Pacific Gas and Electric admits it needs to do more to prevent another devastating wildfire. But it disputes a report saying the company knew that its aging infrastructure was susceptible to burning.
Responding to a scathing Wall Street Journal report, PG&E denied the article's conclusions that the utility knew for years parts of its transmission system posed a wildfire risk but did not fix them.Citing reports obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the Journal said that even before the deadly Paradise, California, fire,"the company knew that 49 of the steel towers that carry the electrical line that failed needed to be replaced entirely.
California utility PG&E to pay $1 billion to local governments for a series of wildfires "Although we don't agree with or support the Journal's conclusions, we have acknowledged that the devastation of the 2017 and 2018 wildfires made clear that we must do more to combat the threat of wildfires and extreme weather while hardening our systems," PG&E said in a statement.
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