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PG&E caught again (Original Post)
Ernesto
May 2015
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Cleita
(75,480 posts)1. We need to take public utilities out of the hands of for profit private energy companies like PG&E.
They offer crappy service at the best and are dangerous and destructive at worst. Time for either customer cooperatives or county or municipalities to take over public utilities. Every time I have had those kind of services they have been far superior in quality and service than the Edisons and PG & E's.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. Linky no worky
It just sits there with a balloon that says "Optimizing...".
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. For whatever reason, it works here in the office
Here's the text version:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/How-PG-E-missed-chance-to-avert-San-Bruno-blast-6283494.php
Seven years before a natural-gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno killed eight people, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. engineers were alerted that a crucial piece of information about the pipes troubled history was missing, a newly uncovered document shows.
That information could have been tracked down at a PG&E district office in San Carlos and if it had, the disaster might have been averted. But there is no indication PG&E sought out the information or did anything with it....
If a line has a history of failed seams the eventual cause of the San Bruno explosion federal law requires that it be checked with a method that can detect such a problem, such as pumping it full of water at high pressure.
Thats expensive, however, and PG&E preferred a cheaper method one that could detect problems such as corrosion, but not a bad seam.
That information could have been tracked down at a PG&E district office in San Carlos and if it had, the disaster might have been averted. But there is no indication PG&E sought out the information or did anything with it....
If a line has a history of failed seams the eventual cause of the San Bruno explosion federal law requires that it be checked with a method that can detect such a problem, such as pumping it full of water at high pressure.
Thats expensive, however, and PG&E preferred a cheaper method one that could detect problems such as corrosion, but not a bad seam.
Busted! They should be forced into bankruptcy and their assets turned over to a public agency.