California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that utility Pacific Gas and Ele...
LOS ANGELES - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co should be held accountable for mismanaging last week’s widespread power shutoffs and urged the company to provide credits or rebates to affected customers.
The precautionary shutdown, unprecedented in its scope, has been widely criticized as being haphazardly conducted on too large a scale with insufficient advance notice to affected customers. “Californians should not pay the price for decades of PG&E’s greed and neglect,” Newsom said. “We will continue to hold PG&E accountable to make radical changes – prioritizing the safety of Californians and modernizing its equipment.”
“Failures in execution, combined with the magnitude of this event, created an unacceptable situation that should never be repeated,” Batjer wrote.
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