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Achieving Wildfire Safety: Southern California Edison vs Pacific Gas & Electricity

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Laurie

PG&E vs Southern California Edison (SCE)— PG&E fails to provide a safe, reliable system in contrast to SCE. Since the terrible fires statewide in 2017, there has been enormous pressure on utilities, especially the three largest Investor-owned Utilities (IOUs) that provide electric power to much of the State and (unlike Municipal Utilities) are guaranteed a profit. PG&E is very skilled…

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County Supervisors Get Letter from Commission on the Environment

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Laurie

People Speak in Favor of a New PG&E Agreement During Public Meeting The County Commission on the Environment (COE) voted unanimously to send a letter to the Board of Supervisors containing information from the VWC Environmental Committee’s presentation on July 26th about the potential new PG&E Franchise Agreement, along with supporting documents. At the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors…

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SC County Commission on the Environment Hears PG&E Franchise Presentation

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Laurie

The Santa Cruz County Commission on the Environment (COE) unanimously passed a motion made by Virginia (Gine) Johnson, 5th District Analyst and a member of the commission, recommending to the Board of Supervisors that the Board examine the county’s PG&E franchise fees in its nearly 70-year-old franchise agreement with the utility, adopted in 1955 as County Ordinance 470, with no end date….

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Is a Safe Electric System Possible? Yes!

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Laurie

The failure by PG&E to provide a safe and reliable electric system is untenable. This is especially true when PG&E’s focus on Enhanced Vegetation Management (basically removing any and all trees that might threaten its unsafe, antiquated distribution lines, without regard for the disastrous environmental impacts) and on the Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), which are truly the only effective way to…

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