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The problem in my neighborhood (literally right across the 101 from the Google MTV campus) was that PG&E never bothered to bury the lines, and the overhead line
by drewg123 3y ago
The problem in my neighborhood (literally right across the 101 from the Google MTV campus) was that PG&E never bothered to bury the lines, and the overhead lines were poorly maintained and overgrown by trees. So whenever there was wind, branches would drop, and take out the power. We'd have an outtage quite regularly.
Contrast to my neighborhoods in other states where the power wires were buried, and the only times we were without power was when the transmission lines to the entire neighborhood were taken out by weather far more severe than I ever saw in CA.
- b112 3y agoTo be fair, I live in rural Quebec, and none of rhe power lines are buried. Yet these power lines travel through woods, forests, and? The vegetation is kept pruned. Meanwhile, even with Hydro Quebec performing normal maintenance (unlike PG&E), we have the lowest power rates in Canada nad the US. And that's with a far more rural population, compared to SV, which means a lot more pruning per customer served. The problem is PG&E, not that the lines aren't buried.