The Electricity Crisis Is A Major Problem For California's Governor

Another electric utility transmission line has been implicated in a deadly California wildfire. Since mid-July, the Butte fire in Plumas County in the Sierra Nevadas has consumed over 130 square miles. According to utility officials, a large pine tree crashed into a transmission tower and ignited. At a news conference held in response to this recent crisis, in which the utility again appears responsible, the recently appointed CEO of San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric, Patricia Poppe, proposed a bold program for burying about 10,000 miles…