Brouwer quoted in NYT article on fire and California's electrical grid

AirUCI faculty Jack Brouwer is quoted in a New York Times article on the decision by PG&E to conduct rolling blackouts as a method for reducing fire danger in California.  It’s an incredible travesty, this sort of really crude and unsophisticated approach for dealing with what is a very serious issue,” said Jack.  “We have technological solutions for this that exist. Unfortunately, he says, California regulations and planning have been “insufficient for that technology to be used instead of just turning the power off.”  [Subscription required, campus-wide access provided by UCI Libraries. Sign-up here: AccessNYT.com]
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Date: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019