I looked at the outage map and they cut power to the rural areas (which I've lived).

The landscape of Arizona and the parts of California that have been cut is drastically different. Arizona is arid and dry with little foliage. California the lines are around tons of dry foliage ready to light up and can spread much easier.

Also, the way power lines are distributed in neighborhoods in the rural California areas from the main lines - I believe it becomes a weird issue of "is this the property owners responsibility or PG&E's". For example, it cost 10k per pole I recall to get power from the main lines to a ranch house.

I looked out the outage map and they cut power to the rural areas (which I've lived).

The landscape of Arizona and the parts of California that have been cut is drastically different. Arizona is arid and dry with little foliage. California the lines are around tons of dry foliage ready to light up and can spread much easier.

Also, the way power lines are distributed in neighborhoods in the rural California areas from the main lines - I believe it becomes a weird issue of "is this the property owners responsibility or PG&E's". For example, it cost 10k per pole I recall to get power from the main lines to a ranch house.