AROUND OREGON: Other utilities cut power to reduce fire risks. Pacific Power didn’t, and may face the consequences.
A sprinkler waters a field amidst wildfire smoke in Aumsville on Tuesday, September 8. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
In June 2019, Pacific Power representatives attended a community fair in Happy Camp, California, 20 miles south of the Oregon border, to share highlights of the wildfire prevention plan the company had been required to file months earlier with California regulators.
The plan showed that Happy Camp is directly west of one of the highest risk areas for…
