Seeking to avoid another embarrassing power failure at Candlestick Park during any upcoming 49ers playoff games, Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday ordered written assurance from PG&E and The City saying it won’t occur again. The two entities appear to have taken joint responsibility for the nationally televised debacle.
The lights went dim twice during the much-anticipated “Monday Night Football” matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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A widespread power failure was triggered Friday when an electrical worker improperly switched on a massive trans-Bay power cable, according to a company responsible for the infrastructure project.
The outage, described by PG&E as a “flicker” that lasted less than a second, affected electricity customers throughout San Francisco and on parts of the Peninsula.
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