Placerville Moves Forward With Plans For More Local Control Over PG&E Power
These shutoff events often spark a lot of anger and frustration in the affected communities. Now Placerville is taking big steps to take back control from PG&E.
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These shutoff events often spark a lot of anger and frustration in the affected communities. Now Placerville is taking big steps to take back control from PG&E.
Some people in Nevada City are going to new heights to stop PG&E from cutting down trees.
The lights are back on for most PG&E customers who lost power due to the Public Safety Power Shutoff earlier this week.
People in nearly 172,000 homes and businesses in parts of California were sweltering Tuesday without electricity as Pacific Gas & Electric intentionally shut off power to prevent wildfires amid high winds.
PG&E cut power to approximately 172,000 customers Monday night.
It's the first Public Safety Power Shutoff of the year, but this time it's happening while many are stuck at home.
A Nevada County grocery store was racing to save its refrigerated products as the PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff took effect Monday.
PG&E's chief meteorologist said strong winds on the heels of triple-degree heat makes this power shutoff serious.
For weeks we've been dealing with fires and periods of triple-digit heat, but this is the first potential Public Safety Power Shutoff of the year.
Ashley Becker is one of the thousands of Pacific Gas and Electric customers on edge, waiting for the lights to potentially go out again.
As a brutal heat wave strikes the state, Pacific Gas and Electric said there is potential for a round of Public Safety Power Shutoffs as early as Monday evening and on Tuesday, including several areas in northern California, according to the utility's website on Sunday.
A PG&E troubleman has died in the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, officials confirmed on Thursday.
The California Independent System Operator said no power outages are anticipated for Wednesday night.
California's power grid operators were keeping an eye on the thermometer Tuesday after avoiding highly anticipated rolling blackouts a day earlier as an ongoing heatwave stresses the electrical system.
After warnings of rotating power outages, California avoided more blackouts Monday evening.
A large outage has thousands of PG&E customers in Sutter and Yuba counties without power Monday morning.
There are no blackouts slated for Sunday night in California.
Good news: PG&E customers in the Contra Costa area can finish their evening routine with the lights on tonight.
Californians packed beaches, lakes and recreation areas Sunday to seek relief from a record heatwave that strained the electricity grid and threatened to trigger a third round of rolling power outages.
A statewide flex alert is in place until 10 p.m. Wednesday, due to high energy demand brought on by the heatwave.
Jennifer and Paulo Borges are restocking their fridge after their lights went out late Friday afternoon in El Dorado Hills.
Pacific Gas & Electric said Saturday evening it initiated a second round of rolling blackouts impacting up to 220,000 customers as a heatwave baking California in triple-digit temperatures continues to strain the electrical system.
Pacific Gas and Electric promised regulators Thursday that it has learned from its mishandling of deliberate blackouts and won't disrupt as many people's lives during the pandemic this year, when the utility expects to rely on outages to prevent its outdated grid from starting deadly fires.
Each time more than 2,000 PG&E customers have been left in the dark.
Pacific Gas & Electric transmission lines sparked the 77,000-acre Kincade Fire in California's wine country last year that destroyed hundreds of homes, fire officials said Thursday.
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The executive order does not require a shutoff yet, but asks experts to consider one alongside independent audits.
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Nick Martinez worked five efficient innings for his 15th win, Jonny DeLuca was 2 for 4 with an RBI double, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Athletics 4-3 for their fifth straight win.
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