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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 23 hours ago

Who pays for wildfire damage? In the West, utilities are shifting the risk to customers.

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Who pays for wildfire damage? In the West, utilities are shifting the risk to customers.

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ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 23 hours ago
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Utah laws cap wildfire damages and let utilities pass the cost onto customers. Utility lobbyists are pushing the model in other states.
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    “Privatize the profits, socialize the losses.”

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    Should be proportional to energy usage. Lets see the corporations fund wild fire protection.

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    that’s funny because it feels like we could shift starting huge fires to the customers pretty easily

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