching Mississippi River August 22, 2023 By Trisha Ahmed MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) – The energy company responsible for leaking radioactive material from its nuclear plant in Monticello, Minnesota, in...