‘This Is My Community’: For Many PG&E Linemen, Getting Power Back On In Foothills Is Personal

COLFAX (CBS13) — It’s week 2 with nary powerfulness for 25,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers successful the Sierra Foothills aft a record-setting snowstorm knocked down trees and powerfulness lines passim the region.

PG&E says much than 1,200 linemen person been moving agelong hours for weeks consecutive to reconstruct powerfulness to the communities successful the area.

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Anthony Albright, a lineman with PG&E, says helium hasn’t had a time disconnected since earlier Christmas. He’s worked for PG&E for 18 years and told CBS13 he’s ne'er seen harm similar this before.

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It’s idiosyncratic to Albright. The Colfax nonmigratory says helium inactive doesn’t person powerfulness and that each airy helium tin assistance crook connected successful his assemblage makes the agelong hours worthy it.

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Meanwhile, tens of thousands are inactive waiting for their powerfulness to travel backmost on, and PG&E doesn’t person nonstop estimates for each customer. Megan McFarland, Spokesperson for PG&E, says successful the much distant areas, each country of harm is different. She told CBS13 that crews request to measure and program for restoration connected a case-by-case basis.

CBS13 Staff