![]() Greenville before and after the Dixie Fire. It was glorious and we vacillated between joy and tears all day. ![]() From there you can walk or bike to Summit Lake.įrom the SW entrance, the road is cleared but closed to vehicles from the Kohm Yah-Mah-Nee Visitor Center to the Lassen Peak Trail parking lot, but we only walked as far as Lake Helen – a 12 mile round trip. The park road is still not open to vehicles all the way through, but entering from the north side (Manzanita Lake area), the road is open to vehicles all the way to the Devastated Area. Standish and I are avid hikers and are in Lassen Park as much as possible. Since the power was off Wednesday, we made our first hike of 2022 in Lassen Volcanic National Park. So, they have excellent hiring skills, at least. I have never met a PG&E worker who wasn’t dedicated to serving their customers. Fortunately, Oliver separated the universal hatred for the company from the love for the workers. “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” had a great segment on it you can watch here. Guess what happens when neglect is incentivized? So how do they do it? The company only profits from new infrastructure, not from maintaining the old equipment that usually causes the fires for which they are then fined. The dividends are cumulative and qualify for the reduced tax rate of 15% – 20%. ![]() The dividends hadn’t been paid since November 2017, when they were suspended due to pending lawsuits for all the wildfires they caused. They also just restarted dividend payouts on preferred stocks for the first time since declaring bankruptcy. PG&E has been fined billions of dollars for burning people alive and incinerating or poisoning towns – remember Erin Brockovich? Where do they get the money to pay those fines AND continue to dole out bonuses to their executives and lobbyists?
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