WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

In the last couple of years, Pacific Electric & Gas along with other electrical providing companies have been under the eye of the California state regulators after the recent deadly fires that have been started by electrical power lines. Disruptions in these power lines such as overgrown vegetation, or downed power lines have created more than 1,000 fires in the past ten years. According to The Wall Street Journal talking about PG&E, “the utility company’s equipment led to more than 1,500 fires from June 2014 to December 2017.”

CURRENT IMPLETATIONS TO STOP FIRES FROM BEING STARTED:

· Weather monitoring for high winds and low humidity.

· Cutting power to areas that are in “Red Zone’s” during bad weather times.

In the graph below, it list the number of fires from 2014-2016 and how they were started. Vegetation was the highest for all three of the years recorded, signifying that they are lacking maintenance of their power lines.

For more graphs and stats on how PG&E has caused deadly wild fires please visit https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/fireincidentsdata/

Will Schroeder takes full responsibility for the information posted. The information on this page represents that of  Will Schroeder and not that of California State University, Sacramento.