Colorado is latest state to try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires − a complex, technical operation pioneered in California
- Written by Kyri Baker, Assistant Professor of Building Systems Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
The U.S. power grid is the largest and most complex machine ever built. It’s also aging and under increasing stress from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and heat waves.
Over the past decade, power grids have played roles in wildfires in multiple states, including California, Hawaii, Oregon and Minnesota. When wind...
