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Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Why PG&E’s Customers May See Even More Blackouts This Year

May 6, 2020

Via: Greentech Media

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric may need to rely even more heavily on forced blackouts this year, to prevent its grid from starting more deadly wildfires like the ones that drove it into bankruptcy. PG&E’s wildfire mitigation work appears […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

US Microgrid Market Slowed in 2019. PG&E Could Single-Handedly Reverse the Trend

December 18, 2019

Via: Greentech Media

The burgeoning U.S. microgrid industry is set to install less controllable capacity this year than it did last year. But that setback may prove a temporary blip, especially if a new effort to back up the beleaguered Northern California grid […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Twice Burned, Once Shy—Why Californians Should Be Wary of Bailing Out PG&E Again

January 21, 2019

Via: Greentech Media

The last time Pacific Gas & Electric declared bankruptcy, in 2001, its customers paid billions of dollars in higher rates while company creditors and shareholders lost little. In that case, PG&E’s losses were largely due to deregulation and marketplace manipulations […]