Editing Lassen County, California (section)

===Utilities===
The Lassen Municipal Utility District (LMUD) is the primary [[electric utility]] in the county, and was created in 1986 by purchasing transmission facilities from CP National (now [[PacifiCorp|Pacificorp]]) at a cost of $19 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lmud.org/about/|title=About {{!}} Lassen Municipal Utility District|website=www.lmud.org|access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=82MaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Lassen+Municipal+Utility+District%22+-wikipedia&pg=SA63-PA100|title=Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Reports|last=Commission|first=United States Federal Energy Regulatory|year=1988|publisher=Federal Energy Regulatory Commission|language=en}}</ref> In 2019 it had 42 employees, and the General Manager was Doug C. Smith.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article234448612.html|title=SMUD chief made nearly $580,000 last year – among highest in California|website=Sacramento Bee|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914043217/https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article234448612.html|archive-date=September 14, 2019|access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> It is powered in part by the Honey Lake biomass power plant, which runs on [[Biomass|wood waste]] from the nearby [[Lassen National Forest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2019/10/21/wood-waste-helps-keep-lights-rural-communities|title=Wood Waste Helps Keep the Lights on in Rural Communities|website=www.usda.gov|language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> The [[Whaleback Fire]] caused a significant outage in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ktvn.com/story/38756000/whaleback-fire-near-spalding-california-at-400-acres41|title=Whaleback Fire Near Spalding Fully Contained At 18,703 Acres|website=www.ktvn.com|date=July 27, 2018 |language=en|access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref>