Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires

Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires 
News-Medical.net; by KFF Health News; 6/10/24 
When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado, the state's largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted living and skilled nursing facility. It was the first time Xcel Energy preemptively switched off electricity in Colorado as a wildfire prevention tool, according to a company official. The practice, also known as public safety power shut-offs, has taken root in California and is spreading elsewhere as a way to keep downed and damaged power lines from sparking blazes and fueling the West's more frequent and intense wildfires.