PG&E may be solvent, but it is facing a cash flow problem as a byproduct of $30 billion in potential liabilities from a series of catastrophic fires.

Cal Fire issued a statement and report last week identifying a private power system—and not PG&E—as the culprit in the deadly 2017 wildfire.

Mention PG&E to Victor Porter, and the response is nothing like the bland non-opinion most Americans have of their utility provider.

The state says PG&E customers should not pay for the utility’s misdeeds if it was responsible for two of the most destructive wildfires.

The North Bay firestorms left much of Santa Rosa a smoking ruin, and took at least 15 lives and left authorities looking for 150 people.