PG&E Warns Humboldt County Customers of Potential Scams EUREKA – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is alerting customers in Humboldt County to be aware of ongoing scam phone calls with criminals threatening to shut off power if a payment is not made immediately. PG&E’s Corporate Security department has received several reports in the past…
PG&E flying safety missions out of ACV for a few weeks using IR-equipped choppers
PG&E to Conduct Enhanced Transmission Inspections by Helicopter in Humboldt County EUREKA, Calif. — Starting today, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) contract crews will be working in Humboldt and Trinity Counties to conduct accelerated safety inspections of transmission towers and poles using infrared cameras affixed to helicopters. Infrared technology is used to determine hot…
Pipe down, Samoa and Seventh & I streets repairs proceeding
The city last week replaced a section of sewer pipe at Samoa Boulevard, allowing PG&E to proceed with relocation of a gas line there. According to a PG&E spokesperson, crews expect to be done within the next two weeks, depending on weather. Once the pipeline is complete and back in service, restoration of the road…
PG&E choppers in Humboldt today
Pacific Gas & Electric HUMBOLDT — On Tuesday, Jan. 30, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will conduct routine low-level helicopter patrols to inspect gas transmission lines in Humboldt County. A helicopter from Red Bluff will fly between 300 and 500 feet over Fortuna, Eureka and Arcata. PG&E patrols remote gas lines, which are often located…
PG&E gas project exposes festering sewage leak that puts bay in peril
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – An infrastructure problem discovered by PG&E is going to cost the City of Arcata up to $60,000 to repair, and it has to be done quickly. Toiling underneath Samoa Boulevard on its California Natural Gas upgrade project, utility workers found that the connection linking Arcata’s main sewer…
Gas line project to continue through January after holiday break
Kevin L. Hoover Mad River Union ARCATA – Arcata residents of a certain age may be able to remember those halcyon days of yesteryore, when Seventh Street between I and J streets was passable. Actually it was only since mid-September that PG&E has had the street fenced off and full of heavy machinery and hardhatted…
About those helicopters in the sky…
PG&E HUMBOLDT – On Friday, Oct. 6, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will fly two helicopters along electric distribution lines in Humboldt County in order to survey the lines for improved electric reliability. The lines to be surveyed run from Garberville to Shelter Cove up to Petrolia and then from Hoopa up to Orleans.…
Green or blue PG&E helicopter buzzing about
PG&E Press Release PG&E to Conduct Helicopter Patrols in Humboldt County to Ensure Gas Reliability EUREKA, Calif.— Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will conduct routine low-level helicopter patrols today, March 16, to inspect gas transmission lines for potential threats and future maintenance in parts of Humboldt County. A helicopter from Red Bluff will fly between 300 to 500…
McK committee gets down to business
Jack Durham Mad River Union McKINLEYVILLE – Mack Town’s advisory committee learned about a proposed marijuana excise tax, heartily endorsed a new local electricity provider and gave a round of applause to the man behind the Central Avenue improvement project at its meeting last week. Measure S Connie Beck, director of the Department of Health…
Power is out in Manila (Update: Power on.)
UPDATE: Power restored at about 9:47 a.m. Mad River Union MANILA – In the salty outpost, 469 Pacific Gas & Electric customers are without power this morning. According to PG&E, the electricity went out at about 6:45 a.m., although some homes in Manila didn’t lose power until after 7:30 a.m. The cause of the outage is…