Letter: HECO should reimburse all power shutoff claims
Remember after the Lahaina fire, when Hawaiian Electric promised to improve vegetation management and strengthen utility poles to prevent future fires? Well apparently they found a much cheaper way: public safety power shutoffs (PSPS). Whenever it gets too windy, they simply shut off the electricity for entire neighborhoods, so if a pole falls down it will not spark a fire.
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