PG&E announces plan to bury thousands of miles of lines

[SunSeeker]

18. Finally! The cost of burying the lines ($20B) is about the cost of 1 major fire.

That includes fire suppression costs, property damage, ecological damage, and lives lost...and ensuing litigation.

Under California and federal law, anyone who causes a wildfire must pay for the fire suppression costs incurred by federal, state and local fire agencies.

PG&E only only agreed to do this because they were being repeatedly tagged in court for the costs of fires started by their downed lines. It became cheaper to bury the lines than keep fighting the lawsuits.