[gleeaikin]

It would be nice if the corporate powers at PEPCO, PG&E, etc. could be at least as competent as government.

[B212]

gleeaikin:....let me pose an example...let us say that your local power company, wanted to install new hi-voltage distribution towers, in order to isolate breakdowns on their system, this would mean extra towers about your town...would you agree to their proposals...then suppose they wanted to excavate your street to install underground wiring...would you agree to their construction....finally, would agree to have your power bill rise by 30% in order to pay for the improvements...

[AZLiberty]

You mean that they should have thought of burying the power cables decades ago? Who would have taken the earnings hit required by that? Who would give up their bonus merely to ensure that millions of customers would be safe from a freak storm decades later?