“...Now everybody gets it. Global Warming causes PG&E to shut down the grid....”
The socialists/communists running the state pushed this: They forced the shutdown/curtailment of many of PGE’s own generating facilities within the state and then limited their maintenance budgets to practically nothing. They then made PGE buy outside power, but limited the price that PGE could charge for it such that PGE was paying more for that outside power than they could actually recoup from their customer base literally forcing them into bankruptcy. They prevented PGE from adequately clearing their power line right-of-ways for “environmental reasons”. This has been going on for years...it just didn’t happen overnight. With inadequate funds for maintenance of the line right-of-ways, it was destined to be a disaster in the making...which it was when a high voltage line failed causing wildfires, which in turn, caused lawsuits. PGE finally just “tossed in the towel” and shut em down to prevent any more future lawsuits and losses. It’s amazing that PGE has existed as long as it has. Welcome to socialism/communism....It’s insanity at its very finest.
It’s a tragedy that will become nationwide IF communism/socialism is allowed to continue to expand thru the entire country.
I understand the actual reason.
The ultimate reason is global warming.