Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a much different power crisis than what upended a previous California governor, Gray Davis. But the PG&E outages still pose a political threat.
More than a million Californians remained without power Thursday after PG&E shut off electricity in an attempt to prevent devastating wildfires.
“We have a bankrupt corporation owned by hedge funds deciding whether the Northern California economy can function,” Wiener said. “The Legislature and the governor have done a lot the last two years to try to address this horrific wildfire situation and a lot of good changes have been made, but the next step is going to be around how to deal with these blackouts.”
The governor went on to point out that SDG&E, a smaller utility with more advanced technology, has done a much better job of managing its electrical system than PG&E and without the intervention of government. “In Newsom’s case, he has the advantage of being able to say that this is not the state’s fault, this is not the fed government’s fault, this is not the customers’ fault. This is PG&E’s fault,” South said.
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