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CURRENTS WEEK IN REVIEW: January 2-6, 2012Humboldt County Broadband Upgrade Gets Boost from PG&EIn one year, Humboldt County suffered four Internet outages that affected a range of customers, from government agencies to local business and hospitals. The single fiber optic line was prone to outages with severe weather conditions in the mountainous area. Late last month, a new, $14.4 million redundant fiber optic cable system launched. PG&E's New Revenue Development group worked with San Francisco-based IP Networks Inc. to install the fiber optic cable on its existing poles and towers. Currents covered this story and more this week. —Matt Nauman, Editor |
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LOCALHumboldt County Broadband Upgrade Gets Boost from PG&ELocals celebrated the launch of the new broadband system two days before Christmas. In addition to creating a redundant Internet system, it also brought first-time service to remote or underserved areas in Humboldt as well as parts of Trinity counties. |
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VIDEOTV Reporter Spends Day with Eureka TroublemanMarty Johnson, a 23-year veteran of the utility, is a Eureka-based troubleman. His job is to investigate electrical outages. If he can't restore the power, he'll call in a crew to get the job done. KIEM-TV reporter Kay Recede recently spent part of a day with Johnson as he replaced a broken fuse and restored power to a customer. |
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LOCALPG&E Honors San Francisco's Favorite Charities7x7 magazine readers voted and the winner is Muttville Senior Dog Rescue. Ezra Garrett, PG&E's vice president of community relations, presented a $10,000 check to the nonprofit during a recent ceremony and celebration. |
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NEXT1002011 Was a Year for the Record BooksA total of 12 weather and climate disasters cost more than a billion dollars in damages each, up from the previous record of nine set in 2008. The International Energy Agency called for a "bold change of policy direction" to favor more clean energy. |
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