All Anaheim-owned power lines in fire risk areas to be underground by 2026, officials say – Orange County Register

Anaheim will have moved all of its city-owned power lines in its highest fire-risk areas underground by 2026, a milestone in the city’s multi-decade effort to harden its utilities and reduce the risk of sparking a wildfire.

For more than three decades, the city has been relocating power lines underground throughout Anaheim . In Anaheim Hills, about 162 miles of power lines run through fire-risk areas, but 98% of those lines are already underground, according to Anaheim Public Utilities’ wildfire mitigation plan.

The last seven segments to be put underground are now under construction, city spokesperson Mike Lyster said. That work began this summer and is expected to be complete by late next year.

City-owned power lines near Royal Oak Road and Nohl Ranch Road in Anaheim, CA, on Monda