California Lawmakers Lambaste PG&E During Hearing on Mass Blackouts

California Lawmakers Lambaste PG&E During Hearing on Mass Blackouts (SF Chronicle – Nov. 21)

“Public anger at Pacific Gas and Electric Co. swept over the state Capitol Monday as lawmakers held their first oversight hearing on the mass blackouts the utility undertook in October… ‘We thought that PG&E would use a scalpel in implementing these planned blackouts,’ said state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco. ‘Instead PG&E has chosen to use a sledgehammer and then turn around and essentially tell the public, “Sorry, suck it up, we’ll fix it in 10 years.”’”