HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia’s new utility shutoff law is designed to give people extra time before they have their lights, gas or water turned off. The Emergency Utilities Protection Act was passed during the most recent General Assembly session in Richmond. Lawmakers who wrote the bill say it puts the health and safety […]
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2,000 homes and businesses in Northern California go dark in PG&E first safety shutoff of year
Nearly 2,000 ratepayers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. were in the dark Tuesday, cut off from the electricity grid after the utility implemented its first public safety power shutoff of the year amid hot, dry and windy conditions across Northern California ripe for possible wildfires. According to data provided by PG&E to the Governor’s […]
Honolulu panel addresses Hawaiian Electric’s power shut-off plan
In areas of the state prone to windstorms, drought and wildfires, Hawaiian Electric plans to implement its Public Safety Power Shutoff, or PSPS, program. Starting July 1, Hawaiian Electric says it will cut off power to its customers when conditions prove too hazardous to life and property. Those actions will occur on red-flag warning days, […]