ok....I was alluding to a general blackout because as far as I know gas pumps need electricity to run. At least modern ones. Perhaps some old style ones can be pumped by hand I don’t know.
The real question, “Why did they tape off those Tesla re chargers/chargers, and 100 yards away, the gasoline pumps were running 24/7.”
Small and usually busy strip malls were without power for 2-4+ days.
Yet, the large shopping centers with Targets, Walmarts, Home Depots, Lowes, Safeways, Raleys and Whole foods were open.
Apparently, with their smart electric meters, PGE can shut off specific stores, neighborhoods and homes or leave the power on.
My wife somehow ended up replying to a PG&E text with her smart phone. Their records showed that she was the head RN for a medical group. They wanted to know if they needed power. She told them that she was retired, and who, they needed to contact.
She asked them about people like me, who use CPAP at night to breath and other medical devices. Apparently, if my PC/MD verifies this need, something special can be done unless there is a total area wide blackout. We got the form in the mail and will send it back after our PC verifies the need.
So there are a lot of unanswered ?’s from not recharging Tesla batteries to why some business or homes got power and some didn’t.