EDITORIAL: California ratepayers should not pay PG&E’s Wine Country wildfires bill
The Wine Country wildfires have yet to be fully contained, but the utility already knows who it believes should accept responsibility for the estimated
What did you expect?
CalFire investigators have not determined what caused the wildfires. But the notion that ratepayers should bear the burden for any
A key factor is
It wasn't ratepayers who decided that issue. Nor was it ratepayers who decided where and how their money should be spent on maintaining the utility's power equipment.
No one wants to see
At the same time,
The latest
You can't put a corporation in jail. The only way to force accountability is to penalize shareholders. They'll demand change when their return on investment drops.
And if that doesn't work, it's time to look at dismantling the utility and starting over with a plan to provide power to
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