It’s no joke. 52% of PG&E’s 70,000 square mile terrain is considered high-fire risk. San Francisco would be abandoning millions of fellow Californians. https://www.pge.com/pge_global/common/pdfs/safety/emergency-preparedness/natural-disaster/wildfires/Wildfire-Safety-Plan.pdf …
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Grid decentralization + renewable power generation are some of the most important steps we can take to reduce the risk of more “FireFalls”. We need bond measures to build this out properly - essentially jumpstarting our own
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Correct me if I’m wrong but I understand microgrids to be nowhere near financially feasible at this point in time.
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What about the fire liability? Isn’t that potentially a billion dollars or more depending on the fire?
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That is really complicated and involves a lot competing legal opinions. Some say absent fixing inverse condemnation, the bankruptcy judge may not allow PG&E to exit bankruptcy.
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SF’s track record on infrastructure projects isn’t exactly one that engenders high confidence
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But PG&E is technically a convicted criminal.https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/26/pge-gets-maximum-sentence-for-san-bruno-crimes/ …
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doesn't SF have a lot of power at PG&E now as they are one of its biggest costumers or is that more a state level thing?
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1. A gov-owned utility would be more accountable. 2. SF tech industry already leaves low income folks WAY BEHIND by their influence now.
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There's only one politcal party in california. This will keep happening.
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Even after the big gas leak at porter ranch, socal gas peole still got bonuses.
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