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Tag: PG&E planned blackouts

PG&E Resumes Blackouts, Turns Off Power To 50,000 People in NorCal

October 15, 2020   2:07 pmOctober 16, 2020   6:09 am
On Wednesday evening, Northern California utility company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced that more than 50,000 people would be without power for up to two days as windy weather, high temperatures, and dry conditions increased the likelihood of a...
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PG&E Initiated Planned Blackouts Return To California

September 9, 2020   6:04 amSeptember 8, 2020   8:50 pm
On Monday, mass blackouts returned to California in PG&E serviced areas in an attempt to stop more wildfires from starting. As of Tuesday, parts of 22 counties in Northern and Central California have had their power cut temporarily by PG&E,...
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PG&E Would Be Barred from Making Political Donations in New Bill

February 6, 2020   2:36 pmFebruary 7, 2020   8:54 am
On Wednesday, a new bill that would make campaign contributions from the utility company PG&E illegal was introduced in the Assembly in Sacramento. Assembly Bill 2079, authored by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), would bar PG&E from donating to any state...
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Governor Newsom Reaffirms the State May Take Control of PG&E this Summer

January 30, 2020   6:46 pmJanuary 31, 2020   9:10 am
‘It has to to be completely re-imagined, completely transformed company. If PG&E can’t do it, we’ll do it for them.’   During a Public Policy Institute of California event on Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that that California would takeover...
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Mayor Liccardo Gains Support Over Plan to Make PG&E a Customer Owned Utility in San Jose

December 6, 2019   2:43 amDecember 7, 2019   9:13 am
Less than two months after San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo first announced plans to make PG&E into a customer owned utility in San Jose, it was announced that 114 elected officials in and around San Jose gave support to their...
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Hundreds of Thousands PG&E Customers In Northern California Are Without Power Yet Again

November 20, 2019   4:52 pm
Less than 72 hours after an intense public grilling by the California Senate over the widespread planned power outages and general mismanagement by PG&E across Northern California, the utility company is yet again intentionally shutting off the lights. The latest...
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California Senate To Convene Oversight Hearing On Public Safety Power Outage Issues

October 31, 2019   4:26 pmOctober 31, 2019   4:27 pm
After an unprecedented month of planned power outages across California affecting millions of people and hurting those in need of electricity the most, the California Senate has announced an oversight hearing on the issue. The Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications...
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