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PG&E trying a new tactic in power cuts to prevent wildfires

The nation’s largest utility said Tuesday it is executing smarter and shorter power shutoffs after receiving widespread criticism last year when it turned off electricity to 2 million people to

PG&E details plan to reduce reach of California blackouts by a third

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said Friday that it plans to invest in new power grid technology, weather-forecasting tools and other equipment that will help reduce the number of homes

PG&E, under siege after mass power shut-offs, stands its ground

PG&E Corp. admits it made big mistakes while cutting power to parts of more than 30 counties across California this month. But the perennially embattled San Francisco company does not

PG&E Fires Executive For Wine Outing Ahead Of Power Shutoff

A PG&E executive has been fired after entertaining the company’s top customers at a Sonoma winery in a poorly timed event just before power was cut to customers across the

As Bay Area recovers from PG&E power shutoff, many ask: ‘Was this necessary’?

For many Northern Californians, there was little remarkable about the weather that swept through the region in the middle of last week. Bone-dry winds came down from the north and

Column: What the heck has gone wrong here in California? From owning the future to blacked out

I was on the phone the other day with my sister, who lives in the Bay Area, and she said she had to get ready to deal with a planned

The California power outages show how dire the wildfire crisis has gotten — 9 of the state’s 10 biggest fires came in the last 16 years

The fire has spread quickly due to strong easterly winds, sometimes called the Santa Ana winds . The flames have burned more than 4,700 acres, at a rate of 800

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PG&E trying a new tactic in power cuts to prevent wildfires

PG&E details plan to reduce reach of California blackouts by a third

PG&E, under siege after mass power shut-offs, stands its ground

PG&E Fires Executive For Wine Outing Ahead Of Power Shutoff

As Bay Area recovers from PG&E power shutoff, many ask: ‘Was this necessary’?

Column: What the heck has gone wrong here in California? From owning the future to blacked out

The California power outages show how dire the wildfire crisis has gotten — 9 of the state’s 10 biggest fires came in the last 16 years

PG&E’s blackouts were ‘not surgical by any stretch.’ Its systems may be to blame

PG&E’s Forced Power Outage Reveals Flaws in Archaic Power System

Why PG&E is taking drastic measures to prevent the next big wildfire

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