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Dangerous winds pummel California. Could power shutoffs affect voting across the state?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dangerous winds pummel California. Could power shutoffs affect voting across the state?

LA Times  

Power shutoffs amid dangerous winds could affect almost 240,000 across California this week, but officials say there should be no voting disruptions, even if some polling locations lose electricity. On Monday, much of the Los Angeles and Ventura county mountains remained under a red flag warning — an alert for extreme fire weather — because of strong Santa Ana winds …

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Utility shutoffs creep wider on Palos Verdes Peninsula. Dozens of Rolling Hills homes to go dark
3 months, 1 week ago

Utility shutoffs creep wider on Palos Verdes Peninsula. Dozens of Rolling Hills homes to go dark

LA Times  

A fissure opened up amid a slow-moving landslide that has caused power to be cut off to some homes in the Rancho Palos Verdes neighborhood of Portuguese Bend. Late last week, Rolling Hills officials — citing communications from utility companies — announced that about three dozen homes were expected to lose gas service Monday at 3 p.m. and 50 were …

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Extended California heat wave brings extreme health, fire risk; power shutoffs likely
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Extended California heat wave brings extreme health, fire risk; power shutoffs likely

LA Times  

Temperatures in the 90s spur people to head to the San Gabriel Mountains to take a dip in Lytle Creek. “Across inland areas, as well as at higher elevations, it’s entirely possible that temperatures may be continuously above average for the next 2+ weeks–straight, into mid-July.” He said the duration of the heat event, caused by a type of high-pressure …

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California Supreme Court says PG&E can’t be sued over safety-related power shutoffs
1 year, 1 month ago

California Supreme Court says PG&E can’t be sued over safety-related power shutoffs

LA Times  

PG&E crews clear a damaged power pole after the Camp fire, which state investigators blamed on the utility’s equipment. Such litigation would interfere with the California Public Utilities Commission’s “comprehensive regulatory and supervisory authority” over such safety shutoffs and is therefore barred under state law, Justice Goodwin Liu wrote in a unanimous decision for the state’s high court. It said …

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Storms batter aging power grid as climate disasters spread
2 years, 8 months ago

Storms batter aging power grid as climate disasters spread

The Independent  

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Power shut-offs loom for tens of thousands of Californians amid gusty winds
3 years, 2 months ago

Power shut-offs loom for tens of thousands of Californians amid gusty winds

LA Times  

An inmate firefighter from the Trinity River Conservation Camp uses a drip torch to slow the Fawn fire in Shasta County last month. Or, as the National Weather Service in Eureka tweeted, it’s a “classic case of Fire and Ice!” as northerly winds bring the potential for both freezing temperatures and wildfire danger in the drought-plagued Golden State. In Southern …

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Another summer of California power outages poses threat to Newsom as he faces recall
3 years, 7 months ago

Another summer of California power outages poses threat to Newsom as he faces recall

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, center, looks over fire devastation in Brentwood with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, right, and others in 2019. “People will ultimately hold him responsible for the state of California, and if they can’t turn their lights on right around the time they’re voting, they’re going to be thinking about that.” The state’s three largest investor-owned utilities expect to de-energize …

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PG&E trying a new tactic in power cuts to prevent wildfires
4 years, 3 months ago

PG&E trying a new tactic in power cuts to prevent wildfires

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — The nation’s largest utility said Tuesday it is executing smarter and shorter power shutoffs after receiving widespread criticism last year when it turned off electricity to 2 million people to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires. Quinlan said PG&E is so far hitting its target of reducing the outages by a third compared with last year, thanks …

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