Energy Law
Dec. 10, 1998
Bay Area Utility Braces for Suits After Blackout
SAN FRANCISCO - Consider the fact that San Francisco's estimated economic output each month is $2.5 billion, or $60 million a day. Then consider all the hours the Bay area went without power Tuesday - along with the number of homes and businesses left in the dark - and the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could be facing several millions of dollars in liability, according to one outside observer.
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