California PG&E going full regard. Preemptively shutting off power to 800,000 for up to 7 days straight in anticipation of 45 mph winds

[Dr Fear 1,268]

So, I came across the interactive map fro PG&E's outages, and every single one if you click for more information says "PG&E has assigned a crew to assess the outage."  Which implies to me that the system has that as the default status even when no physical action has been taken.

 

http://critweb-outage.pgealerts.com/

[drt 638]

Every utility does that.

[Sandman 3,403]

EV owners screwed over by the shutdown:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29428694/electric-car-owners-power-shutdown-california/

[luke duke 6,413]

EV owners screwed over by the shutdown their decision to buy an electric car in a state with a history of poor grid reliability:
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a29428694/electric-car-owners-power-shutdown-california/

FIFY

[Hawndoh 2,386]

Strap a generator to the roof and drive around plugged in. 

[RPM 26,322]

[EastTexan 662]

36 minutes ago, RPM said:

Drive to Vegas, or wherever, to get fuel for his generator?

[Beau Vine 54,246]

On 10/10/2019 at 1:03 PM, Felix said:

PG&E might be the most tone deaf organization in the country.