San Jose says power shutoffs have cost the city at least half a million dollars

San Jose, California, says the PG&E power shutoffs have cost the city at least half a million dollars

The power outages that have affected much of Northern California this week have cost San Jose alone at least half a million dollars, the city said Thursday, giving one of the first cost estimates of the massive power shutoffs by utility Pacific Gas & Electric.

PG&E intentionally cut power to almost 800,000 customers Wednesday to help prevent wildfires that could be caused by high winds downing live power equipment -- a tactic it warned residents about in February."We had many city employees working around the clock," Mayor Sam Liccardo said at a press conference. The estimate also includes supplies and fuel costs for generators, Deputy City Manager Kip Harkness said, adding he expects the number"to go much higher.

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