Billions Spent, Still in the Dark: Why PG&E’s Grid Hardening Is Failing Sierra Nevada Communities
Right now, as you read this, residents of Pollock Pines and surrounding communities in El Dorado County are going on more than a week without electricity. Grocery stores are running on generators. Families are huddled around propane heaters. And roads remain impassable, leaving PG&E crews to reach some outage sites by helicopter, snowcat, and — in some cases — snowshoes.