Investigators view Southern California Edison's transmission lines and towers in the area where the Eaton fire ignited on Jan. 7. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The abandoned power line ...
The abandoned power line suspected of igniting the Eaton fire could have been removed years ago under a rule proposed by state Public Utilities Commission staffers, but the regulation was weakened ...
State regulators, knowing that old transmission lines could set off wildfires, proposed a safety rule in 2001 that would have forced Edison and other utilities to remove abandoned lines unless they ...