Why do we allow a major utility - #PGE - that uses fires and explosions and major outages as its maintenance indicators continue to operate?

And why has California's regulatory authority - #CPUC - allowed that to continue?

And why are ratepayers on the hook for the costs of PGE's bad management decisions?

PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout | The San Francisco Standard
https://sfstandard.com/2026/05/08/pge-december-blackout-report-cause-investigation/

PG&E failed to act on substation damage before crippling December blackout

An independent probe found that high humidity levels inside the Mission substation sparked an outage that left 120,000 customers without power.

The San Francisco Standard