Can utilities replace power lines with solar and batteries in remote areas?

Published on September 8, 2025

Michael Gillogly, manager of the Pepperwood Preserve, understands the wildfire risk that power lines pose firsthand. The 3,200-acre nature reserve in Sonoma County, California, burned in 2017 when a privately owned electrical system sparked a fire . It burned again in 2019 during a conflagration started by power…

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