(Reuters) – California regulators said on Monday they will open a formal probe of whether utilities violated any rules by cutting power to millions of residents for days as a precaution during recent periods of high winds and heightened wildfire risks.
The announcement did not single out any utilities by name, but the bulk of “public safety power shut-offs” under scrutiny were implemented by Pacific Gas and Electric Co, a unit of PG&E Corp <PCG.N>, California’s largest investor-owned utility.
PG&E filed for bankruptcy in January, citing $30 billion in civil liability from major wildfires sparked by its equipment in 2017 and 2018, including last year’s Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and incinerated most of the Northern California town of Paradise. That fire ranks as the state’s deadliest on record.
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I grew up in San Jose Calif. and I can tell you it never rains in the summer and everything is dry except that which is irrigated.As kids we used to swim in the irrigation ditches.People have green lawns only because they have sprinklers and when water is in short supply often it is illegal to water your lawn. Sometimes it is illegal to smoke outdoors.It rains in the winter real hard. What I don't understand is why any company would put up power lines that could be damaged by winds that they know are coming knowing the weather.For craps sake put up stronger power lines.
ReplyDeletePut the powerlines underground where they belong, a lot of issues would be solved, especially fires
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ReplyDeleteLocal and state jurisdictions grant the right of ways for the power lines to go, but make it illegal to clean out the dead underbrush that is nothing but kindling.
Put up stronger power lines? What about the trees that fall into the power lines that are strong enough? Can't trim those back, it's illegal!
They should have glass roofs for Solar heat.
ReplyDeleteBycycle instead of the dreaded pollution vehicles bring to make Calif hot
Gender Neutral studies??? They actual have that as a major? What a joke!!
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