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                    2019
                
            
            
                12 Oct
                
                '19
                
            
            
            
        
    
                12:44 a.m.
            
        Why you don't have Comcast service during a power outage: Throughout the state, Comcast equipment was knocked offline by PG&E’s power shutdown, Hammel said. The cable company was “only using generators in very discrete and specific cases where there’s a demonstrated need,” such as a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, she said.