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Re: California public safety power shutdowns


From: Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:53:39 -0700


On 10/9/19 2:15 PM, William Herrin wrote:
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 12:37 PM Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com <mailto:sean () donelan com>> wrote:

    Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison have started
    Public
    Safety Power Shut-offs (PSPS) in California wildfire high-risk areas.


Wasn't California in a similar mess 20 years ago when government regulation at the time also put PG&E in the position that they couldn't deliver the electricity their customers wanted? Something to do with hard limits on what PG&E could do but few limits on what third parties could do to it.


No.

Mike


Regards,
Bill Herrin


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