Sacramento has that, it's called SMUD. I don't know if it's any better. Are they keeping their lines and equipment free of tree branches? Are they having power outages? Are they blowing up neighborhoods?
It's not really appropriate to compare any of the California municipal utilities to something like PG&E — SMUD isn't tiny, but they have a fraction of the T&D infrastructure of PG&E.
Fair comparisons would be to San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison. Both have had selective power shutoffs in the recent wind. Also, note that SCE did not power down some lines and it appears their equipment caused a wildfire:
SDG&E has been using public safety power shutoffs for some time, and has a pretty good system of sectionalizers to make the outage areas more granular than PG&E's. That said, they don't have anywhere near the T&D infrastructure of PG&E.
Yeah in all seriousness I like that structure for other reasons, but it’s not necessarily more likely to force foresight and proper maintenance. Government oversight and/or insurance companies should be enforcing fire safety here.
