Drive all blames into one

One hook holding up a transmission line broke.
A fire destroyed the northern California town of Paradise
and killed 85 people.

In exchange,
the utilities will be shielded unaddressed
from lawsuits that could cost them billions
if a town like Payson or Prescott is wiped out.

The agency failed to write chose not to write
detailed rules requiring the plans to lay out specifics.
Instead: three pages,
restating general provisions.

Homeowners and other Arizonans
left on the hook
if they lose everything in a fire.

We'll learn from that.

The hook was always thin. Someone decided thin was enough.