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by fanf2 2132 days ago
Don't last year's blackouts count?

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/23/pge-rebuked-over-imposing-bl...

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Those were for fire safety, not because of excess load on the electrical grid.
They were also exclusive to PG&E, and not statewide.
They were a tactic in a political battle. Saying they were "for fire safety" is stretching things.
Wikipedia attributes the outages to fire prevention: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_California_power_shutof...

Can you provide a source for your viewpoint?