San Francisco officials say a major power outage Friday that snarled city traffic and services for much of the day has raised concerns about the integrity of PG&E’s aging infrastructure and the city’s emergency preparations.
A joint letter sent to PG&E CEO Geisha Williams Monday by City Administrator Naomi Kelly, Emergency Management Chief Anne Kronenberg and Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White asked the utility for more information about the condition of its infrastructure and the status of plans to make repairs and upgrades.
The outage, which affected around 88,000 customers, 21 schools and over 300 traffic lights, shut down the Montgomery BART Station and left some hospitals operating on emergency power backup systems.
Emergency service providers said they responded to more than 100 calls in about two hours after the outage, including 20 different reports of people trapped in elevators. The outage was caused by a fire at PG&E’s Larkin Street Substation, which city officials said was known to be vulnerable due to aging infrastructure.
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