PGE, northern Calfornia's electric company, has made it clear: if the wind is just right, the humidity is too low and the heat is too high... they're shutting down everyone's electricity. They have no concerns as to whether or not you're elderly, whether you're a restaurant with food in the freezer, whether you are on at-home dialysis or a CPAP machine, whether or not you require air conditioning... in fact, they just don't care.
Their answer? Go buy a generator for $600 plus and pay $1,500 or more to have it wired into your house. If you run out of gas, of course, you can't get any more because the local gas station won't be able to pump it.
You see, PGE is a public utility and in California, that means you don't have to serve the public.
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