https://www.ktvu.com/news/overloaded-generator-likely-sparked-oakland-hills-fire-during-pge-power-shutoffs
Chris Macaulay said he was charging his mobile phone in his car when he saw smoke in the area of Crown Avenue and Merriewood Drive in the Oakland Hills at...
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-01/bay-area-power-shutdowns-future
With power shutdowns becoming more frequent, some Bay Area residents are mastering the art of preparation.
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https://forthemany.org/blog/housing-justice/central-hudson-reducing-shutoffs/
Nov 28, 2021 - In December 2015, Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson successfully petitioned the New York Public Service Commission (PSC), the state’s utility regulator, to...
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https://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/recent/granholm/press-releases/2009/12/14/granholm-signs-final-five-bills-protecting-customers-of-municipal-utilities-from-shutoffs
Governor Granholm signed final five bills in a legislative package providing increased protection from shutoffs for customers of municipal utilities in...
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https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/pennsylvania-utilities-moratorium-covid-payments-20201116.html
By ending the statewide moratorium on utility payments, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission risks putting many in financial precarity.
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https://www.nclc.org/resources/risks-of-utility-shutoffs-are-rising-in-massachusetts/
The National Consumer Law Center has compiled Massachusetts gas and electric arrearage data collected in DPU docket 20-58 through February 2023. Here we...
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https://www.wunc.org/2020-10-25/360-000-customers-lose-power-in-california-amid-fire-safety-shutoffs
Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced a public safety power shutoff over the weekend as some of the strongest winds and driest conditions of this year's...
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https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/water-shutoffs-underway-in-hamtramck
Starting Tuesday, the city of Hamtramck is shutting off water to residents and business owners behind on their bills.
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https://www.ktvu.com/video/967307
PG&E said the utility might proactively shut off power Tuesday night in small portions of 16 California counties due to a wind event. PG&E customers in...
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https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/will-a-7600-price-tag-derail-a-bill-to-better-track-utility-shutoffs-in-nevada
Just two weeks after an investigation found that NV Energy overcharged tens of thousands of customers over the span of more than two decades, likely resulting...
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https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/at-least-72-000-san-diego-gas-electric-customers-without-power-due-to-public-safety-shutoffs-120320
At least 70,000 San Diego Gas & Electric customers were without power Thursday due to public safety power shutoffs amid increased fire hazards caused by Santa...
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https://ucanr.edu/blog/farming-foothills/article/public-safety-power-shutoffs-how-your-farm-coping
Over the weekend, much of the Sierra foothills was impacted by another PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoff (or PSPS, as the company calls it).
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https://www.fox9.com/news/cities-go-to-extremes-with-coronavirus-quarantine-crackdowns-checkpoints-power-shutoffs-steep-fines
With the daily number of coronavirus cases in the United States still hovering at about 50,000 and American deaths from the disease approaching 160,000, cities...
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https://www.lex18.com/news/national/pg-e-should-compensate-customers-for-power-shutoffs-california-governor-says
Newsom is urging PG&E to give credits or rebates of $100 to each residential customer and $250 to small businesses as "some compensation for their hardships,"...
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https://www.kqed.org/news/11833699/check-out-california-power-outages-in-real-time
This power outage map shows where electricity has been shut off by PG&E and other utilities across California.
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https://www.ktvu.com/news/residents-on-edge-as-fire-danger-power-shutoffs-likely-for-weekend
And with temperatures and wind increasing, the National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for the North Bay hills beginning Saturday morning and...
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https://www.ktvu.com/video/1660183
Power shutoffs are likely for parts of the Bay Area, according to PG&E. The utility says it may shut off power in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and Sonoma...
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https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/03/caus-m14.html
The Committee Against Utility Shutoffs led a demonstration down Dexter Avenue in Detroit to defend the right of working people to basic utilities.
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https://sfist.com/2023/08/29/first-red-flag-warning-of-this-fire-season-announced-for-sacramento-valley/
A swath of the North Bay and much of the Sacramento Valley are under a Red Flag Warning starting Tuesday night and lasting through Wednesday evening, as the...
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https://www.apmreports.org/story/2019/05/21/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-to-end-water-shutoffs
Following an APM Reports investigation of rising water rates, Lori Lightfoot says the city will no longer deprive people of "a basic human right."
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https://grist.org/cities/those-detroit-water-shutoffs-blame-em-on-botched-bookkeeping/
Documents in a new suit show that Detroit's water utility forgot to charge $115 million in sewage fees -- then hit residents with surprise catch-up bills.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/public-safety/2025/01/06/sdge-warns-of-potential-power-shutoffs-amid-wildfire-risks
SDG&E reported that up to 64,866 customers could lose power this week due to heightened wildfire risks.
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https://www.denvergazette.com/2025/12/24/businesses-face-losses-after-xcel-power-shutoffs/
Businesses, hospitals and officials discuss the effects of the Xcel Energy shutoffs in western Denver last week.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-power-shutoffs-weather-could-fan-wildfire-flames/
Pacific Gas & Electric warned it may cut power from Sunday morning to Monday, potentially affecting 97,000 customers in 16 counties.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/205k-socal-edison-customers-could-see-power-shutoffs-wednesday/
The most powerful Santa Ana wind event of the season is expected to descend on the region beginning late Tuesday night.
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