Archives for October 2019

California Utilities Ramp Up Line Work in Face of Fire Threats (via Engineering News Record)

October 24, 2019

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245, which represents more than 12…→

October 24, 2019

The worker was driving a PG&E vehicle when someone fired a pellet gun, hitting the front passeng…→

October 23, 2019

Linework is a craft with very little room for error, and most linemen aspire to be the absolute best…→

October 23, 2019

After days of warnings, PG&E Corp. announced today it will launch a major safety blackout Wednes…→

October 22, 2019

Issuing credits for the shutoff that began Oct. 9 would complicate the utility’s Chapter 11 bankru…→

October 22, 2019

Read the full story at https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/10/22/power-outage-violence-gavin-news…→

October 22, 2019

The affluent Bay Area suburb of Orinda, CA is situated just outside the Caldecott Tunnel, adjacent t…→

October 22, 2019

The governor told Johnson that PG&E must improve its website, which repeatedly crashed as the co…→

October 22, 2019

Frustrated by PG&E Corp.’s California blackouts and its existing options for exiting bankruptc…→

October 22, 2019

Unit #1313, Topock, has moved its December unit meeting from Dec. 5 to Dec. 3. The time and location…→