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		dahdum on Oct 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PG&E turning off power to protect against fire has... I wish more people knew this, PG&E didn’t take exorbitant profits for the past 30 years at the expense of maintenance. CPUC controls retail rates, and they are politically motivated to keep them as low as possible.

_brnu on Oct 30, 2019 [–]

Particularly in the face of expensive renewables mandates. One way to soften the blow of the RPS was to defer maintenance.

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