When Toyota or any other automaker is caught placing flawed parts in some of the models it builds, a recall ensues with the car company often paying hundreds of millions of dollars to replace fuel injection systems, floor mats or whatever was wrong. Of course, there is plenty of competition in the car business, as relative newcomers like Hyundai, Kia, Tesla and others rise up continually to challenge the existing giants, forcing them to keep prices within reach and to respond when they’ve done something wrong. But utility companies in California are not like that. They are monopolies. If you …