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Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room by Thorrez on Sunday October 13, 2019 @03:53AM (#21239093)
Do they have contracts saying they will provide power 100% of the time?

Is them shutting the power off different from a tree falling on the line cutting power off? What if power went out due to some equipment failing that they didn't perform proper maintenance on?

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Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room by ncmncm on Sunday October 13, 2019 @01:33PM (#21241580)
They are a Public Utility, granted a monopoly in exchange for providing reliable power distribution. If they can't do that, they have no reason to exist at all, certainly not as a monopoly.
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