It’s not just “blame the utility.” They’re taking care to use a line of attack that won’t boomerang back on them. They don’t want it to come out that “climate change” initiatives starved needed investments from line maintenance and fire safety. Hence they’re NOT going to sue them over failure to maintain or replace transmission equipment.
Excellent point. They sued on not shutting off the power, which they claim is standard/universal, not lack of maintenance.
If they left the utility alone, they probably would have not had to spend millions of dollars to appease the left and could have spent that on inspections and maintenance work.