Letter: I often worked with electrician, often worked with PG&E electricians
PG&E’s electricians are
union, highly trained
I am writing about the many critics, cartoons, so-called experts, etc., who comment on PG&E. The many electricians who work for PG&E are members of one of the proudest unions in America, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which was established 128 years ago.
As a retired municipal electrician who has worked with PG&E electricians on many occasions, I can say that they are some of the most highly trained tradesmen I have ever worked with. Many of the folks commenting about this have suggested that the cities, state or more should take over this utility, underground all power lines, etc. It is not easy, for instance, to underground the 230kv (kilovolt) transmission lines in use to transport power.
Maybe climate change and the extreme weather patterns, including hurricane-force winds, might have something to do with this situation, you think?
Lewis Milligan
Richmond
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