Tragic and unfortunately quite stupid.

These power companies get richer and richer at the expense of many people who are hurting financially.

If you truely knew the the regulations governing profit margin for private utilities you would know this is very misleading. Not in any way trying to demean these poor souls who lost their lives but I hate to see the power company get more blame than necessary. I am basing this only on the state I worked in so your state may vary.