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Wednesday, June 03, 2020

U.S. Judge Rips PG&E Resistance to Stricter Safety Measures

A federal judge laced into PG&E Corp. for its resistance to his demands that the California utility adopt stricter wildfire safety measures.

“If ever there was a corporation that deserved to go to prison it is PG&E for the people it killed in California,” U.S. District Judge William Alsup said during a virtual hearing Thursday. “PG&E is a recalcitrant criminal and I’m going to do everything within my power to protect the people of California from further crimes and further destruction by PG&E.”
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  1. jabrwokJune 3, 2020 at 4:11 AM

    "laced into"? What does that mean?

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  2. CrawfisherJune 3, 2020 at 6:05 AM

    I guess I don't understand why PGE does not want to clear trees and vegetation to minimize wild fires? They can raise their cost, go the the PUC and ask for a rate hike. If not granted, they will slowly go bankrupt again, the rate payers will the bear the cost.

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    1. Handy HandsomeJune 3, 2020 at 7:07 AM

      PG&E are in the same situation as many utilities across the nation in democrat ruled regimes.
      On the one hand, the people cry when the vegetation (trees) are removed, and on the other, socialist rulers are salivating at the thought of taking them over because they can run them so much more efficiently (LOL).

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    2. ElmoJune 3, 2020 at 7:12 AM

      PG&E is famous for shifting money around. In the early '90s they used $77 million that they saved by not trimming trees to pay employee bonuses and increased dividends to shareholders. Meanwhile their lack of maintenance was starting lots of fires.

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  3. AnonymousJune 3, 2020 at 8:08 AM

    The real question here is why aren't the CEO, the Board of Directors and the entire staff with the title V.P. of ... IN JAIL?

    Nemo

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    1. ElmoJune 3, 2020 at 8:33 AM

      At the time of the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA (85 deaths), PG&E's CEO was Geisha Williams, the 'First Latina CEO of a Fortune 500 company'. She resigned two months after the fire after 22 months of 'service' and received a severance payout of $2.6 million as the company entered bankruptcy.

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    2. WestcoastDeplorableJune 3, 2020 at 12:55 PM

      Thanks for that Elmo....that explains a lot, another "affirmative action" hire. No wonder the company killed a bunch of people and went BK.
      What they should do is hire hordes of goats and goat herders to clear out that brush. A whole lot cheaper than doing it with heavy equipment. And it's organic!

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    3. ElmoJune 3, 2020 at 8:20 PM

      Unfortunately, a corporation can't exist in California unless it's politically correct, regardless of how many lives it costs.

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  4. linemanJune 3, 2020 at 10:48 AM

    Thing is you could say why don't the people want to wear a mask to keep people safe...Until you have dealt with the gov to do line clearance underneath power lines then you really don't understand why no line clearance gets done...It's a nightmare let me tell you...

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  5. greggBCJune 3, 2020 at 1:26 PM

    The real criminals are the California politicians and beaurocracy that has prevented PG&E from trimming trees and brush away from power lines.

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  6. AnonymousJune 3, 2020 at 4:21 PM

    Let's hear another cheer for Judge Alsup. He's probably the smarted judge in that district.

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  7. deb harveyJune 3, 2020 at 9:30 PM

    I had read it was the environmentalists who would not let forest and underbrush management continue.

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