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“DOE should create wildfire safety guidance for utilities that operate major transmission infrastructure, including clearing vegetation near lines, improving equipment and design, and using safer grid operations during fire risk.”
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“Electric utilities using federal disaster aid to restore power should be able to add cost-effective work that reduces future damage to power facilities, and those facilities should still be able to qualify for separate mitigation aid if they meet the normal rules.”
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“DOE and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should not be allowed to use these provisions to force electric utilities to follow the federal wildfire safety guidance.”
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“New eligibility for electric utility disaster aid should apply only to money Congress provides after the change starts, not to disaster funds Congress already approved.”
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“Federal policy should support transmission investment, fund work to reduce wildfire risks to power infrastructure, give FERC more staffing and fee authority, and provide grants to strengthen state utility regulators.”
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“Utilities should inspect power lines, manage trees and brush near electric facilities, and maintain safer power-line corridors in fire-prone areas to reduce the chance that electrical equipment starts or worsens a wildfire.”
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“Utilities and federal agencies should be able to move faster on vegetation work near power lines on federal land, including review deadlines, a faster NEPA path for routine clearing, and safer electrical corridors to reduce wildfire risk.”
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“Electricity planners should consider past weather and future weather risks, including extreme events, when checking electricity demand, power supply, outage risk, and whether the grid will have enough power.”
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