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PG&E CEO Patti Poppe says the utility, after years of igniting devastating wildfires,...

I want to help promote and protect accountability. i want to rehabilitate pg&e. one of the things we brought up in the proceedings is that pg&e continues to engage in criminal thinking. it wasnt just an accident. it was the product of recklessness. so if pg&e was a person, within their first year of incarceration, they would have had to have taken criminal thinking classes. they help you to stop engage in that criminal thinking in order to rehabilitate yourself. corporations are not required to ...

The sparks from the resulting short circuit ignited the dry brush below. although pg&es records were unclear on specifics, it was estimated that the broken c-hook along with other components of the tower had been in use for about 97 years. yeah. >> they had inspected that transmission tower and had reported that they were going to replace the critical parts, but they never got around to it. >> and the camp fire is not the only time pg&es negligence caused major fire damage to california. investi...

Manslaughter. for many in northern california, including me, pg&e has become a four-letter word. im just taking a poll of everybody i talk to. word association. pg&e. >> fire. >> corporate greed. >> outdated. >> outdated. >> fall guy. >> lacking. >> my word is accountability. >> accountability, yeah, that would be nice. fighting for that accountability is mark toney, the executive director of the utility reform network. >> were an organization thats been around for about 50 years fighting for cu...

And guess who pays for all that? the pg&e consumer. they charge us not to burn us down. and until thats all in place, one of pg&es primary wildfire mitigation strategies is just shut the power off. because its hard for power lines to start a fire if theres no power. so pg&e does rolling blackouts regardless of the fact that some people need electricity in order to, you know, survive. >> youre experiencing these massive power shutoffs. theyre supposed to be a last resort, but pg&e is using them t...

Multiple violations related to the san bruno natural gas explosion. >> back in 2010? >> uh-huh. >> 2010. >> so like any felon, pg&e is on felony probation. and the first order is commit no more crimes. in the course of their probation, theyve started multiple wildfires. >> during their probation? >> yes. >> theyre committing further crimes. i was just watching "goodfellas." >> if a person committed this, they would be locked up in jail. but you cant lock a corporation in jail. >> what really ups...

Elected assembly member, to their elected senators, and demand that the utility companies be held accountable. >> yeah, id say holding pg&e accountable is the least we can do. not everyone is as hard on pg&e as me. pg&e? >> fall guy. >> fall guy? >> yeah. >> you think there is too much blame on pg&e? >> yeah. >> okay. >> because pg&e didnt come up with the policy to put out every fire, and they didnt let the forestlands get totally out of balance. >> so the fire mace start with them. but if we w...

My brain again. >> people need to reach out to the governor, through their elected assembly member, to their elected senators, and demand that the utility companies be held accountable. >> yeah, id say holding pg&e accountable is the least we can do. not everyone is as hard on pg&e as me. pg&e? >> fall guy. >> fall guy? >> yeah. >> you think there is too much blame on pg&e? >> yeah. >> okay. >> because pg&e didnt come up with the policy to put out every fire, and they didnt let the forestlands g...

Probation case because i want to help promote and protect public safety, i want to rehabilitate pg&e. one of the things that we brought up in the proceeding is that pg&e continues to engage in criminal thinking. it wasnt just an accident, it was a product of recklessness. if pg&e was a person within their first year of incarceration, they wouldve had to have taken criminal thinking classes. they help you to stop engaging in criminal thinking in order to rehabilitate yourself. corporations are no...

The electrical transmission towers broke. causing a high voltage cable to fall, the sparks from the resulting short-circuit ignited the dry brush below. although pg&es records were unclear on specific, it was estimated that the broken seahawk along with other components had been in use for about 97 years. c hook. yes.>> they had inspected that transmission tower and reported they were going to replace the critical parts, but they never got around to it>> the campfire is not the only time pg&es n...