California's Public Utilities Commission announced Monday it is launching a formal investigation into investor-owned utilities shutting off power during wildfires.
The commission's safety and enforcement division said it will open the investigation in the next 30 days to look at the Public Safety Power Shutoffs events that took place in 2019, and whether utility companies -- such as Pacific Gas & Electric -- are complying with rules, regulations and actions to hold the companies accountable, according to a release from the commission.
Millions facing a critical fire threat in California 02:08Nearly a million homes and businesses went dark in northern and central California over the weekend as PG&E shut off power to avoid"catastrophic" wildfires. The company has been under scrutiny in recent years for the role its equipment played in several devastating fires across the state, including last year's deadly Camp Fire.
It's PG&E. They poisoned California towns. They aren't above letting them burn. They need to be taken down permanently.
Of course they are going to shut it off. They don't want to be sued again and have to potentially pay billions of dollars.
If the Commission works like the rest of the state they will fire the CEO and hire an illegal alien.
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