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TL;DR: PG&E has asked the CPUC to approve a 22% rate hike that factors in inflation and costs to move powerlines underground in high wildfire risk areas. The CPUC countered with “only” (my emphasis) a 12% rate hike and a proposal to insulate above-ground powerlines instead. The CPUC is set to decide on Nov 2.
My opinion: PG&E can go fuck themselves, and the CPUC can go help them, as per usual. If either of these organizations actually gave a flying fuck about people instead of dollars, they would cut executives’ million-dollar salaries before asking for yet another rate hike. Fuck PG&E and the CPUC.
I once watched a movie called Wild Thyme Mountain starring Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan. The movie is set in rural Ireland and is about the two of them being perfect for each other and Emily Blunt’s character being desperately in love with Jamie Dornan’s character, but Jamie is rather…peculiar and not particularly interested in her or in women (or men). That’s basically 95% of the movie. In the last 5% of the movie, Jamie admits that he is indeed in love with Emily but feels he can’t be with her because he believes >!he is actually a bee.!<
No, I did not mistype that. The man literally believes that >!he is a honeybee. Turns out, Emily doesn’t give a fuck about that, and they end up happily ever after.!<
Why this movie exists, I truly can’t even begin to say. But I watched it ironically at the behest of a friend who needed someone else to experience this absolute travesty of a movie to share in the sheer what-the-fuckery of it. I can’t even imagine how gobsmacked I would have been had I watched it not knowing it would be batshit crazy.