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PG&E briefs Sonoma on downtown vault failure, tree‑management practices and undergrounding discussion at CPUC
Summary
PG&E representatives told the Sonoma City Council they replaced a failed underground switch and reviewed local vaults; they also explained vegetation-management practices and urged public input to an upcoming California Public Utilities Commission discussion about undergrounding.
A Pacific Gas & Electric representative gave the Sonoma City Council an update on a late‑winter underground electrical switch failure near the plaza, the company’s vegetation-management program and a pending California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proceeding on undergrounding.
PG&E local government affairs representative Jason Termino said an underground vault containing switchgear forced open during an “incredible high intensity switch failure.” Crews secured power, worked overnight and then carried out a weeklong replacement effort to restore service, Termino said. PG&E later inventoried vaults in the plaza and along Broadway, inspected about 25 switches and identified three additional switches of the same vintage that needed replacement. Two have been replaced and the final replacement was scheduled the night the…
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