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They expect and deserve. That helps them live their lives and run their businesses. And this weighs heavily on everyone, including us at pg e. This is not how we want to serve you. And this is not how we want to run our business. Were actually in the business of providing power, not taking power away. So we feel the impact of the decision, and i understand how it alters, how it disrupts the normal flow of life and the normal flow of community. But theres another part of the reality that were in. With winds like we saw over the last 24 hours or so and the condition of the vegetation, we simply could not continue to run parts of this system given the risk to Public Safety. We struggle with this decision, as we do with any decision to turn off power. We weigh the level of acceptable risk given the circumstances, the wind, and the vegetation, and we determine that we must have zero risk of a spark. So what exactly was the risk . Well, we know from history that wind speeds, the wind speeds
Santacruz-countyCaliforniaUnited-statesNew-yorkOrovilleOaklandSonomaSouth-africaTogoWashingtonSeattleCoffey-parkAnd run their business. This weighs heavily on all of us including those of us at pg e. This is not how we want to serve you, and this is now how we want to run our business. Were actually in the business of providing power, not taking power away. So, we feel the impact of the decision, and i understand how it alters, how it disrupts the normal flow of life and the normal flow of community. But theres another part of the reality that were in. With winds like the last 24 hours or so and the conditions of the vegetation, we could not run parts of this system given the risk to Public Safety. We struggle with the decision as we do with any decision to turn off power. We weigh the level of acceptable risk given the circumstances, the wind and the vegetation, and we determine that we must have zero risk of a spark. So, what exactly was the risk . Well, we know from history that wind speed, the wind speeds at which our lines can be affected and cause a fire. Wind speeds at about 45milesperhou
FremontCaliforniaUnited-statesOaklandSonomaButte-countySan-diegoBrisbaneQueenslandAustraliaTogoSan-franciscoDan noyes has been on the pg e beat, and he joins us with the latest developments. Dan . Ama and dion, it took two twt days for pg e to announce another one is probably on this way this week. The reaction to pg es announcement of more blackouts, the second round this month was fast and angry. What pg e is supposed to be doing is taking the billions of dollars we have been giving them and trimming the trees and taking care of their grid so we dont have to have these shutoffs in the first place. Just this past friday, a parade of pg es top executives appeared before the California Public Utilities Commission to defend the blackouts two weeks ago that affected more than 700,000 customers. Pg e president and ceo bill johnson described the longterm outlook for what the Company Calls Public Safety power shutoffs, or pspss. Our goal over the next ten years is to eliminate these kind of psps events. Ten years of blackouts does not sit well with the governor, some lawmakers and state rate payer
FremontCaliforniaUnited-statesAlabamaNevadaBrentwoodOaklandSonomaTorontoOntarioCanadaLondonSome of the damage we had. I dont know how to advance my own slides, sorry. So this is the kind of thing i am talking about. This is a tree branch that has blown into the line. If that line is energized you would have a spark and a potential ignition of a wildfire. This is another example of the same thing. A wire down based on a tree flowing over. Ive a few more pictures and we can tell you a little more about this. Each of these is the potential to cause a significant fire. As i said last night it was an extremely difficult decision for us to make. We know it would and did cause hardship for many of the people we are privileged to serve and it continues to cause hardship for some of those people who are still without power tonight. Given the choice we face, the choice between hardship and safety, we chose safety and safety will always be our first choice. As far as where we are tonight, life is returning to normal for many of our customers. We have been able to get the lights back on
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