Often when people think their governing institutions are incompetent (or in this case a quasi-public/private utility), it’s bc the people themselves haven’t given a clear mandate (& necessary resources/$ for that mandate). Not excusing PG&E, just a dynamic I often notice.https://twitter.com/RobertGammon/status/1063975397992198144 …
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I think the San Bruno pipeline explosion also severely damaged PG&E's reputation.
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The thing is, there is no plan, no infrastructure that is 100% safe and it's hard to know where to draw the line. It's impossible to know for sure, but I doubt that this would have been less likely to happen if PG&E was a public utility instead.
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IDK how customers feel about SDG&E but they did massive safety upgrades after a big fire in 2007 and were held up as the safety model in legislative hearings this summer on wildfire prevention
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@melmason talked about San Diego's response to its major fires a decade ago in her piece about how increasing wildfires will shape the state's future http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-pol-ca-next-california-natural-disasters/ …
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There isn’t any public polling on this, so hard to know definitively. As others mentioned, SDG@E did major work following 2007 fires — fire hardening infrastructure, better forecasting, shutting down lines when conditions look bad, which they did last week.
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But for years, until CPUC told them no, they wanted to charge ratepayers for that damage, which left a bad taste for a lot of people who lost something (or someone) in fire: to be forced to pay for the damage caused to them. Here’s update on that case: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/sd-fi-sdge-wildfire-appeal-denied-20181114-story.html …
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There’s also some skepticism about SDG&E’s fire hardening work. I’ve written about how their wood to steel pole conversion has skepticshttps://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/science-environment/sdge-environmentalists-are-at-opposite-poles-on-one-fire-prevention-method/ …
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A predecessor also wrote about the what-ifs of shutting off power: What if the company shuts off power, someone turns on a gas generator (to power, say, an oxygen tank) and then that starts the fire. Not directly SDG@E’s liability but no less fire https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/public-safety/despite-ruling-sdge-shut-offs-could-still-happen/ …
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I’d say it’s too soon to tell. Reminds me a bit of an intelligence agency: You only know when they screw up, not when they succeed.
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And I’d add, even apart from wildfires, utilities just generally are not very popular. Who loves paying for cell phone, trash, their water, or the cable company? PG&E is just especially hated at this point. The grief writes itself: “Another bankruptcy? Another fire? C’mon.”
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Nobody loves paying bills but to be fair most of us think we're getting a fair deal in exchange when it comes to trash, water, & sometimes even cell service. When was the last time negligence by a cable company killed scores of people?
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