By Christen Smith
California officials hammered PG&E executives during a six-hour legislative hearing over the utility’s mishandling of multiple public safety power shutoffs that left nearly 2.4 million residents in the dark last month.
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As roughly 600,000 Pacific Gas and Electric customers remained without power, the president of the California Public Utilities Commission called the situation “unacceptable.” | PG&E