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PG&E crew (Right to left) Rich Surina, Cho Nip, Sean Smith and Adam Moreno review their plan before they get to work
Photos by John Storey
IBEW 1245 crews for Pacific Gas & Electric worked around the clock restoring service to customers in the wake of the major storm that pummeled northern California in mid-December. Wind gusts reached 95 mph in some higher elevations, with many communities reporting several inches of rainfall. Over 400,000 customers lost power, but service was restored quickly to almost all of them.
It’s no fun working in the rain, but these crews did what had to be done. Foreman Rich Surina, Linemen Cho Nip and Vic Ramil, and Apprentices Brandon Yarbrough, Sean Smith and Adam Moreno took advantage of a break in the weather on Dec. 12 to replace two storm-damaged transformers in San Francisco.