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There is no defense for PG&E for the Camp Fire. This is an organization that is notorious for under-maintaining its assets. Its state of repair is so shoddy t
by mrbabbage 6y ago
There is no defense for PG&E for the Camp Fire. This is an organization that is notorious for under-maintaining its assets. Its state of repair is so shoddy that it regularly turns off power for many days at a time ("public safety power shutoffs") to huge swathes of its service area. No other comparable utility does this - not San Diego Gas and Electric, not the Victoria Electricity Cooperative (Australian utility), no one, because they have entered the 21st century and don't need to resort to crude hacks like shutting off all power to prevent fires.
The proof is in the thread. Barely 10 years ago, PG&E pleaded guilty to another felony, when its under-maintained gas pipeline in San Bruno exploded, killed 8 people, and leveled a neighborhood. That utility has a cultural problem going to the very top that prioritizes profit over safety, and I sincerely hope it emerges from bankruptcy reformed.
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- bhawks 6y agoPGE also was responsible for contaminating the ground water in Hinkley California with millions of gallons of chromium in the the 1960s and then covering it up for 20 years. There is something seriously wrong with PGE and it's attitude towards it's infrastructure and public safety.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoNot sure how important it is to bring up something from 60 years ago. All the workers from that time are likely dead.
- andromeduck 6y agoBut the culture isn't.
- aaron695 6y ago> not the Victoria Electricity Cooperative (Australian utility), The state next to Victoria does, and did recently. https://www.sapowernetworks.com.au/data/304387/catastrophic-fire-danger-and-the-power-to-switch-off-supply/ https://www.sapowernetworks.com.au/data/304387/catastrophic-...
- piker 6y agoNone of this information is relevant to whether PG&E has a defense for the Camp Fire.
- awalton 6y agoOverruled, statement goes to motive and habit.