Upon hearing that PG&E plans to award bonuses to some of their employees to the tune of over 10 million dollars, in the midst of bankruptcy and despite towering liability for the fires their equipment has already been established as having ignited (not to mention their increasing liability if it’s determined their equipment started the Kincaid Fire), it’s apparent the company hasn’t learned anything about taking responsibility for its actions.
Bankruptcy is too good for a company whose negligence was judged criminal in the San Bruno gas explosion, especially considering how little has been done since that event to prevent future eruptions of gas pipelines. Now we see the results of their ineptitude concerning the maintenance of their overhead power lines. And who is paying for their shortcomings? We are, both individually and collectively, in the many ways individuals and businesses have been negatively impacted by their malfeasance.
If PG&E doesn’t have the means to update their infrastructure without subjecting their customers to the kinds of threats to public safety their power interruptions are producing, they should be placed in receivership where their affairs could be managed by people capable of making responsible and intelligent decisions instead of the haphazard and insensitive manner in which it is being done today.
Tim Konrad
October 29, 2019
Petaluma, CA
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