Re:‘This Did Not Go Well’: Inside PG&E’s Blackout Control Room
by dragonwriter on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:36PM
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> My money is they get taken over by the state.
A number of their operations are being taken over by local public utilities in the current bankruptcy.
> Privatizing a utility was always a stupid move to begin with
PG&E isn't the result of privatizing a public utility, it's always been private.
> It's time we get to fixing all the damage Regan did to this country
If you mean Ronald Reagan, PG&E (or it's predecessors before various mergers and name changes) has been a private energy company since before he was born, so while there is lots you can blame him for, PG&E existing as a private energy firm isn't among them.
A number of their operations are being taken over by local public utilities in the current bankruptcy.
> Privatizing a utility was always a stupid move to begin with
PG&E isn't the result of privatizing a public utility, it's always been private.
> It's time we get to fixing all the damage Regan did to this country
If you mean Ronald Reagan, PG&E (or it's predecessors before various mergers and name changes) has been a private energy company since before he was born, so while there is lots you can blame him for, PG&E existing as a private energy firm isn't among them.