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A wildfire burned near high-voltage lines in south-central Washington state in 2013. | Washington State Department of Transportation

Wildfires Raise Concerns for Western Tx Lines

Derates, Shutdowns Pose Threat to Western Interconnection

Aug 2, 2021
Hudson Sangree
WECC / CAISO/WEIM / Reliability / Arizona / California / Oregon / Transmission Operations
The near shutdown of the California-Oregon Intertie by a wildfire renewed concerns about the vulnerability of major transmission pathways.

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