So their plan is just to completely turn off the power anytime there is a fire hazard? What if the hazard remains for weeks?
This seems more like a stunt to convince the state to release them from some liability.
This seems more like a stunt to convince the state to release them from some liability.
The Santa Rosa fire started from five+ places where wires swung and arced and set surrounding branches on fire. They just sent a crew out to each one. If after the fifth incident, they had cut power for just a few hours, there would have been no conflagration. If they had cut back the branches so they did not surround the wires, as they are expected to do and used to do, there would have been no conflagration.
This is PGE very clearly demanding that the state act to free them from their responsibilities. If the state does, PGE thould also be freed from any responsibility to return a profit to shareholders, or to pay salaries to existing executives.
It was a stunt.
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anytime there is a fire hazard