Alejandro Martinez, 41, allegedly set one of the fires that destroyed large swaths of California in recent weeks, and faces more than six years in prison if convicted.
In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) held a town hall Thursday to talk about wildfire planning, mitigation and safety.
SCE concedes in the filing that a conductor failure occurred near the origin of the fire, causing damaged equipment to fall to the ground at the base of a tower.