California regulator lays groundwork for PG&E bailout

Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, said his agency does not want PG&E and the state’s other investor-owned utilities to file for bankruptcy. In a move he conceded was unusual, he briefed investors and analysts on his views before issuing a public statement Thursday, a decision that may have contributed to the stock’s after-hours surge.

The commission, Picker said, will soon begin to implement a provision in a new state law through which utilities can pass wildfire costs along to their customers.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/California-regulator-lays-groundwork-for-PG-E-13397247.php

>>3953680

Nah, totally legit

What more could have been done to prevent the Camp Fire incident? Given the cost of life and property, could more effort had been made to prevent this tragedy? The personnel in fire, EMS and law enforcement have put their lives on the line and they are heroes and the Camp Fire would be more tragic without their efforts.

Are the people aware that there is a private aerial fire suppression service located at the Chico airport and that private company was not asked to help at all during the Camp Fire. This agency was only five minutes (flight time) away from the Camp Fire. They had offered their services to the decision makers overseeing the Camp Fire, but they were never asked to help. Communities are destroyed, perhaps forever. Given that the sheriff has ordered more body-identifying units, I am guessing the body count is only going to rise.

My question is why were these aerial resources not used when they were saying we are ready to help? It is feasible that they could have been the very first aerial resource on the scene putting water on the fire and could have been operating until Cal Fire aerial resources were available. Would this private resource have saved lives, even one life? And if one life could have been saved, then would it not have been worth cutting through the red tape?

— Darren Taylor, Chico

https://www.chicoer.com/2018/11/16/letter-where-was-air-support-for-camp-fire/