The leader of embattled utility PG&E warned Friday that widespread power shut-offs to prevent fires could remain a problem for a decade
California residents face up to 10 years of widespread, precautionary forced power shut-offs until Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., the bankrupt utility giant, will be able to prevent its power transmission lines from sparking fires, the company’s top official said.
“What we saw play out by PG&E last week cannot be repeated,” commission President Marybel Batjer said Friday, according to prepared remarks. “The loss of power endangers lives ... and imposes additional burdens on our most vulnerable populations.”During the planned outage, the utility’s website crashed and customers tried futilely to reach the utility by any means for information.
“Any one of these instances could have been a potential source of ignition,” Johnson wrote, adding that “the vast majority of customers were restored within 48 hours of the all-clear signal.” Johnson also sent a letter to Batjer, acknowledging that the size and geographic sweep of the recent outage was “untenable” and “cannot become the status quo in California.”
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