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    California Approves Wide Power Outages To Prevent Wildfires

    More insanity in California!

    California regulators on Thursday approved allowing utilities to cut off electricity to possibly hundreds of thousands of customers to avoid catastrophic wildfires like the one sparked by power lines last year that killed 85 people and largely destroyed the city of Paradise. Utilities' liability can reach billions of dollars, and after several years of devastating wildfires, they asked regulators to allow them to pull the plug when fire risk is extremely high. That's mainly during periods of excessive winds and low humidity when vegetation is dried out and can easily ignite.
    The California Public Utilities Commission gave the green light but said utilities must do a better job educating and notifying the public, particularly those with disabilities and others who are vulnerable, and ramp up preventive efforts, such as clearing brush and installing fire-resistant poles. The plans could inconvenience hundreds of thousands of customers while endangering some who depend on electricity to keep them alive. The precautionary outages could mean multiday blackouts for cities as large as San Francisco and San Jose, Northern California's major power provider warned in a recent filing with the utilities commission.
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    Why not clear the weeds and brush, duh eco wackos would rather do without power.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Billy_Rightwing View Post
    Why not clear the weeds and brush, duh eco wackos would rather do without power.
    That would make too much sense.
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    They laughed at President Trump for suggesting such measures.
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    Historically the power companies have done a **** poor job of maintaining the transmission line brush clearance and keeping the towers and lines in good shape. They would rather pay bonuses to management and dividends to stock holders while screwing the public and insurance companies.
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