I live in Southern California, and nowhere near their service area. How are PG&E corrupt?
- Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Sep 27, 2019, at 5:05 AM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > (An unpredictable resource shutoff to protect profits of an incompetent > &corrupt utility) > https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstoeditor/article/Letters-to-the-Editor-PG-E-s-power-shut-offs-14465477.php > Letters to the Editor: PG&E’s power shut-offs are worrisome > Sep. 25, 2019 > > [image > https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/05/70/37/18319315/5/940x0.jpg > In this Nov. 26, 2018, file photo, a Pacific Gas & Electric lineman works to > repair a power line in fire-ravaged Paradise, Calif. California officials > have created a five-member board to find ways for owners to afford insurance > in fire prone areas and for utilities, like PG&E, to survive devastating > wildfires that partly prompted the company to file for bankruptcy. The board > met Wednesday April 3, 2019, to continue to consider who should pay for the > increasingly destructive and costly wildfires. > Photo: Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press > ] > > Comments > > Regarding “Power losses begin in Sierra foothills” [ > https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/PG-E-prepares-power-shutoff-for-124-000-North-Bay-14461112.php?psid=ovoiu > ](Page 1, Sept. 24): It is an embarrassment to this state and a significant > assault on Northern California residents and key industries that the Public > Utilities Commission and the state Legislature allow Pacific Gas and > Electric Co. to decide when and if it will provide power. You refer to this > policy as fire prevention, but really it is responsibility prevention that > permits PG&E to fail to maintain its equipment and avoid accountability. A > modern economy cannot prosper if it permits energy to become an > unpredictable resource to protect the profits of an incompetent and corrupt > corporation. No amount of upbeat advertising is going to fool us about what > is going on here. > > Bart Grossman, Albany-CA > [© sfchronicle.com] > ... > https://www.google.com/search?q=Bart+Grossman+Albany > search on Bart Grossman Albany > > > + (offt, read comments ... got food, water, dogs, &guns) > https://www.edhat.com/comment/82361 > Backup Home Generator > By an edhat reader. I've been looking at getting a generator for my home, > [which is] inside the Power Shutoff Zone deep up Mission Canyon [SoCal > https://www.google.com/search?q=Mission+Canyon > ] ... Anyone locally with home generator or a backup power plan? I'm looking > for reviews, sound level output, are you able to get a maintenance > technician out to SB, natural gas vs ... > ... > https://www.edhat.com/penalty-comments/22865 > Penalty Box: 1 Comments deleted by Administrator > Why on earth would you be sacjon Admin Deleted Normally > ... > a-1569581723 Sep 27, 2019 12:01 AM > I got a Honda EU2200i 2200-Watt Super Quiet Gas Power Portable Inverter > Generator for $1,009 on Amazon ... to periodically power my fridge, > computer, lights .... a no-spill gas can, and some Stabil [fuel > preservative] ... in case I don't need it for months. It is remarkably > quiet, especially on "eco mode" ... got a bike lock to secure it from theft, > and some LED work lights. If the planned outages don't get ya the earthquake > might, and now I feel prepared for either. I've got canned food and water > and big dogs, my neighbor has guns, and we think we will weather through the > upcoming just fine. > ... > a-1569583063 Sep 26, 2019 01:43 PM > [SoCal utility] Edison will have to make sure that EACH generator has not > electrified lines, accidentally. Edison will not just willy-nilly turn the > power back on for everyone; just won't happen. Too much chance of > explosions, fires, killing of people and pets. It only takes -one person- > who has incorrectly and unsafely installed a generator. Edison is trying to > limit their own liability. > ... > caretaker Sep 26, 2019 12:25 PM > Does anybody know of a back up power system configured to be powered by a > plug-in hybrid vehicle? > ... > [+more comments] > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
