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I wonder if anyone in the emergency operations center has offered up the idea that there should be more than one entity providing power...
by Avicebron 11mo ago
I wonder if anyone in the emergency operations center has offered up the idea that there should be more than one entity providing power...
- inferiorhuman 11mo agoDunno, I think it's quite reasonable to class electricity as a natural monopoly. What's less reasonable is regulatory capture. Landline telephones were insanely reliable in their heyday because they were required to be so. PG&E is reckless because they're allowed to be reckless. Edit: For non-Americans, landline telephones were highly regulated up until '82 with AT&T having a government sanctioned monopoly.
- Avicebron 11mo agoSure, and I would be lying if the libertarian bacon-wrapping of what I said was more than an litmus test and karma play, but the concept of good governance on a company like PG&E is so far out of the realm of possibility since citizen's united (and the public warping of perspective to agree with it) I don't see a very reasonable path forward to getting these (lovely, sweet, pure-hearted, well-meaning, community-oriented, positive, hard-working) people under control. EDIT: *language, think of the children.
- bloppe 11mo agoRather than get another utility involved, I'd rather see far more incentives for installing home storage and ideally solar as well, especially for rental properties. Nothing's more resilient than a distributed grid.
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- Ragnarockooo 11mo agoWe should have small NFRs in every backyard