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THOMAS D. ELIAS
There are few companies in todayâs California so reviled as the three large privately-owned utilities that deliver electricity to most Californians. With good reason.
The largest of them, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., convicted twice of killing its customers willy-nilly via preventable disasters in San Bruno and Paradise, now stands formally accused in 33 more felony counts of causing other losses and fatalities in Sonoma County fires.
The other big private power companies, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric have also been found negligent and liable for billions of dollars of damage in huge wildfires covering thousands of acres in other parts of the state.
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