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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

PG&E has been having to cut off power for swaths of customers in California every time we get in a red-flag fire weather situation, because their power lines over the mountains sway and spark and have caused horrendous wildfires. Notably the Camp Fire that completely destroyed the town of Paradise, killing over 85 people and thousands of animals. It's been pretty expensive for them. Of course, they saved money for decades by skimping on maintenance, but that all went in their executives' pockets, so they're having trouble with trying to get up to code and pay their court costs and fines