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PG&E warns San Luis Obispo County residents of possible power outages

September 28, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

It is going to be hot in San Luis Obispo County next week which could result in power outages for some PG&E customers.

PG&E warns of possible public safety power shutoffs in parts of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties on Monday and Tuesday. The shutoffs are tools for reducing the risk of wildfires during windy, hot weather.

There are multiple counties facing possible outages including, Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Glenn, Humboldt, Napa, Shasta, Sonoma and Tehama.

For more information about the planned outages, visit the PG&E website.

 


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PG&E needs to reimburse us for all the times they turn the electricity off.


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What??? Power outages???!!! well, lets force everyone to buy electric cars… that makes sense, right?

no? well, at least we can control them.


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It’s funny….I moved out of state a few years ago. Our electricity bill is a third of what PG&E was and we’ve never once lost power.


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The people of the state of California need to demand we get an independent audit of our budget… How much we spend and what we spend it on so the people can see the waste… then we need to pressure the state to bury our power lines… there is no way we would have put up with this many power outages when I was a kid… why or how we have become so conditioned to just accept this is unexplainable but sad…


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I agree with your sentiment Rambunctious. One thing to remember however is how the population of this state has exploded. I don’t know your age but when I was a teen the population of California was around thirteen million, now it’s just shy of 40 million. More than 10 percent of the U.S. population lives here now. It is clear to me that the power grid/infrastructure, like our transportations infrastructure has clearly not kept up with demand. And whose fault is that? I would argue that it is the decision makers and the body politic who keep them in power.


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“put up with this many power outages “


When I moved to SLO County/Morro Bay decades ago, every time it rained the first time of the year long Outages. First windy rainy day long Outages. The power now is so much more reliable then the days of rusty fog in MB.


Don’t get me wrong we should nationalize the California grid and the cost plus monopoly, but the power is more reliable now then in days past.


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“power is more reliable now then in days past”


But that’s Morro Bay… a unique situation… and its not that its going out due to rain or a storm… the power is going out mainly for wildfire safety so bury the lines. I would bet the cost of not doing so will one day out weigh the cost of just getting the job done…


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“Public safety power shutoff”, “mid week power shutoff”, ” 60 degree power shutoff”, “Tuesday power shut off”…………….. How about incompetency power shut off!!!


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