Wednesday, November 03, 2021
PG&E faces $1B in losses amid federal probe into Dixie Fire
In yet another investigation into the role that utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric has played in California’s worsening wildfires, the company announced Monday that it received a subpoena from the U.S. attorney’s office seeking documents related to the Dixie fire.
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...and not one of the Managers or the Legislators that enabled the company to forgo brush and tree clearing along their transmission lines will face one day in court.
ReplyDeleteThe only people that will suffer any damage are the rate payers and they'll be paying more exorbitant electric fees for the next generation to compensate for the fines the company will have to pay.
Nemo
As Mel Brooks said: "It's good to be the king!"
Delete- PG&E Managers and California Legislators
What a coincidence. This news comes out on the very same day it's announced that PG&E will be paying more than $100 million in settlements for starting the 2019 Kincade Fire in Sonoma County.
ReplyDeleteThe interesting thing about the Kincade Fire was that it was started during a Public Safety Power Shutoff, when the distribution lines were deenergized. So while customer's power was off the wind caused an equipment failure on a transmission tower, which was still energized.
PG&E is the Keystone Cops of the energy industry. And they've brought every bit of it on themselves.
Another rate increase? Again?
ReplyDelete"Dixie" Fire, eh ?
ReplyDeleteIn the progressive state of California ?
The talking news heads must have to grit their teeth and force themselves to utter such a vile, racist name.
Heh.
In this case it's okay. The name Dixie is derived from a local indigenous person who organized a village near the fire's origin back in the days of old.
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