Shutting off power for millions of people shouldn't be the option, California Rep. Ro Khanna says.
as the nation's largest utility puts millions of state residents in the dark in hopes of preventing more wildfires.
"I would have them as a public utility," said Khanna, a Democrat whose district spans Silicon Valley. "They have failed to make the investments in the infrastructure. The regulators are too loose." "It's time for the state to take ownership of PG&E, and make sure that they are doing what they need to do to keep the power on and keep people safe," he added.— this time, to about 1.5 million people in 29 Northern California counties — as wildfires ravage parts of the state. The utility said Monday its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Khanna said that cutting power should not have to be the solution, stressing the company should have been and should still be updating its electrical systems. He estimated it would likely cost billions of dollars.
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