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pilot program last year called enhanced power safety shutoff, also known as epss, has expanded into areas of high fire risk across the bay area. pacific gas and electric said the technology reduced emissions by more than 80%. these shutoffs must be happening every day. outages are happening. they shut off power. these outages, whenever there is an interruption, they could be happening every day. reporter: eps is different from psps, pg&e plans and initiates when dangerous conditions warrant the move. the automatic shutoffs happen without warning. you re okay with not having power for seven hours. i might not like it but everybody is making plans. reporter: once the lines get shut off, utility crews have to analyze them and leading to sometimes lengthy outages. we have 39 houses here and i can t think of one person that doesn t want to do everything that they possibly can to cooperate with pg&e and the fire department to make sure we all keep our houses. reporter
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