Palisades Fire live updates: Wildfires spread in Los Angeles, prompting mandatory evacuations, as Santa Ana winds expected to intensify
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Don't they have public liability insurance to cover such instances? Of course their premiums will go up as a result of any major claims made, which I suspect will be passed on to their source of income, ie. ratepayers.Deadly Eaton fire ignited by Southern California Edison, feds allege in lawsuit
Federal prosecutors on Thursday sued Southern California Edison over its alleged role in the deadly Eaton fire, a blaze that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,000 homes and other structures in Altadena and the surrounding area.
In a civil complaint, prosecutors allege that the Eaton fire was ignited by “faulty power infrastructure or by sparks from faulty power infrastructure owned, maintained, and operated” by Edison.
The government also sued Edison on Thursday for its alleged role in the Fairview fire, which burned near Hemet in 2022. Prosecutors are seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages from Edison, alleging the company’s negligence caused both fires.
Essayli stressed that the intention is for the utility company and “not the ratepayers” to bear the burden of the costs.
[As a ratepayer, I'm very interested to hear how that's going to work.]
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