PG&E knows it will be sued for any fire that occurs in an area where they are supplying power. They are the designated “deep pockets” for any wildfire loss in the State of California.
Fires are going to start, whether PG&E is supplying power or not. The only way they can avoid liability is to make sure their power is turned off during conditions where fires are likely to start, for any reason.
The only way to prevent this rational decision-making is to provide civil protection to the utility, to ensure that they will not suffer crushing losses whenever a fire breaks out. If these lawsuits were prevented, PG&E would be happy to turn on the power.
"Fires are going to start, whether PG&E is supplying power or not. The only way they can avoid liability is to make sure their power is turned off during conditions where fires are likely to start, for any reason."
I have been posting this reality when PG&E first turned off the power in October!
The reality: "PG&E will not be sued for causing fires if there is no electricity in its power lines to cause fires!"
Exactly.
The Enviros have reached the zenith of their actions.
They stopped all grazing which removed the ‘ladder fuels’.
They shut down logging over the spotted owl.
The bark beetles have destroyed as much as 40% or more of the National forests there. When they attack trees, the trees die & fall & provide more food for more beetles.
When fires have happened, salvage logging can be beneficial, but it has to happen within just over 2 years to have worthwhile lumber from the effort. California stopped all the salvage logging.
I have ridden horseback many miles in forested land. We tried to tell the ‘little green beanies employees’ about the infestations of bark beetles, but they refused to listen.
IF there should be a target for the lawsuits, people truly need to consider the Forest Service (an oxymoron) as a primary target. They refused to listen to any of us.