I'm curious exactly what equipment failure occurred on such a line. Insulator stick failure? Cable breakage? What all is there to maintain, or go wrong if you don't? They DO keep trees well trimmed after a ~1993 incident of wires sagging into trees triggered a rolling cascade of blackouts around the state.
Note the $30 million price tag of the improvements needed on the line and the fact that work was scheduled to begin a month after the fire.
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