PG&E: Massive power shut-off to hit 800,000 customers, could extend nearly a week

By artappraiser on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 1:10pm |

By J.D. Morris & Michael Cabanatuan @ SFChronicle,com, Oct. 9

California’s wildfire crisis will enter an unprecedented new stage Wednesday as PG&E plans to begin cutting power to about 800,000 customers, shutting down the electric lines that have sparked many of the state’s worst blazes and setting off a chaotic scramble of people preparing for an outage that could last a week in some places [....]

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https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/PG-E-power-shut-off-257-000-Bay-Area-residents-14500945.php

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The state of California allowed PG&E to start charging customers billions more so it could upgrade its grid. The company still hasn't. https://t.co/khRcToKzxi
— VICE News (@vicenews) October 9, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/09/2019 - 1:34pm

I just told my Cuban mom about the power outages in the bay area and she said:

"Oh great now the pretend-to-be communists can see how living under communism is actually like."

— Daniel Sifredo (@DanielSifredo) October 9, 2019

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 2:18am

Can invite Puerto Ricans to consult on how to survive months w/o electricity.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/10/2019 - 2:54am

PG&E: Massive power shut-off to hit 800,000 customers, could extend nearly a week

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