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October 15, 2019

Do California power shutoffs work?

  • It's hard to know, experts say.
    • By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JOCELYN GECKER
    Associated Press

    SAN FRANCISCO — Millions of Californians spent part of the week in the dark in an unprecedented effort by the state's large electrical utilities to prevent another devastating wildfire. It was the fifth time Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has preemptively cut the power but by far the largest to date in the utility's effort to prevent a deadly wildfire sparked by its power lines.

    But do the power shut-offs actually prevent fires?


     
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