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PG&E tells regulators upcoming outages will go more smoothly

by AP Business Writer
| August 15, 2020 12:03 AM

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric promised regulators Thursday that it has learned from its mishandling of deliberate blackouts and won’t disrupt as many people’s lives during the pandemic this year, when the utility expects to rely on outages to prevent its outdated grid from starting deadly fires.

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