High Fire Danger Prompts First Oregon PSPS Event
Mount Hood National Forest was already shrouded with wildfire smoke on Sept. 7, 2020, when Portland General Electric initiated its first ever public safety power shutoff to prevent new fires in the face of high winds. | © RTO Insider LLC
Sep 8, 2020
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Portland General Electric pre-emptively cut power to about 5,000 customers in the first public safety power shutoffs to affect Oregon.
