PG&E shutting off power to 450,000 people in Northern California
The utility said it expected to restore electricity by the end of the day Thursday.
run by state and local governments. Meanwhile, the California Public Utilities Commission has opened a formal investigation into the shutoffs.But this round of public safety shutoffs are smaller in scope, partly because weather conditions are not as intense as during several shutoff events in October. PG&E CEO Andy Vesey said in a news conference Tuesday night that the utility’s goal was to continue to diminish the scale of the shutoffs.
Vesey said by the next fire season, the utility hoped to install additional weather systems for more focused data, automated power switches that will help shutoffs become more efficient and generators that will allow the utility to keep the lights on in homes.
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