Judge orders Xcel Energy pole replacements after wildfires Two years after deadly wildfires broke out in the Texas Panhandle and spread into western Oklahoma, a judge has ordered Xcel Energy to begin replacing poles in the wildfire-prone areas of the Panhandle. The fires burned more than a million acres and left three dead in Texas …
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Texas Sues Xcel Over 2024 Fire That Burned Into Oklahoma
Lawsuit targets utility over historic wildfire Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Xcel Energy, accusing the utility of causing the 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest wildfire ever recorded in Texas history and one that spread into western Oklahoma. “Xcel’s blatant negligence killed three Texans and caused unfathomable destruction in the …