I saw this morning that Gavin Newsom was yelling at PG&E for not clearing brush under their easements.
While everyone there (CA APS members excluded) continues to blame the power companies and the state gov can apparently do no wrong. I bet many of them are the same people that yell for solar, but don't have any panels on their roofs, because somehow, they should be installed for free. "Grid power is a human right!"
Such a difference between that and Idaho (not to be continually bragging about Idaho). My electric bills are literally a quarter what they were in CA, while using way more electricity. I haven't yet had more than a 5 second outage, and a couple of months ago I got a notice from Idaho Power that they were cutting my rates because their costs went down, so they were passing that on.
It's not like Idaho Power is that much better than Edison or PG&E (as in, they are all efficient when they can be), but the state here keeping out of Idaho Power's business seems to make a big difference. Of course here, if people lose power in December, it's a bit more life-threatening than if it happens in LA, and I think the state gov prioritizes that.