“It’s way too many and we understand that,” Quinlan said. Power went out six times in the Green Valley area and another half-dozen outages occurred in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley. But the sensitivity of the sensors, Quinlan admitted, has also caused several outages in South County since late July. Speaking at a virtual town hall meeting organized by PG&E and Santa Cruz County 2nd District Supervisor Zach Friend, the utility’s Vice President of Wildfire Mitigation Operations and Execution, Mark Quinlan, said that sensors installed on power poles to mitigate wildfire risks have produced a 50% decrease in potential ignitions. ![]() SOUTH COUNTY-Saying that the outages South Santa Cruz County’s rural residents have experienced “are not acceptable,” Pacific, Gas and Electric Company representatives told the public Thursday that they are currently adjusting equipment throughout the area in hopes of lessening the length and occurrence of the shutoffs.
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