What Strategies are Electric Utilities Using to Mitigate Wildfire Risk?

• In Event: Disaster Politics and Policies

Brief Overview

We systematically identify and code wildfire mitigation plans for retail utilities across the U.S. West. We model how ignition risk, legal liability, political ideology, and state level policies influence the likelihood of adoption.

Authors

• Ryan P Scott, Colorado State University

• Hailey Hall, Colorado State University