Trust us. The puc seems to be fine with that approach. Local governments lean j have serious concerns. Mayor sam liccardo referring to the may 30 decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to give pg e full discretion over shutting down power for as long as seven days as a way to prevent wildfires. Liccardo says hes worried the Utility Company might choose to over correct with black outs after causing last years devastating camp fire. The question is ultimately are more people being put in peril because pg e will be protecting its shareholders. Reporter in 2003 the northeast black out that affected new york, philadelphia and ohio lasted two days for some areas, two weeks for others and cost billions of dollars and claimed 100 lives. At least if they gave us a good amount of notice so we can prepare ourselves for it, then i guess i would be okay. What we are worried about in san jose are the many safety risks that a large regional outage would, you know, cause. Reporter pg e