News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on PG&E may cut power to 850k California customers this weekend due to fire risk. Parent comment

Re:PG&E may cut power to 850k California customers this week... by cwperkins on Friday October 25, 2019 @06:37PM (#21359921)
Look at the problems that Eskom has. I'm no expert in the field, but I don't think this would alleviate the problem much. It sounds like PG&E needs investment to dig cables underground and probably should've done so a while ago.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:PG&E may cut power to 850k California customers this week... by anonuser123456 on Friday October 25, 2019 @06:48PM (#21359982)
They would need permission from their regulator to raise rates to get the return on investing in those improvements. But voters/rate payers don't like rate hikes... so no underground cables.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:PG&E may cut power to 850k California customers this week... by ummonk on Friday October 25, 2019 @06:59PM (#21360060)
Electric bills have always been such a small part of my utilities bills that I think a rate hike would be the right move.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:PG&E may cut power to 850k California customers this week... by codeddesign on Friday October 25, 2019 @08:38PM (#21360677)
Compared to? Water? Internet? Gas? What other major utilities are there. Unless you run purely on gas your electric bill will be your #1 cost utility.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:PG&E may cut power to 850k California customers this week... by ummonk on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:40PM (#21366414)
Gas, water, garbage, etc., never mind internet.
[ Parent | on HN ]