Reports that PG&E is significantly cutting back on its tree-trimming efforts across Northern California as a way of reducing wildfire risk is raising safety concerns for some Bay Area residents.
claimed that the utility was scrapping the program that was once viewed as a key way to prevent fires in the state to focus on new power-line settings as a more effective way of limiting fire risk.
Lane worries that the utility is focused on company profits, and not on preventing future fires or aiding fire victims. However, it is this program that is now being scaled back. Mark Tone, the executive director of TURN , believes reducing tree trimming is not the right approach. PG&E, however, is advocating for a different approach, citing the use of new technology that automatically shuts off power to lines when they come in contact with vegetation. The utility points to a claimed"68% reduction in ignitions on such specially equipped circuits."
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