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Re:Show HN: My $1k self-install, off-grid solar backup build... by callalex on Saturday April 13, 2024 @04:51PM (#40025992)
The private for-profit “utility” in California, PG&E, is extremely corrupt but voters can’t do anything about it because it’s a one-party state which means the only people that run for the opposition party are completely looney. Look up the history of the Paradise fire and “public safety power shutoffs”.
Re:Show HN: My $1k self-install, off-grid solar backup build... by epistasis on Saturday April 13, 2024 @10:48PM (#40028264)
One party has nothing to do with itx it's more just standard PUC malfeasance and corruption which is endemic across the country. Ohio, for example, is anything but a one party state yet has legislators going to prison for being bribed by utilities to pass outrageous legislation.