Notes From A Third-World Country -- September 9, 2020

 From SeekingAlpha:

• PG&E has begun restoring electricity to ~30K of the 500K California homes and businesses it blacked out Monday as fires whipped by winds gusting above 60 mph scarred the state and knocked out electrical lines. 
• The wind storm prompting the shutoffs had faded enough to let field workers inspect the lines for damage, the utility says. California's other big utilities, units of Edison International and Sempra Energy, also have been forced to shut power rather than risk more fires, and the practice has spread into Oregon, where Portland General Electric shut off power to 5K customers Monday as the same wind storm battering California hit the state. 
• More shutoffs could remain ahead, as California's fire season typically peaks in September and October, before the rains return. 

And the floods. 

But notice that first line -- key words and numbers --- has begun --- 30K of the 500K --- that's less than 10% ... and they are just beginning ... 

And, as always, the EV revolution has yet to begin ....