[EAS] Communication Services Down

[Barry Mishkind]

At 11:38 AM 10/26/2019, Kelly Alford wrote:
>If I lived in a PG&E zone, when this fiasco was over, I would be calling one
>of the local solar installation companies, then Tesla for a couple Powerwall
>2's. 

        That might not be a bad idea.

> Once installed, I would have PG&E pull my meter.  The lack of
>reliability and deferred maintenance of their network over several years,
>not to mention the failing infrastructure starting fires, means they've
>failed as a viable utility that I'm no longer bound to support.    

        There is an editorial in the Wall Street Journal today
        that explains things a bit more clearly: apparently,
        politics has played a part, with demands to put money
        into "renewable" energy and giving discounts to
        poor people... being put ahead of maintenance. 

        I'm the last person to defend a utility that let
        such a situation to develop, but in the People's
        Republic of CA, not all is as straightforward as
        Lombard Street. 

        ... and none of which explains the reliance on 
        Internet, VoiP, and reverse 911...