The almost 2 million Californians who spent part of last week in the dark certainly hope so.
SAN FRANCISCO — Millions of Californians spent part of the week in the dark in an unprecedented effort by the state’s large electrical utilities to prevent another devastating wildfire. It was the fifth time Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has preemptively cut the power but by far the largest to date in the utility’s effort to prevent a deadly wildfire sparked by its power lines.
But it’s too early — and maybe impossible — to tell if that can be attributed to increased measures to cut power. Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted PG&E for what he called decades of mismanagement, underinvestment and lousy communication with the public. He pointed to San Diego Gas & Electric, which pioneered proactive power shutoffs following a devastating 2007 fire sparked by its equipment, as a model for responsibly shutting off power in bad weather.
“We didn’t have all the answers then, but what we did know as we had to change and we had to do things differently,” Winn said.
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