California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid

California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid

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2022 Winner of the Golden Poppy Award for Nonfiction (California Independent Booksellers Alliance)

A revelatory, urgent narrative with national implications, exploring the decline of…

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