[brian-armstrong]

PG&E surely knows that if it lets one city do this, then more will follow quickly. It will be left with the least profitable regions and cities that can't afford to/don't have the credit for this transition. That would ultimately leave the remaining customers in an even less affordable position.

[greesil]

Maybe these expensive-to-serve regions need a different model of power generation.

[brian-armstrong]

Possibly, but that's orthogonal to my comment. Point is that there will still be cities that have to shoulder PG&E costs not because they have fires but because they can't afford to purchase and maintain their own grid, or don't have the political strength to get it done.

[JasserInicide]

Or living so far from civilization, especially in a state where wildfires have been part of the ecosystem for millions of years.

[greesil]

Altadena isn't exactly far from civilization. The point isn't that wild fires happen, it's that maybe these little places should go "off grid" so everybody can get a lower price. Everybody but them probably.