What a WEEK!
PG&E-friendly wildfire bill being prepared by state lawmakers in wake of lethal Butte County inferno
Even before the cause of the deadly Camp Fire is determined, California lawmakers are drafting legislation to shield PG&E from massive liabilities connected to the blaze.
“We want to send a signal to the financial markets that we are not going to leave the utilities flapping in the wind,” Kellie Smith, chief consultant for the state Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, said Tuesday. The legislation is expected to be introduced by Democratic Assemblyman Chris Holden of Los Angeles County, who is the chairman of the key legislative panel.
The bill is expected to protect California’s major investor-owned utilities from wildfire liabilities.
“What a happy Thanksgiving gift this is for PG&E shareholders, directors and executives to enjoy this holiday weekend, while over 12,000 residents of Butte County spend Thanksgiving in shelters, tents or their cars with some mourning their dead or distraught over loved ones who are missing,” state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, a frequent critic of PG&E, said Tuesday.
San Francisco-based PG&E, in Hill’s view, is using the specter of bankruptcy to alarm state lawmakers and regulators to rush to the company’s aid.
“PG&E is using the bankruptcy bogeyman to scare lawmakers,” Hill said. “You could set up a payment plan over many years for PG&E, which is what BP did after the Gulf oil spill. Instead, PG&E always looks for the easy way out, no matter how many people are affected.”
https://www.chicoer.com/2018/11/21/pge-friendly-wildfire-bill-being-eyed-by-state-lawmakers-in-wake-of-lethal-butte-county-inferno/
Didn't see this posted.
PG&E = Cabal = CA State Gov —→ State of Disaster Fed funds PLUS rape the good people of CA.
It's actually more than 52,000 residents.
The over 12,000 number is the number of homes burned.