A wildfire in the North Cascades producing heavy smoke has prompted Seattle City Light to reduce electricity transmission from its Skagit River dams by 50 percent.
KUOW – Sourdough Fire takes bite out of Seattle’s electricity supplies
Rooftop solar is usually consumed by the building housing the solar panels — or elsewhere in the immediate neighborhood. It’s not carried from hundreds of miles away by expensive transmission lines that can be threatened by fires or other natural diasters.
Rooftop solar helps create a resilient, decentralized power grid.
