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PG&E warns of possible power shutoff in Woodside, Portola Valley

Original post made on Oct 22, 2019

PG&E is estimating that San Mateo County customers in 10 communities, including Portola Valley and Woodside, may lose power at 1 a.m. on Thursday as the utility prepares for another power shutoff.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, October 21, 2019, 5:50 PM

Comments

Posted by Enuff
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 22, 2019 at 2:13 pm

How dare PG&E hold us hostage.
How about they maintain their equipment and clear dry brush and dead trees or work with other agencies to do so?
We don't pay them to deprive us of our power, which has become our necessity and lifeline in many ways.
Using their argument, basically admitting they're grossly incompetent, they could just turn off everyone's power for good, and say they've now prevented wildfires.

The problem is, besides the obvious, that wildfires can start for other reasons than PG&E's substandard maintenance of its equipment.
In fact, this happened recently in Los Angeles. Their energy company "proactively" shut down their power--and a wildfire started anyway.

Customers need to loudly protest against this ill-conceived "preventive" measure that's so greatly disruptive to our lives.


Posted by So In the mean time...
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 22, 2019 at 4:08 pm

...while we wait for the improvements you demand, we'll not have the power cut off so we can have a much higher risk wildfire/ Good logic.
What's your fix for minimizing the extreme danger right now, by Thurs when the temps and wind kick in? Nothing?

OK to be angry that it's come to this, but cutting the power IS the correct thing right now.


Posted by Cayo
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 23, 2019 at 3:10 pm

Why am I just now seeing the clearing of limbs and shrubbery along Portola Road near Wayside Drive? This area along the horse trail has been overgrown with limbs against power lines for decades! And that's just one example. Why did PGE stop the trimming and maintenance? Is this why we are in such trouble now?


Posted by Do Nothing Owners
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 24, 2019 at 6:09 am

The limbs are being cut now because do-nothing property owners who had years did nothing and wanted Nanny to come do it.
Ask each proerty owner "Why did you wait so many years to take action"