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As wildfires intensify, the taxpayer burden is growing (yaleclimateconnections.org)
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[โ€“] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And yet somehow, the PG&E burden is not, despite the fact that their rank idiocy and profiteering is the root cause of a significant fraction of the major fires in CA over the last couple decades.

[โ€“] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Their rates are growing though, so there is that.

In Portland, Portland General Electric has raised rates 22, 14, 12% in the last 3 years. They have proposed a 10(up from initial 7%) increase for Jan 2025. If 2022 was a baseline(which it realistically isn't for ratepayers), even then it would represent a 71% increase in 4 years.