"LOS ANGELES - California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co should be held accountable for mismanaging last week’s widespread power shutoffs and urged the company to provide credits or rebates to affected customers.
Separately, the California Public Utility Commission ordered corrective steps by PG&E, the state’s largest investor-owned utility, while summoning eight of its top executives to an emergency meeting on Friday.
The utility, a unit of PG&E Corp (PCG.N), cut off electricity to more than 730,000 homes and workplaces in northern California last week in a bid to reduce wildfire risks posed by extremely windy, dry weather."
Steve Gorman reports for Reuters October 14, 2019.
SEE ALSO:
"This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room" (New York Times)
"California Demands PG&E Compensate Customers Affected By Forced Power Outage" (HuffPost)
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