PG&E’s history with blackouts signaled trouble - News - recordnet.com - Stockton, CA

PG&E’s history with blackouts signaled trouble - News - recordnet.com - Stockton, CA: SAN FRANCISCO — The state senators grilling the CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. were upset — like millions of other Californians, some spent days in the dark when the nation’s largest utility shut off power during windstorms this fall. The lawmakers demanded that the executive explain why blackouts intended to prevent downed power lines from sparking deadly wildfires caused so much trouble of their own. The explanation CEO Bill Johnson offered the Capitol hearing