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Wildfires: PG&E will place 10,000 miles of electric lines underground

July 21, 2021 / By Fiona Kelliher and George Avalos

Pacific Gas & Electric, the state’s largest power company, said Wednesday that it plans to place 10,000 miles of power lines underground to reduce the possibility of sparking massive wildfires

PG&E Aims to Curb Wildfire Risk by Burying Many Power Lines

July 21, 2021 / By Sheelagh McNeill

Source: New York Times

Pacific Gas & Electric, aiming to show its determination to overcome a history of safety problems, announced Wednesday that it planned to put 10,000 miles of its power lines underground

PG&E equipment may be linked with another Northern California wildfire, utility reports

July 20, 2021 / By Kavya Balaraman

Source: Utility Dive

Dive Brief: Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) equipment may have been involved with a new Northern California wildfire that had burned more than 40,000 acres as of Monday, according to

PG&E says its equipment may be linked to 30K-acre Dixie Fire

July 19, 2021 / By Associated Press, Lonnie Wong

Source: Fox 40 News

Pacific Gas & Electric equipment may have been involved in the start of the big Dixie Fire burning in the Sierra Nevada, the nation’s largest utility reported to California regulators.

PG&E says its equipment may have sparked 30,000-acre Dixie Fire in California

July 19, 2021 / By Daniel Uria

Source: UPI

July 19 (UPI) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. utility equipment may have sparked the 30,000-acre Dixie Fire burning in California, according to a report by the utility. A PG&E

California approves expedited pathway for near-term utility EV investments, despite cost concerns

July 16, 2021 / By Kavya Balaraman

Source: Utility Dive

Dive Brief: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday narrowly passed a decision allowing utilities an expedited pathway to propose near-term transportation electrification investment plans, despite some concerns about

PG&E wants rate hike for California wildfire prevention. How much your bill could increase

June 30, 2021 / By Dale Kasler

Source: The Sacramento Bee

PG&E Corp. is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to try to keep California from catching fire — and wants its customers to pay for it. California’s largest electric utility

The City Signed Up for a Lot of Watchdog Work Under New Power Deal

June 14, 2021 / By MacKenzie Elmer

Source: Voice of San Diego

San Diego and its power provider, San Diego Gas and Electric, renewed their vows last week by signing up for another 20 years with each other after a century-long relationship.

CA Utility Protections End In July: Readers Weigh In

June 7, 2021 / By Kat Schuster

Source: Patch

As the coronavirus pandemic intensified in California, so did the number of customers unable to pay their utility bills. To protect struggling Californians, a moratorium was issued last year to

Unpaid CA Utility Bills Approaching $2 Billion

June 4, 2021 / By Bob Porterfield

Source: Patch

CALIFORNIA — If there’s any measure of additional pain inflicted upon Californians by the coronavirus pandemic beyond unemployment and untimely deaths, it can be partially reflected in the number of

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