Rare Weather Warning Issued as Strong Gusts Fuel Colorado Wildfire Threats December 22, 2025 By Susan Montoya Bryan The National Weather Service on Friday issued a rare warning for part of Colorado’s Front Range as hurricane-force winds and...
Texas Sues Utility Company Xcel Over ‘Blatant Negligence’ in Fatal Wildfire December 17, 2025 By Josh Saul and Madlin Mekelburg Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Xcel Energy Inc., accusing the utility company of “blatant negligence” over its role in...
Denver, Rockies Face Power Shutoffs as Winds Boost Fire Risk December 16, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan and Josh Saul Xcel Energy is preparing customers in the Rocky Mountain region for preemptive blackouts to help reduce the risk of wildfires...
Edison, Others Settle to Recover $2B Tied to California Wildfires And Mudslides September 19, 2025 Southern California Edison has reached a settlement agreement with several intervenors to allow the utility to recover about $2 billion...
Videos Put Scrutiny on Downed Power Lines as Possible Cause of Deadly Maui Wildfires August 17, 2023 By Michael Biesecker, Bernard Condon and Jennifer Mcdermott Awakened by howling winds that tore through his Maui neighborhood, Shane Treu went out at dawn and saw a wooden...
California Utility Pays $22 Million to Settle Federal Claims over 2016 Wildfire July 10, 2023 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims...
$1.6B Trial Starts Against Utility over Fatal 2020 Wildfires April 27, 2023 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A trial connected to a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic...
3 Washington State Electric Substations Vandalized December 27, 2022 TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Vandalism at three power substations in western Washington early Sunday initially cut power to about 14,000...
Florida Utility’s New Drone Can Speed Hurricane Recovery August 16, 2022 By Cody Jackson WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s primary energy provider is ready to launch a powerful new technology, just ahead...
Lawsuit: Ida Outages Due to ‘Gum and Super Glue’ at Utility September 22, 2021 By Janet McConnaughey NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit alleges that Louisiana’s largest electric utility used a “bubble gum and super glue” approach...