10 more years of PG&E outages

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    Robert Urbanek Active Member

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    According to a story Sunday in the San Francisco Chronicle, PG&E expects that power shut offs, even if more limited in the future, will likely remain necessary for 10 years. I suspect affected businesses, fi they can do so, will relocate outside the PG&E area and property in PG&E power shut-off areas will decline in value. I live in a PG&E area of Vacaville so far unaffected by the outages, which have crippled many businesses. More shut-offs to prevent utility-related fires are expected later this week because of high winds and low humidity.

    Another reason for many to leave California or not come here in the first place.
     
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    I'm sure it's a great time for the generator industry.

    I'm going to put on some tinfoil for a second... you know, this is one way to force alternative energy sources, or depopulate an area. Just sayin'.
     
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    Sorry, Texas is closed. Try Washington.

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    Any sympathy I ever had for CA disappeared years ago. They reap what they sew.
     
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    My CBS News Sacramento affiliate reports that the economic losses from the current round of PG&E shut-offs could total $2 billion. PG&E says its policy is to NOT reimburse customers for shut-off losses.
     
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    I was thinking this was unsustainable, but now I'm thinking the number of people it affects is pretty insignificant, compared to the state as a whole. And it's not going to happen very often. I think people who want to live in remote areas are just going to have to have a generator for when we get these high winds.
     

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