PG&E failed to inspect transmission lines that caused deadly 2018 wildfire: state probe

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Bankrupt California power producer PG&E Corp did not properly inspect and replac...

) did not properly inspect and replace transmission lines before a faulty wire sparked a wildfire that killed more than 80 people in 2018, a probe by a state regulator has concluded.

The Caribou-Palermo transmission line was identified as the cause of the Camp Fire last year, which virtually incinerated the Northern California town of Paradise and stands as the state’s most lethal blaze.

 

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Imagine that! An American company skimping on maintenance to save money.

That is just horrific...

FFS. Of course they are guilty. Erin Brockovich?

And they blame their 'equipment' for starting the fire, not their failure to maintain the equipment. Are inanimate objects going to serve jail time too?

Nil to no maintenance very sad, yet they put up the price and give bad service etc

Drive them into junk bond status, then make them a public utility!

Oh this again.

Even after they stopped paying out hundreds of millions in stock dividends in 2017 they still kept operations CHEAP. Corporate greed.

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