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Millions of Californians Are De-Powered As Utility Safeguards Bottom Line

California’s mass electricity shut-down has not gone well. Millions of state residents got little warning that their power would be switched off for up to a week while Pacific Gas & Electric checked its lines for any technical problems.

But as I wrote a couple days ago, it’s likely PG&E’s biggest concern was losing another […]

California Power Company Unplugs Customers to Protect Its Profits

Here in northern California on Wednesday morning, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has turned off power to hundreds of thousands of customers because of weather forecasts showing wildfire-producing high winds. Its spokes-minions have been appearing on media, portraying the company as sympathetic to rate-payers and concerned about their safety.

Plus, the power outage could last […]