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PG&E CEO Says It Could Impose Blackouts in California for a Decade
Wall Street Journal ^ | October 18, 2019 | Katherine Blunt

Posted on 10/18/2019 4:42:30 PM PDT by karpov

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To: karpov

Sht, I thought this stuff only happened in Iran or Venezuela.... oh, right, this is commifornia, but the racist globalists will blame it on America as a whole


41 posted on 10/18/2019 8:37:42 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified e)
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To: reformedliberal

Guess they need to put a couple more Gerbles on the wheel, or go nuke. Forest management is also a good idea.


42 posted on 10/18/2019 8:52:22 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: karpov

Cost was a few billion in losses and some lives.
But PG&E execs will get their bonus money.
Some $10 million approved this past year.


43 posted on 10/19/2019 12:54:26 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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In 10 yrs the new stuff will be Obsolete. People will move out even if they sell at a loss. Businesses will be the first to go. Hospitals/Medical will have to shut down.

How many patients on support of different variety’s had no electricity to run their support systems and Died? Gas generators won’t be allowed.


44 posted on 10/19/2019 6:57:22 AM PDT by GailA (Intractable Pain, a Subset of Chronic pain Last a Life TIME at Level 10.)
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To: karpov

can the last person to leave Cali please turn the lights out?


45 posted on 10/19/2019 7:24:08 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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To: karpov

Get thee to a generator store.


46 posted on 10/19/2019 8:23:08 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Okeydoker

I see you are ignorant in all the things you post about.

Of course they would love immunity. The state won’t give it to them. So the state gets blackouts during Santa Anas. You want them to “improve their equipment”. They have to string lines across mountains and deserts in order to bring electricity to rural areas and isolated cabins. If they have to make them impervious to high winds, at all times, then they have to spend billions. Are you or the state regulators going to agree to their rate increases in order to pay for that???? Or might it make sense for the state to subsidize the provision of infrastructure for those areas if it wants them upgraded?

Those are the issues. But as long as they have to keep rates low, provide coverage over all terrain in a large territory, and have liability for fires started by high winds, then you are guaranteed that they will use blackouts as a preventive measure.

Stay stupid, my friend.


47 posted on 10/19/2019 9:16:46 AM PDT by Defiant (I hope the Russians trick me into voting for Trump again in 2020.)
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Speaking of stupid, you are obviously unaware that we already subsidize the electric utilities with the HIGHEST rates in the country. To describe the current rates as LIw just demonstrates your utter ignorance of California utility practices. The utility is at fault by failing to greet trim as required by law so fires start in winds. Duh. Regulators don’t need to raise rates to get them to do what they are already required to accomplish. Instead they paid exorbitant salaries and benefits, and shareholder profits. They are a public utility, not a for profit corporation. Learn the difference before you shoot your mouth off.

You obviously don’t believe in holding people or companies responsible for their actions and believe that we should give people a pass for their bad Choices. Are you sure you’re in the right site. Your philosophy is much more in line with the far left wing democrat philosophy. People aren’t responsible for their actions, society is. That is your idiotic position. The utilities aren’t responsible for their illegal conduct, the ratepayers are.

As far as ignorance goes, rocket scientist, I will put my doctorate up against yours any time. The boys at the manure plant may think they are brilliant but in fact they are not. You have no apparent reason to shout out your arrogance and pomposity.


48 posted on 10/19/2019 11:10:47 AM PDT by Okeydoker
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Q: What did Californians use before candles?

A: Electricity.


49 posted on 10/19/2019 8:33:55 PM PDT by Ken H (Crooked Hillary => Queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, personification of rot)
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