Red Flag Warning Prompts PG&E to Proactively Shut Off Power
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Pacific Gas & Electric said it will shut off power Saturday to about 1,600 customers in Northern California and may do the same for thousands more to reduce the risk of wildfires.
The utility announced Friday night that as of Saturday morning it will turn off electricity to customers in Napa, Solano and Yolo counties west of Sacramento.
The utility said it also will monitor conditions in parts of the Sierra foothills Saturday night through Sunday when they will be at peak fire risk. The company said it could decide to cut power to 30,000 customers in Butte, Yuba, Nevada, El Dorado and Placer counties starting at 6 a.m. Saturday. The peak fire risk will last until 10 a.m. Sunday, according to PG&E.
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so they won't admit responsibility for their faulty equipment causing fires and as such won't fix their faulty equipment instead they're just cutting power to all the poor areas