Governor Newsom is urging PG&E to reimburse customers $100
Some residents say they believe the money would be better used elsewhere
Governor Newsom is urging PG&E to reimburse customers $100
Some residents say they believe the money would be better used elsewhere
COUPLE TONIGHT WHO WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR THREE DAYS. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AN INCONVENIENCE, THEY SAY THEY MONEY NEWSOM WANTS TO RETURN TO CUSTOMERS COULD BE BETTER USED ELSEWHERE. CINDY AIELLO, CORRALITOS 0:27:47 "TAKE THE HUNDRED DOLLARS HE'S GOING TO GIVE US OR NEIGHBORS OR WHATEVER AND PUT IT INTO THAT. BUTT TO 0:27:09 "THOSE ARE THE THINGS MAYBE NEWSOM SHOULD THINK ABOUT, IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED. THEY MAY NOT NEED THE HUNDRED DOLLARS, THEY MAY NEED A GENERATOR FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES TO KEEP THEIR OXYGEN ON." 0:27:23 CINDY AND JACKSON ARE NO STRANGERS T LOSING POWER IN THEIR CORRALITOS HOME. BUT THEY TOO SAY THE STATE WIDE BLACK OUT WAS IN POOR PLANNING. CINDY AIELLO, CORRALITOS 0:28:44 "PEOPLE WHO AREN'T USED TO IT LIKE OUR TENANTS, THEY LOST EVERYTHING IN THEIR REFRIGERATOR AND THEIR FREEZER." REASONS LIKE THIS IS WHY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS URGING PG AND E TO REIMBURSE CUSTOMERS. THE GOVERNOR ALSO SENDING A LETTER TO THE UTILITIES COMMISSION, TELLING THEM THEY WILL CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO PG&E'S DECISION- MAKING PROCESS. NEWSOM 08:50 "THIS IS NOT, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, A CLIMATE CHANGE STORY AS MUCH AS STORY ABOUT GREED AND MISMANAGEMENT OVER THE COURSE OF DECADES. NEGLECT, A DESIRE TO ADVANCE NOT PUBLIC SAFETY BUT PROFITS." " PG AND E" HAS RESPONDED WRITING IN PART... WE EXECUTED THIS EVENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN AS APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION .... " "WE MADE THAT DECISION TO KEEP CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES SAFE. THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION." BUT WOULD THIS DEMAND FOR REIMBURSEMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? JACKSON AND CINDY 0:32:24 "I THINK THE LOGISTICS OF THINKING IT THROUGH IS A LITTLE BETTER USE OF THEIR MONEY AND TIME THAN NEWSOM CHARGING THEM ANOTHER HUNDRED DOLLARS PER HEAD YEAH, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO DO? I MEAN THINK MOST PEOPLE USE MORE THAN A HUNDRED DOLLARS ON PG&E A MONTH." 0:32:42 CINDY SAYS SHE HOPES P G AND E PLANS BETTER FOR THE FUTURE, AND CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP POWER ON FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT. MANY CALIFORNIA KIDS WILL HAVE START TH
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Governor Newsom is urging PG&E to reimburse customers $100
Some residents say they believe the money would be better used elsewhere
Some residents say they believe the money would be better used elsewhere
Some residents say they believe the money would be better used elsewhere
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