PG&E planned outages start in Northern California over fire danger

Many Pacific Gas and Electric customers are without power on Sunday as planned de-energizations start over critical fire weather.

Much of Northern California is experiencing windy and dry conditions on Sunday.

PG&E had warned that parts of Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, Napa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Solano and Yolo counties could likely see outages. Those de-energizations started a little after 5:30 a.m. #poweroutage #PGE
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/pg-e-planned-outages-start-in-northern-california-over-fire-danger/ar-AA23qGZ2?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=73cb47db84aa440cdc34edfea8cc7a6e&ei=19

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Why do we allow a major utility - #PGE - that uses fires and explosions and major outages as its maintenance indicators continue to operate?

And why has California's regulatory authority - #CPUC - allowed that to continue?

And why are ratepayers on the hook for the costs of PGE's bad management decisions?

PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/08/pge-december-blackout-report-cause-investigation/

PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout

An independent probe found that high humidity levels inside the Mission substation sparked an outage that left 120,000 customers without power.

The San Francisco Standard

Le fascisme, c'est la guerre !

#EuropeanLeft #PGE

BTW, if I didn't mention it, PGE sent us this in an email:

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#PGE #HeatPump

In a statement Friday, Chiu said the report showed that the company knew about damaged equipment at the substation and hadn’t done enough to fix it. “#PGE has a long history of failing to invest in its aging infrastructure and failing to fix faulty equipment,” Chiu said. “San Franciscans paid the price for PG&E’s pattern of inaction and indifference during the December blackout.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pg-e-reveals-cause-of-s-f-substation-fire-outages-22247309.php
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I've been seeing a lot of anti-Steyer ads on #TV & was wondering who was behind them.

So I asked #GeminiAI & this is part of the answer that I got:

"The primary vehicle for these attacks is a Political Action Committee (PAC) called "California is Not for Sale, No on Steyer for Governor 2026." This group is a coalition that includes:

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E): The largest donor, contributing roughly $10 million (some channeled through another PAC called Californians for Resilient and Affordable Energy).

California Association of Realtors: Contributed $5 million.

California Building Industry Association: Contributed $1 million.

California Association of Realtors: This group has contributed approximately $5 million to the efforts against Steyer.

California Building Industry Association: They have contributed roughly $1 million."

I'm not a big fan of Steyer's but now that I've learned that #PGE is spending SO MUCH of our rate $ against him, I'm going to give him another look.

For a limited time, PGE is offering a ducted heat pump for up to $1500, and a ductless one for free (up to $800).

#PGE #Portland #Oregon

I love how PG&E constantly sends me useless advice like:

“Unplug electronics when they're not in use. Save up to $15 per year”

My dudes, I can easily save $15 a week just by hanging my clothes out to dry. How come you never mention that in any of your advice?

#PGE

Three big 5000+ customer power outages across Santa Cruz this afternoon. #pge #pgeoutage