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PG&E asks California regulators to approve a 22% rate hike (www.nbcbayarea.com)

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During the first quarter of 2023, PG&E earned $623 million, an 18.2% jump in profits from the $527 million the company tallied during the same quarter in 2022, PG&E said Thursday in a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thats the thing. we just had electric put underground near me and no dredging and replacing of soil was needed. this machine pushes this drill type of thing dragging the cable with it some distance. At least 40 ft but maybe more like 100. then they move it along and push it so many feet more. rinse, repeat. The machine is like the size of the machine is like a small trailer. its on two wheels and can be pulled about easily.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Were they replacing overhead lines?

That does sound like an easy and painless process. It would be cool if there’s some electric utility lurkers here to shed some light on what the true costs are

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think but the overheads are not down yet. It was pretty recent. Curiously our condo just recently had our lights replaced and they used something similar but a smaller version. It blew me away as I had not known something like that existed. Im not sure if its a realtively new technology or what but it would be great if underground became the norm.