Mario Romero: Wildfire season is year round. Let’s plan for it

Mario Romero: Wildfire season is year round. Let’s plan for it

New Mexico’s dismal winter and hot and dry summer are solidifying the fact that we no longer experience wildfire seasons, we live in wildfire conditions. New Mexico’s 19 rural electric distribution co-ops understand this risk better than most. Rural electric co-ops serve some of the state’s most remote communities, covering vast territories and maintaining hundreds of miles of infrastructure. Unlike larger investor-owned utilities, co-ops are me…