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No U.S. utility has ever blacked out so many people on purpose. PG&E says it could knock out power to as much as an eighth of the state's population for as long as five days when dangerously high winds arise. Communities likely to get shut off worry PG&E will put people in danger, especially the sick and elderly, and cause financial losses with slim hope of compensation.
In October, in a test run of sorts, PG&E for the first time cut power to several small communities over wildfire concerns, including the small Napa Valley town of Calistoga, for about two days. Emergency officials raced door-to-door to check on elderly residents, some of whom relied on electric medical devices. Grocers dumped spoiling inventory. Hotels lost business.
PG&E is "essentially shifting all of the burden, all of the losses onto everyone else," said Dylan Feik, who was Calistoga city manager until earlier this month.
PG&E's Radical Plan to Prevent Wildfires: Shut Down the Power Grid
No U.S. utility has ever blacked out so many people on purpose. PG&E says it could knock out power to as much as an eighth of the state's population for as long as five days when dangerously high winds arise. Communities likely to get shut off worry PG&E will put people in danger, especially the sick and elderly, and cause financial losses with slim hope of compensation.
In October, in a test run of sorts, PG&E for the first time cut power to several small communities over wildfire concerns, including the small Napa Valley town of Calistoga, for about two days. Emergency officials raced door-to-door to check on elderly residents, some of whom relied on electric medical devices. Grocers dumped spoiling inventory. Hotels lost business.
PG&E is "essentially shifting all of the burden, all of the losses onto everyone else," said Dylan Feik, who was Calistoga city manager until earlier this month.
PG&E's Radical Plan to Prevent Wildfires: Shut Down the Power Grid
