PG&E warned about 13,455 customers in 13 counties that it may turn off power in some areas Monday due to elevated wildfire risk, the company said.
The utility is monitoring forecasts for breezy offshore winds and low humidity for possible Public Safety Power Shutoffs, according to a press release Saturday.
PG&E, which has paid millions in fines related to its role in wildfires, proactively cuts power in certain instances to reduce fire risk from energized power lines.
“These customers received notifications starting early Saturday and will be updated on Sunday morning,” the utility said. “Those notifications will inform customers of any changes in the forecast and how it will impact a possible Public Safety Power Shutoff.”
In the Bay Area, notices were sent to 346 customers in Alameda County, 286 in Contra Costa County, 140 in Napa County and 268 in Sonoma County, PG&E said.
BS, total ridiculous BS!
Fun fact…PG&E has murdered more of its customers than the next two largest Californian utilities combined!
It just goes to show that one can get away with anything, if they have enough money and if they pay off the politicians enough.
Do not recall growing up pge having so many wildfire problems and definitely do not remember power intentionally being turned off because it was windy and dry.
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‘ABC10 Investigation: PG&E knew old power line parts had ‘severe wear’ months before deadly Camp Fire’
Look at pictures in article.
https://tinyurl.com/yc2xn2ax
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‘PG&E planned in 2013 to fix power line that may have started Camp Fire’
https://abc30.com/pge-rebate-rebates-checks-pge/5161051/
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‘Secrets of the Camp Fire: Revealed | Fire – Power – Money’
https://tinyurl.com/p9udh5dk
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California’s wildfire problem stems from decades of lawsuits against logging and failure to remove standing dead trees.
June 2016 Sierra Nevada dead tree count at 66 million.
2019 ‘California has 149 million dead trees ready to ignite like a matchbook’
https://tinyurl.com/wszczbju
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2024 so far 996,000 Acres Burned
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents
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2023 only 332,822 Acres Burned
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2023
Global warming
Indeed, and before the pseudo-science of global warming California never ever had any really hot weather.
Back up your backups. Yes, they rip you off, but it doesn’t matter who’s to blame when you need power. Be prepared now, point fingers later.
I do not miss the days of PG&E’s rotating power outages. If our power goes out now, it’s probably because of a tornado, lightning strike, or an idiot who can’t keep their car on the road.
After last December’s tornado, we were without power for several days, so we had a generator installed. Since then, it has only run once, for about an hour, due to said idiot.
Controlled burns in the spring would eliminate a large amount of the fuel for the fall fires…but the tree huggers won’t allow them
It’s a California air pollution issue.
I know quite a few people that get a medical baseline which is 12% off total bill each month (better than nothing), and they don’t need it but they just have their doctor say they do. Pretty much you use any kind of “medical device” that plugs in and you get the medical baseline for gas and electric.
Chatter recently on local social media was that homeowners are not getting their lawns mowed and trimmed because their gardener couldn’t afford the electric gear. Great job governor Brain Dead! Enjoy the weeds (and no you can’t smoke them). And PG&E is going figure out soon enough that the gardeners that did buy the electric gear are soaking up more of the electricity.
What happens when liberals, tree huggers, Courts and democrat politicians can’t FUBAR wild lands management.
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“For decades, the tribe has cleared young trees, logged larger trees and burned underbrush to replicate the natural burn-and-growth cycle of the Ponderosa pine forest. Brooks said that made it easy for firefighters to create a backfire here to deprive the approaching Wallow Fire of fuel.”…
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“Had this area not been thinned, logged, prescribe-burned, we wouldn’t have been able to do a burnout operation here – so the fire would’ve been able to come through here unchecked”…
https://tinyurl.com/4jvh43cf
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2011 (BIA) Bureau of Indian Affair’s report
‘Wallow Fire Fuel Treatment Effectiveness On the Fort Apache Indian Reservation’
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“Fuel treatments allowed firefighters on the ground to implement their suppression
strategy safely and quickly enough to be effective.”
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“Fuel treatments significantly reduced Wallow Fire costs for suppression and post-
fire rehabilitation.”
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“Fuel treatments ensured that the Wallow Fire’s negative effects on resources and
values stayed at minimal levels.”
https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/assets/public/pdf/idc015931.pdf
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Size and ferocity of California wildfires in major part result from “wild land management” by state and federal governance. By not aggressively prioritizing removal of dead trees, in part a result of beetle infestation of drought weakened trees, along with tree thinning and mitigating ground based fuel loads California was and is primed to burn ! !
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His Imperial Majesty Emperor newsom is highly adept at standing before TV cameras, for free face time espousing the increase in aerial fire fighting assets, yet dead tree removal appears to be less of a priority. UNTIL management of wild lands using proven Tribal methods California’s home insurance market will continue to dry up.
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But you can be assured rather than prioritizing Tribal methods, democrats running this state will point fingers and blame ‘evil insurance companies’,
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In the immortal words of His Imperial Majesty Emperor newsom October 2019,
‘ ‘I Own This’: Gov. Newsom On California’s Wildfire Emergency, PG&E Power Shutoffs And More’
https://tinyurl.com/n33fk8cv
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Perpetual Graft & Extortion thanks you for your cooperation.
Oh yeah! Nothing like power outages, just like any 3rd world dump!
Thinking too, how certain areas are now considered ‘Wildfire Risk’ from PG&E, it has caused some Insurance Companies to leave or cancel policies in California. We are paying more in insurance premiums than 2 years ago, and were flagged as Wildfire Risk, …. far from it!