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After the San Bruno pipeline explosion, where PG&E gas pipeline maintenance and inspection records were falsified, is anyone surprised? https://en.wikipedia.or

After the San Bruno pipeline explosion, where PG&E gas pipeline maintenance and inspection records were falsified, is anyone surprised? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion#Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_pipeline_explosion#L... If a company is forced to implement a "compliance and ethics monitoring program" by the federal government, it has some serious culture problems.

throw0101a 7y ago
> If a company is forced to implement a "compliance and ethics monitoring program" by the federal government, it has some serious culture problems. And where were the state regulators in all of this? Someone on HN once mentioned that CPUC [1] allowed deferred maintenance on a lot of stuff because it helped to keep rates down. This prevented customers screaming at politicians. True/plausible? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Public_Utilities_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Public_Utilities_Co...
- lscotte 7y ago
  > And where were the state regulators in all of this? In bed with PG&E the whole time, of course.