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PG&E gets annual ‘safety certificate’ — fire prevention advocates ask why

California regulators this week approved Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s safety plans and awarded the utility an annual certificate required for it to defray some costs if its power lines

Hedge Funds Cash Out Billions in PG&E Stock. Fire Survivors Suffer and Wait

Pacific Gas & Electric Company has been called a “terror” to the people of California. Its electric grid has sparked wildfires each of the last four years and is suspected

Can burying power lines prevent California’s next big wildfire?

On July 18, California’s Pacific Gas & Electric revealed that its electrical equipment might have sparked the Dixie Fire, a blaze that has since become the second-largest in the state’s

PG&E power line suspected in Dixie fire was set to be buried underground in safety move

After Pacific Gas & Electric equipment sparked a massive fire that burned much of Paradise, Calif., and killed 86 people in 2018, the utility vowed a safety campaign aimed

Wildfires: PG&E warns of financial losses due to Dixie Fire as blaze rages on

PG&E warned on Thursday that financial losses are “probable” as a result of the Dixie Fire that has scorched parts of Northern California, a reminder that the utility is facing

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

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

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

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

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 (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

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