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It will also need a significant upgrade to the electricity grid with 620 miles of new power lines as well as substations and other equipment.

One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.

Edison has previously acknowledged that it could be responsible for the blaze and said earlier this month that a dormant power line might have been the cause.

French operator RTE said it had been "gradually transferring more electricity to the Spanish border" via its power lines supplying Catalonia in north-east Spain and the Basque country in the north-west.

The long list of cases against the utility continue to pile up as homeowners seek compensation for damage they believe was caused by the utility’s mismanagement of water resources or its power lines.