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Public Utilities Commission Allows SmartMeter Opt-Out – February 1, 2012

By kevpod

PG&E customers who want to opt-out of the SmartMeter™ program can submit their request online at www.pge.com/smartmeteroptout or call 1-866-743-0263. PG&E plans to remove the gas and electric SmartMeters™ from the homes of those opt-out customers who already have SmartMeters™; those customers who still have analog meters will be able to keep them. »

PG&E Subsidizes Indoor Cannabis Grows, Boosts Greenhouse Gas Output  – November 8, 2011

By kevpod

Board Chair Mark Lovelace pointed out that without demonstrable income, the growers can claim the discount. And he said the federal government unintentionally encourages it by preventing growers from reporting their true income. »

Arcata PG&E Substation Work Complete – May 9, 2011

By kevpod

Physically, it appears streamlined, with the gleaming, less massive new equipment creating a lower profile on the landscape. »

PG&E Statement On The Humboldt Bay Power Plant – March 21, 2011

By kevpod

The facilities have been designed to withstand an 8.8 magnitude Cascadia subduction zone earth quake and a tsunami surge between 28 to 43 feet above sea level. »

Blackout backtrack: PG&E fine-tunes outage – March 10, 2010

By kevpod

Along with the Plaza and G, the G and H Street corridor up through Northtown will remain online. Alleviating some safety concerns of City officials, traffic lights along Samoa Boulevard will remain on. Also retaining power will be the Wastewater Treatment Plant on South G Street, City Hall, the Police Department and Uniontown Shopping... »

Get ready for the big blackout – March 3, 2010

By kevpod

The weekend of March 13 and 14, power will go out in large portions of Arcata and environs for up to 22 hours, forcing some 6,392 customers to give up today’s popular electrified obsessions such as Friendster and Reba and somehow find comparably interesting off-line amusements. »