(Dagny Taggart) California is burning, and the planned power outages initiated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) have understandably enraged a lot of residents, particularly due to an unexpected consequence: the blackouts have cut power to many cellphone towers.
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Insurers Tell California Citizens to Drop Dead: Fire Coverage Yanked from 350,000 Residents in Response to PGE Power Blackouts and ‘Fire Risk’
(JD Heyes) Why Americans continue to elect Democrats, whose policies are tyrannical and economically destructive, is a mystery.
STARTING TODAY: PG&E’s Rolling Blackouts Could Leave 1.8 Million Californians Without Power
(Zero Hedge) Parts of California are seriously starting to behave like a third world country. No, we’re not talking about the poop, homeless, and opioid crisis on the streets of San Francisco, we’re talking about rolling blackouts from the state’s electric company, PG&E Corp.
TIME: PG&E Admits It Might Be the Cause of Northern California Wildfire Despite Preventative Blackouts
(Erin Elizabeth) California’s largest utility company, PG&E, acknowledged its electrical equipment might have ignited a wildfire burning in wine country Friday, despite blackouts imposed across the region to prevent fires.
California Utility Giant PG&E Possibly Involved in 400 Fires in 2018, as Execs Got Huge Bonuses
(Elias Marat) A new investigation has found that equipment belonging to PG&E may have been at fault in contributing to over 400 fires in California last year.
California Faces “Biggest Blackout Ever” As 2.5 Million PG&E Customers May Have No Power For Days
(Zero Hedge) Earlier this week we joked that with PG&E now scrambling to enforce intentional blackouts every time there are powerful winds for fears the bankrupt company’s aged infrastructure could cause a new fire, “every time the wind blows California will become Venezuela.”
PG&E May Sporadically Cut Power To Californians For A DECADE
(Zero Hedge) Californians trying to justify living in the Golden State might be updating their pro/con list by occasional candlelight for up to a decade, according to PG&E.