What happened

Avista deliberately de-energised selected parts of its Washington and Idaho service territory during a Red Flag Warning and extreme wildfire-risk conditions. The utility said service to customers affected solely by the Public Safety Power Shutoff had been restored by 2 August. Separate outages continued where wildfires damaged electric infrastructure; those damage-related interruptions should not be counted as part of the preventive shutoff. This record documents a risk-reduction measure, not an equipment failure or attack, and uses a regional reference marker because the shutoffs covered multiple selected areas.

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