#Micropower generation is not just about efficiency and #sustainability, its also about public safety. A decentraized power grid would be less vulnerable to attack and would require a lot transmission over distance, as in few ugly dangerous fire-causing power lines!

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/07/downed-power-line-causes-fire-outages-in-east-oakland/ #Oakland #localnews

Downed power line causes fire, outages in Oakland

A power line was knocked down by a tree branch in Oakland Thursday morning causing a small fire and an outage for more than 600 PG&E customers.

East Bay Times