Three Men at PG&E Decide When Californians Go Dark to Stop Fires

  • Three vice presidents are responsible for deciding blackouts
  • PG&E details how blackouts are decided in a report to state
Customers shop at a store during a blackout in Napa, California, Oct. 9.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Since an unprecedented blackout plunged millions of Californians into darkness last week, residents and state officials have questioned how utility giant PG&E Corp. came to the decision to cut the lights.

Now they have some answers.