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The government made it clear that PG&E will be harshly punished for operating in high fire danger conditions, and so PG&E is not operating in high fire danger c
by closeparen 7y ago
The government made it clear that PG&E will be harshly punished for operating in high fire danger conditions, and so PG&E is not operating in high fire danger conditions. This outcome is exactly how government oversight is supposed to work.
- mschuster91 7y agoNo, the expected outcome is PG&E hiring enough staff to properly maintain their lines and equipment to operate safely in high danger condition.
- bzbarsky 7y agoThey're in bankruptcy proceedings, no? Hiring more staff in that situation might be difficult. This is really a situation where bad incentives were created (because as far as I can tell the California state government is pretty bad at doing good incentives in general) and then people are surprised when they lead to bad behavior...
- CameronNemo 7y agoThey managed to find funds for PR staff and ad campaigns.
- closeparen 7y agoWe took all their money. That’s not a thing you do when you want to see investment.