Furniture. Reporter he does have hope for more financial assistance. I went to an attorney and we filed a claim against pg e. I believe there will be 28 billion available in bankruptcy court. Reporter includes a fund for Northern California wildfire victims. It applies to a wide range of people. Not just those who lost their homes. Who were not able to stay in the apartment for weeks on end. If they had to hire hotel stays. It wasnt compensated by fema. Reporter an attorney with legal aid of Sonoma County is encouraging anyone who thinks they might have a claim filed by mondays 5 pm deadline. There is no cost or downside to doing so. If you like to hire an attorney we would encourage you. It is not required to have an attorney. I hope to be in in march. Reporter it would be okay without any help from the pg e bankruptcy fun. He is just looking forward to getting back home. Life is for the living. You have to have a positive attitude and continue on. That is what i have done. If you hav
Have a better idea once we see the data. If i hurt you right you said youre going to contact affected customers directly. Is that new from the last event and if so can you elaborate what if there are people who have cell phones or outdated numbers . We do try to contact every affected customer by phone email or text. I think we have a very high hit rate on that. It is the same as we have been doing. We had a couple hundred thousand people who updated their Contact Information. We want people to do that several times a year. If you have a new cell phone update your Contact Information so we can reach you. Those 48 ur notices have gone out for the. San mateo county. We are not at the 48 hour mark yet. Any other questions . Thank you. Plan for the same time tomorrow. You are listening into the pg e press conference where they are answering questions. About the communication and how residents will be alerted if there is a power shut off. Lets break it down for the bay area. Parts of sonoma
Many are frustrated that thsame thcould happen again. It is unsettling. It is kind of scary. Reporter an emergency meeting in San Francisco did not help to ease the mind of pg e customers concerned about another possible Public Safety power shut off. It is hard to believe they expect us to have sympathy for them. They make too many mistakes. Reporter the ceo bill johnson was grilled about the ps ps. And what the Company Plans to do to mitigate fire danger. Unacceptable situation that should never be repeated. Reporter the National Weather service is watching for potential fire weather in the bay area next week. No plans to shut off the power as of tonight. That might become an option. The longterm solution to cover the wires and increase Vegetation Management is years away. What is the timeline you see for that . Better every year. Probably a 10 year timeline. They are clearly trying to put a bandaid on the wound. I dont know if they put the right bandaid on to solve the problem. Repor
Service is watching for potential fire weather in the bay area next week. No plans to shut off the power as of tonight. That might become an option. The longterm solution to cover the wires and increase Vegetation Management is years away. What is the timeline you see for that . Better every year. Probably a 10 year timeline. They are clearly trying to put a bandaid on the wound. I dont know if they put the right bandaid on to solve the problem. Reporter aaron was left in the dark last week he feels the Corporation Like pg e should of had a better plan in place years ago to reduce reduce the risk of fire danger. They shouldve been investing for the last 10 years and doing rate increases accordingly to properly invest in infrastructure. Reporter pg e is asking for a rate increase which will kick in in january. An average customer will see an increase of about nine dollars per month. That is if the puc approves the rate hike. The governor just created a new job meant to keep an eye on ut
33 cal and napa. 6400 and san ing with and san mateo county. Reporter pg e will possibly shut the power off later this week. Possibly. But no final decision has been made. We are hoping the weather breaks in our favor and we dont have to do this. Reporter wildfire conditions are headed back to northern california. So the Power Company is laying the groundwork for another preemptive power shut off. In the bay area customers in sonoma and napa counties are being notified their power could shut off as soon as wednesday. San mateo county it could be lights out early thursday morning. The public will be notified of the decision on wednesday. The power shut off prevented fires earlier this month. The problems and widespread criticism. The governor said this last power shutdown was unacceptable. If im hearing you right you sit there were problems but it is going to go on. You even said in that meeting if this is going to go on for another decade. Pg e is being arrogant about that. Can you add