Residents living on and near Fifth Street, along with about 100 students and faculty at Island High School and the Alameda Child Development Center, were forced to evacuate during a gas leak on January 14. Ken Der talks with residents and shares a statement from PG&E's media representative about what happened. https://alamedapost.com/news/west-end-gas-leak-prompts-evacuations/
#alameda #AlamedaFireDepartment #GasLeak #PacificGasAndElectric
A contractor tasked with the excavation of a tree stump on Buena Vista Avenue hit a gas service line on December 30, resulting in urgent calls to the Alameda Fire Department and PG&E. Margie Siegal shares statements by Alameda Public Works and PG&E, which tell different versions of the story. https://alamedapost.com/news/tree-removal-turns-emergency-gas-line-repair/
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is proposing a 3.5% average annual rate increase between 2027 and 2030 to fund safety, reliability, and climate resilience projects. Give your feedback during remote meetings, in-person meetings, or online. https://alamedapost.com/news/pge-cpuc-public-forum-2027-rate-change-application/
PG&E made a whole new website that's supposed to be a "better customer experience" and it's a clusterfuck.
I just paid my bill and got the email confirmation that I'd paid but the website still shows I owe the money. How many people are going to just double or triple pay?
It doesn't reflect that I'm enrolled in CARE (the low income subsidy) and clicking the link to that program goes to a dead page.
I'm sure there are more issues but those are the two that just happened to me.
The enshittification rolls on apace. Fuck sake.
"The Vistra fire in Moss Landing caught everyone by surprise. What we can learn from it?” —David Schmalz, #MontereyCountyWeekly cover story
"On Feb. 13, 2022, a similar incident occurred at Vistra’s Moss 100 facility, and this time, both #Vistra facilities were taken offline.
"Meanwhile, PG&E’s 182.5-megawatt Elkhorn facility came online in April 2022. Unlike both Vistra facilities, the Elkhorn’s batteries were not in buildings – they were in an array of 256 Tesla Megapacks on 33 concrete slabs.
In the early morning of Sept. 20 of that year, just over five months later, a fire broke out in one of #Tesla Megapacks at the facility, prompting the closure of Highway 1 and a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents. Though the fire only burned for six hours, the orders remained in effect until just before 7pm due to the risk of toxic smoke inhalation.”
#MontereyCounty #MossLanding #BatteryFire #MontereyCountyNow #PGE #PacificGasAndElectric
@Thebratdragon It seems the #Tesla batteries were involved in the fire. And it seems that #PacificGasAndElectric also had a hand in "ensuring safety" at the facility. And they want to keep #DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant going? smh
"This is not the plant's first fire; it experienced another in September 2022, when an individual battery storage unit rose in flames.
"Operations resumed in December 2022 after the Energy Safety Response Group (ESRG), a third-party energy safety consultant, finalized a review of the situation. PG&E, in conjunction with Tesla, the battery provider, 'implemented corrective actions and conducted extensive system testing,' as PG&E announced.
"The exact cause of the current incident at the plant remains uncertain. Still, ESRG's 2022 report identified that last year's fire was sparked by 'an equipment installation issue resulting in water ingress caused the battery's cells to overheat and catch fire,' according to the press release.
"Due to the blaze, #Highway1 near the site has been shut down, as reported by KION concerning the California Highway Patrol."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/tesla-battery-storage-plant-fire-erupts-as-residents-told-to-shelter-in-place/ar-AA1xlUae
#MossLandingPowerPlant #MontereyCounty #BESSfires #LithiumBatteries #LithiumBatteryFires #MossLanding
Today #PacificGasAndElectric ( #PGE ) had an electric outage in my neighborhood. They are investigating the cause. My mother heard an explosion around noon, so we think a transformer blew.
According to a post on Nextdoor, at 12:17pm it left 5092 customers without power, down to 775 at 12:28pm.
On PG&E's site, they estimated service restoration by about 3:30pm. They got it back on at 2:24pm.
#NRC agrees to reevaluate #SeismicRisk at #DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant
Tue, Sep 3, 2024, 4:01PM
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"In response to a petition filed by #environmental groups earlier this year, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will reinvestigate earthquake fault lines and the potential for seismic activity and ensuing damage at California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
“ 'This is a major step forward and a clear acknowledgment that our concerns are valid,' said Diane Curran, legal counsel for Mothers for Peace, about the NRC’s decision. 'It’s rare for the [commission] to review a petition of this nature, highlighting the . . . seriousness of the seismic risks involved.'
"Critics of Diablo Canyon, which is California’s only remaining nuclear plant, say previous environmental reports about the site significantly underestimate the likelihood of a severe earthquake.
"Owner Pacific Gas & Electric has long contested claims of danger due to seismic activity, since Diablo Canyon was built and retrofitted to withstand powerful earthquakes. In March 2023, PG&E received approval from the NRC in the form of a 'timely renewal' exemption to continue operating the Diablo Canyon reactors beyond their retirement dates of 2024 and 2025. Later that year, in December, the California Public Utilities Commission voted to extend the life of the plant an additional five years. A 20-year license renewal application for plant’s two reactors is currently under review with the NRC."
Read more:
https://www.ans.org/news/article-6353/nrc-agrees-to-reevaluate-seismic-risk-at-diablo-canyon/
#NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #RethinkNotRestart #MothersForPeace #CascadianSubductionZone #Earthquakes #PacificGasAndElectric
#PacificGasAndElectric is running a virtual town hall right now, but doesn't let attendees see the other virtual townspeople and their virtual torches and virtual pitchforks.
PG&E continues to raise rates to its customers and continues to pay dividends to its investors.
Last year we paid $0.27 per kWh. Now it's $0.48.
On Father's Day, all 29 of Alameda's on-duty firemen rushed to a fire at a Queen Anne-style home on the 1700 block of Minturn Street. Steve Gorman relays that there were no injuries to residents or first responders, and he is hopeful that the old home can be repaired.
https://alamedapost.com/news/130-year-old-victorian-era-home-burns/
#afd #alameda #AlamedaFireDepartment #AlamedaPolice #amp #apd #history #PacificGasAndElectric
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