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Each one of the generators cost roughly $1 million. With shipping, installation, etc. the total was probably north of $100 million for these generators.
So, they were fined less than 2% of what it cost them to have these installed. Pocket change, indeed.
Tow the generators and impound them!
Instead they’re allowed to run them while they apply for the permit they didn’t follow through on. What a fucking joke
"You have 30 minutes to remove your generator."
"You have ten minutes."
"Your generator has been impounded."
"Your generator has been crushed into a cube."
"You have 30 minutes to move your cube."
Donate em to Ukraine, these things sound perfect for temporary emergency energy relief after strikes on infrastructure.
Fine them one million a day until the generators are done. That should motivate them a bit more.
$1M on day 1, $2M on day 2, $4M on day 3, etc.
They were already in violation. The days should count from the day they were installed, or from the earliest day it was confirmed as not yet installed.
So just the cost of doing business in the end then.