[joeyrideout]

From my cursory understanding, they are not under direct pressure but recent legal fines have implicitly made the risks of remaining operational sky-high. What did the litigators think would happen?

[kllrnohj]

> What did the litigators think would happen?

That PG&E would stop paying out dividends instead of doing the maintenance they are supposed to be doing?

https://www.kqed.org/news/11737336/judge-pge-paid-out-stock-...

[jjoonathan]

Then how about prohibiting dividends, buybacks, and bonuses until they are ready to accept liability -- or some other way of structuring this regulation other than imposing contradictory requirements on them that force blackouts?

[albertop]

Utilities are heavily regulated. Each year, budget has to be approved by Sacramento.

[njarboe]

Not fines so much, but payments to insurance companies and others who suffered loses in fires found to be started by PG&E power lines.

[Data_Junkie]

That the age old failure of leadership could be blamed on the greed of the corporation. They are all complicit, ain't nothin' new.