SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators are being asked to fine Pacific Gas & Electric nearly $166 million for failing to properly inform customers before it cut power to millions of people last year.
I don't live there anymore but I do hit a couple Northern California news sites every day, and it seems to me there's always been more than enough warnings on them concerning power shut-offs.
This is nothing but yet another attempt to paint the State of California as the good guys and PG&E as the bad guys, as the state continues it's quest to destroy PG&E in order to create Cal Energy, a state owned, Green public utility. It will be the world's first carbon neutral power provider and in Gavin Newsom's mind it'll be awesome!
Full disclosure: I went through 6 of the 7 power shutoffs last year and I was was given enough warning to be prepared for each of them.
We were in El Dorado County for a couple of the shut offs. There were announcements on TV, in the paper, and a series of automated calls to the house. Plenty of warning.
This article is in reference to PG&E's procedures last year, when they were still working the bugs out of their system. This year they've got it dialed in. They give a 48 hour warning and then publish a map that shows down to the street where the shutoffs will be 24 hours out.
By this time last year I'd been through 6 PSPSs. This year we've only had one. It seems stupid that CA PUC is griping about last years system when this year's is new and completely improved. But that's to be expected as CA PUC is run by political appointees of Gavin Newsom and they're all nothing but hacks. Newsom says jump and all 5 commissioners ask how high.
This is nothing but yet another attempt to paint the State of California as the good guys and PG&E as the bad guys, as the state continues it's quest to destroy PG&E in order to create Cal Energy, a state owned, Green public utility. It will be the world's first carbon neutral power provider and in Gavin Newsom's mind it'll be awesome!
ReplyDeleteFull disclosure: I went through 6 of the 7 power shutoffs last year and I was was given enough warning to be prepared for each of them.
I dont answer weirdo calls just my regular weirdos in my contact list......
ReplyDeleteWe were in El Dorado County for a couple of the shut offs. There were announcements on TV, in the paper, and a series of automated calls to the house. Plenty of warning.
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This article is in reference to PG&E's procedures last year, when they were still working the bugs out of their system. This year they've got it dialed in. They give a 48 hour warning and then publish a map that shows down to the street where the shutoffs will be 24 hours out.
DeleteBy this time last year I'd been through 6 PSPSs. This year we've only had one. It seems stupid that CA PUC is griping about last years system when this year's is new and completely improved. But that's to be expected as CA PUC is run by political appointees of Gavin Newsom and they're all nothing but hacks. Newsom says jump and all 5 commissioners ask how high.