[familyop]

"Why don’t they just quietly correct the problem instead of publically blabbing about it?"

Power company investors and their customers didn't want to pay for correcting the longstanding and widely known problem. If a political effort to correct the problem were to commence, many more would publicly talk about it. It would be seen and heard by all. But obviously now, such political effort has already begun, and after all to follow, the problem still won't be solved (incompetence in commercial information technology, greed, big spending, etc.).

[dynoman]

Speculation.