Its amazing that the Ca Public Utility Commission which regulates PG&E is not being hammered. They dictate maintenance including tree work.
If you don’t raise rates for 40 years you can’t keep up with proper maintenance of the lines and right of ways. If I were PG&E I would declare bankruptcy and tell the state we are done, its yours and toss them the keys to the building.
That being said in the state I live my current electricity provider abuses us with never ending rate increases. Every two years like clock work they ask for 2-7% increase and the Public Service Commission bends us over and tells Kentucky Utilities, be gentle with them. One extreme to another...