"Utility provider PG&E is hoping you'll forget about this weekend's one- to three-day power outage with a $200 credit for residential customers and a $2,500 credit for businesses, though some businesses say they lost ten times that much. The finger-pointing and blame games continue over PG&E's massive power outage that left more than 200,000 San Franciscans without electricity this weekend, as well they should."
"How did PG&E allow a smaller outage to grow so large, and why were their timeline updates on power being restored so completely inaccurate? Why did the entire citywide fleet of Waymos become inoperable? And Mayor Daniel Lurie is trying to portray himself as Mister Savior here, but I was downtown on about Hour Six of this blackout Saturday, and there were no personnel directing traffic at intersections that had been without stop lights for hours. Why was the city's response so flat-footed?"
"Lurie was once again selling himself as having been all over this thing in his Tuesday morning video update seen above, announcing that power had finally been restored to all SF PG&E customers. And NBC Bay Area picks up on the announcement Lurie references above, that PG&E customers will get a $200 credit for the outage, while affected businesses will get a $2,500 credit."
A weekend outage left more than 200,000 San Francisco customers without electricity for one to three days. PG&E announced a $200 credit for residential customers and a $2,500 credit for affected businesses. Many businesses reported losses far exceeding those credits, with collective damages likely in the tens of millions during a prime shopping weekend before Christmas. Questions emerged about how a smaller outage expanded, why restoration timelines were inaccurate, why the citywide Waymo fleet became inoperable, and why on-the-ground traffic control was reportedly absent during prolonged signal outages. Power was restored by 5:00am and customers were advised to seek additional compensation if warranted.
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