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A comment on PG&E-friendly wildfire bill being prepared by lawmakers in wake of lethal fires. Parent comment

Re:PG&E-friendly wildfire bill being prepared by lawmakers i... by LanceH on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @05:16AM (#18501491)
A house is insured. PG&E is insured. My house burns down, my insurance pays for it. Then they sue PG&E to recover that payout.

As far as who is at fault: a fire needs a fuel, oxygen and a spark. It can be argued that a spark is going to happen somewhere, and mitigating it is more about not having the fuel so that it can chain and spread.

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Re:PG&E-friendly wildfire bill being prepared by lawmakers i... by masonic on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:55PM (#18507764) 

  PG&E is insured.
Do we know this? Many large public and quasi-public entities are self-insuring.
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