This is a good use of twitter to apply engineering and figure out issues.
The problem is that PG&E’s incentives are significantly misaligned to not be successful:
1. Crazy renewable edicts that do not have base power assumptions (see blackouts over summer).
2. Maintenance programs that are not overseen by a third part. This story. Please read just to see the sheering off of the c hook and the fact it might have been 100 years old!
1. Crazy renewable edicts that do not have base power assumptions (see blackouts over summer).
2. Maintenance programs that are not overseen by a third part. This story. Please read just to see the sheering off of the c hook and the fact it might have been 100 years old!