Millions are out of power in California, but were the PG&E shutoffs necessary?
This week's Diablo winds were projected to be the strongest in two years, but early signs suggest that PG&E may have overestimated the fire risk.
Millions face power outages in California due to wildfire threat
California's main utility announced is shutting off power to customers in 34 northern, central and coastal California counties to reduce the chance of fierce winds knocking down or toppling trees into power lines during a siege of hot, dry, gusty…
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California utility PG&E cuts power as precaution against wildfires
Pacific Gas & Electric implemented a controversial practice of cutting power to selected portions of Northern California on Saturday to guard against wildfires as the weather turned very windy, dry and hot.
The San Francisco-based utility sparked the Nov. 8 fire in the Pulga area that nearly destroyed Paradise and killed 85 people.
The embattled utility company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in January, said it's taking a $10.5 billion charge for claims connected to the fire.
A U.S. judge berated Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Wednesday, accusing the nation's largest utility of enriching shareholders instead of clearing trees that can fall on its power lines and start fires and making "excuses" to avoid turning off…
The nation's largest utility is trying to relieve itself of some of the billions of dollars in damages it could face as a result of California's devastating wildfires.
Officials are investigating whether the utility's equipment sparked a wildfire in Northern California in November that killed at least 86 people and destroyed 15,000 homes.
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