During the first quarter of 2023, PG&E earned $623 million, an 18.2% jump in profits from the $527 million the company tallied during the same quarter in 2022, PG&E said Thursday in a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
I am so sick and tired of paying these bastards for burning down California and killing people in explosions. Maintaining your damn equipment to safety standards is a bare minimum for doing business, not an excuse to raise rates. It’s become absurd.
How is this not an anti-trust investigation? It’s a clear cut monopoly.
They went bankrupt earlier, they need to be forced to sell their lines to pay their debts.
Pge delenda est.
It’s on the face corrupt bullshit. How are you posting millions of dollars profit after declaring bankruptcy?
They didn’t “declare bankruptcy,” they filed for Chapter 11 which is meant for reorganizing. It puts a hold on collections to allow the company to get its finances in order. It’s not for outright dismissing debts the way personal bankruptcy would.
Do me a favor and finish the statement, “They filed for Chapter 11 b-------cy.”
removed Nancy?
How about we approve a measure where the state of CA takes over PG&E in entirety because their exec suite clearly can’t run a utility company for shit?
TL;DR: PG&E has asked the CPUC to approve a 22% rate hike that factors in inflation and costs to move powerlines underground in high wildfire risk areas. The CPUC countered with “only” (my emphasis) a 12% rate hike and a proposal to insulate above-ground powerlines instead. The CPUC is set to decide on Nov 2.
My opinion: PG&E can go fuck themselves, and the CPUC can go help them, as per usual. If either of these organizations actually gave a flying fuck about people instead of dollars, they would cut executives’ million-dollar salaries before asking for yet another rate hike. Fuck PG&E and the CPUC.
But how can pge solve their shitty infrastructure if they don’t pass the cost to subscribers?! /s
Slash profits, fuckers. Take the hit. It’s the cost of doing business.
how is insulating them any less expensive. they have machines for pushing through underground cable and it seems like a lot less work than putting insulation on the equivalent stretch of above ground given the ladder/cherry picker type stuff they would have to use.
Anything that goes underground has another layer of diligence and bureaucracy involved. You have to check that no other underground services are in the same location as your power lines, and with underground fiber, gas, and water, that’s not always a given. If other services are in the same locations, then everything slows down to reduce the chances of causing damage.
Then, there’s the actual costs involved with underground work. Moving a cherry picker or four along basic power lines is likely cheaper and quicker than dredging, laying, and replacing soil. That’s assuming there are no driveways, permits required for roadway closures, environmental studies, and more.
thats the thing. we just had electric put underground near me and no dredging and replacing of soil was needed. this machine pushes this drill type of thing dragging the cable with it some distance. At least 40 ft but maybe more like 100. then they move it along and push it so many feet more. rinse, repeat. The machine is like the size of the machine is like a small trailer. its on two wheels and can be pulled about easily.
Were they replacing overhead lines?
That does sound like an easy and painless process. It would be cool if there’s some electric utility lurkers here to shed some light on what the true costs are
I think but the overheads are not down yet. It was pretty recent. Curiously our condo just recently had our lights replaced and they used something similar but a smaller version. It blew me away as I had not known something like that existed. Im not sure if its a realtively new technology or what but it would be great if underground became the norm.
California: highest electricity prices in the country PGE: let’s raise them some more!
Paywall.
