PG&E and SCE should have been taken over by the state of CA decades ago. They are manifestly incapable of safely and reliably accomplishing their core responsibilities without setting half the state on fire on a regular basis.
Yes.
Don't forget San Onofre was shut down in 2012 after unapproved modifications to the cooling system were made during installation of new steam generators. IIRC there was a small amount of leakage that was contained within the facility. Both SCE and SDGE on that.
PGE execs and board should be spending life in prison for San Bruno.
SDG&E ain't great, but I'm unaware of them actually starting any wildfires. Just completely incapable of hardening the grid to withstand wildfires.
Remember when fire season was limited to smaller regions of the state and they burned every year because that's how wind works?
It's been a hot minute
No I don't but I've only lived here 50+ years, when was that?
I'll give you was more limited to a season, not year round, but most of CA has a fire ecology and was regularly burned by indigenous peoples as a land stewardship practice.
Colonization stopped the cultural burns in an effort to subjugate indigenous peoples, this has led to excessive fuel loads causing more destructive fires. Also colonization introduced invasive plant species adding fuels that burn hotter and cause more destructive fires.
As Californias ecology evolved with fire, the counterintuitive solution to fire is more fire.
State takeover of utilities is also needed.
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