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More recently, the public utility said it couldn’t provide a price tag, and that, although possible, undergrounding transmission lines is rare, complex and expensive.

“Huge profits shouldn’t be made from a public utility that everyone needs,” wrote Sharon K of Fullerton, who also declined to give her last name.

City Council created a task force in partnership with the Los Angeles Police Department and the Bureau of Street Lighting to curb copper wire theft from public utilities.

The list was compiled with information from car and solar panel companies, public utilities, homeowners and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Investors in public utilities know they’re at the mercy of Mother Nature when it comes to wildfires, but still choose to invest because electricity is a universal need.