Some of the recent fires were thought to be caused by PGE negligence. Once brought under control and investigated, it turned out to be your very standard sparks-on-the-road and dry bush fire, just grown to epic proportions. Nevertheless some maintenance issues were found in PGE’s service record and they are still being held accountable by the state, for a fire they didn’t cause. Right criminal, wrong crime.

I’m not a fan of PGE, and I’m personally very happy their filing for bankruptcy, but there does appear to be some political grandstanding and scapegoating here.