Killing customers is bad for business unless you’re PG&E & you can profit from doing so

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PG&E says it costs more than $3 million a mile to bury power lines. With 10,000 miles they want to bury, that is $30 billion. And based on “guaranteed returns” — read that profits — assured by the state, that translates into almost $3.2 billion into PG&E’s pockets. Not bad rehab program for a corporation that copped to 84 counts of manslaughter and responsibility for burning more than 15,000 homes.

PGE bury — PG&E says it costs more than $3 million a mile to bury power lines. With 10,000 miles they want to bury, that is $30 billion. And based on “guaranteed returns” — read that profits — assured by the state, that translates into almost $3.2 billion into PG&E’s pockets. Not bad rehab program for a corporation that copped to 84 counts of manslaughter and responsibility for burning more than 15,000 homes.

Firebaugh is in Fresno County, the heart of the San Joaquin Valley farm country. It has 8,108 residents and a median household income of $36,667. Roughly 30 percent live below the poverty line.

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