If dangerous wildfire conditions arise, REU wants to be able to selectively cut power to high risk parts the city.

This is the area in the East Mountains near Albuquerque where PNM warned in March it would shut off power preemptively to prevent wildfires. (It ended up not doing so.) The Public Regulation ...

These planned shutdowns are called public safety power shutoffs, abbreviated to PSPS, and they’re increasingly common. So far this year, we’ve seen them in Texas, New Mexico and California.

Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) remain an important tool in wildfire prevention, given the threat of extreme weather events and potential for urban fire spread in Southern California.