Neighbors have reported multiple power outages in Noe Valley over the last month. We're curious: is the power going out more often than the historical norm or does Twitter magnify small outages? Here are examples of some Tweets from the last few days:
@noevalleysf @rle Electrical pole fire on 27 street takes the power out for neighborhood. PGE said that it was caused by fog
— Curtis Smolar (@csmolar) May 26, 2013
@noevalleysf is there public data on power outages in SF? My power on Clipper has been out for 3 hours in the last month.
— Nelson Minar (@nelson) May 24, 2013
@noevalleysf 4 power outages this month in Noe.Each take out several recessed lightbulbs. Today's killed our Tivo/XFinity/TV set-up. FAIL
— Rebecca Eisenberg (@rle) May 28, 2013
Yet another power outage in Noe Valley #SF - actually a brownout, grid at 66.0v
— Jim Constantine (@jgc94131) May 28, 2013
PG&E tracks current outages, but as far as we can tell doesn't make public data on power outage trends by neighborhood. So we're asking for your input - send us reports of power out within Noe Valley via email or Twitter and we'll map all data. Maybe there's a trend we can talk to PG&E about.
[NVSF: Map of Noe Valley Power Outages]
[PG&E: Outage Map]
It's a noble effort, but shouldn't PG&E already have this data? Particularly with the fancy smart meters? I can imagine why they don't want to share it with us.
ReplyDeleteFog is the cause for power outages in a city famous for fog? Huh? I have lived in the same Noe location 20 years but never recall the odd brown out of the other night where appliances in the same room were both powered and not.
ReplyDeleteFor those of you who lost devices due to the outages, you may be able to make a claim to PG&E. Worth a call to customer service and pursue through a supervisor if need be.
ReplyDeletePG&E blamed an outage on FOG? Fabulous. Hope ComEd doesn't get wind of that. We'll all be lighting our homes with candles in Chicago in short order!
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