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Stories related to: PG&E Shutoff

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PG&E Withheld Information About Medically At-Risk Customers Ahead Of Major Power Shutoff

December 2, 2019 | Scott Rodd

The utility insisted counties sign a non-disclosure agreement before releasing the information — despite directions from the California Public Utilities Commission to hand it over during planned shutoffs.

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PG&E Restores Power To Almost All Customers Impacted By Shutoff

November 21, 2019

Pacific Gas & Electric restored power Thursday to the customers in the Sierra Foothills, North Bay and North Valley whose electricity was shutoff Wednesday due to high fire danger.

Ben Margot / AP Photo

Some Sierra Foothill Counties Now Won't Lose Power In Latest PG&E Shutoff

November 20, 2019

PG&E has reduced the number of customers who could be impacted by their latest power shutoff, with El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Yuba and western Sonoma counties now no longer expected to lose power.

Ben Margot / AP Photo

PG&E Will Cut Power In 16 Counties Starting Wednesday Morning

November 19, 2019

The utility said strong winds Wednesday will prompt them to shut off power to customers in the Sierra Foothills, North Valley and North Bay starting at 7 a.m.

MAP: See If You Could Be Affected By PG&E's Nov. 20 Outage

November 19, 2019

Check CapRadio's interactive map to see if your address falls within the areas that may lose power as PG&E plans to preemptively shut off electricity to about 172,000 customers across Northern California Wednesday.

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Insight With Beth Ruyak

More Possible Public Safety Power Shut Offs And Utilities Answer Questions

November 19, 2019

Fire weather is predicted this week, which may lead to the power being shut off in large swaths of Northern California. What’s behind the tentative details? And we’ll hear about testimony presented by the state’s largest utilities at the Capitol.

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PG&E CEO Tells California Lawmakers The Utility Failed During October Power Shut Offs

November 18, 2019 | Bob Moffitt

Pacific Gas and Electric CEO Bill Johnson admitted to California lawmakers Monday the utility failed its first major test of a power shut off in early October, even as it announced plans to cut power to 660,000 people this week.

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State Government

California Utility Regulators Order Inquiry Into Power Outages

November 13, 2019

The California Public Utilities Commission opened a formal investigation Wednesday into the pre-emptive power outages that left large parts of the state without power in October.

Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio

State Government

As Power Shut Offs Increase, California Counties Are Making Plans For Elections Without Electricity

November 13, 2019 | Scott Rodd

After California utilities cut power to millions of customers in October, counties are using pre-election surveys to make sure polling places and vote-counting centers have equipment needed to mitigate the impact of power shutoffs.

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PG&E Says Power Outage Credits Cost The Utility $65 Million

November 7, 2019

Pacific Gas & Electric reported another huge loss on Thursday as the fallout from catastrophic wildfires blamed on its outdated transmission lines drive the bankrupt utility into a deeper hole.

 

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