Who’s responsible for California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire?
5 years, 9 months ago

Who’s responsible for California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire?

Al Jazeera  

While the official state investigation is ongoing, California’s largest utility company PG&E has admitted that its equipment likely caused the fire. It turns out that utility tower is part of a century-old high-voltage transmission line that PG&E had designated five years earlier as needing an overhaul, and which the company knew posed a safety risk but kept delaying the work. An official state investigation is ongoing, and last month PG&E has admitted that its equipment likely caused the fire. This track record raises troubling questions about PG&E’s business model and the larger concept of privatising energy utilities.

History of this topic

What ignited the deadly California wildfires? Investigators consider an array of possibilities
6 days, 5 hours ago
PG&E hit with $225-million lawsuit for 2021 Dixie fire damages
9 months ago
PG&E penalized $45 million in Dixie fire settlement with CPUC
11 months, 3 weeks ago
California Supreme Court says PG&E can’t be sued over safety-related power shutoffs
1 year, 1 month ago
Ex-PG&E execs to pay $117M to settle lawsuit over wildfires
2 years, 3 months ago
Former PG&E executives agree to $117-million settlement over California wildfires
2 years, 3 months ago
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2 years, 4 months ago
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2 years, 7 months ago
California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires
2 years, 9 months ago
PG&E to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for starting two wildfires
2 years, 9 months ago
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3 years ago
PG&E to spend $125M for igniting massive California fire
3 years, 2 months ago
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3 years, 3 months ago
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3 years, 3 months ago
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3 years, 3 months ago
“Your company is a convicted felon”: PG&E judge asks why power wasn’t cut on line linked to fire
3 years, 4 months ago
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3 years, 4 months ago
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3 years, 5 months ago
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3 years, 5 months ago
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3 years, 9 months ago
PG&E wildfire victims sue former management for neglect
3 years, 10 months ago
US: Nearly 100,000 evacuated in California as wildfires rage
4 years, 2 months ago
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4 years, 2 months ago
PG&E to shut off power to over 1 million people in Northern California
4 years, 2 months ago
PG&E equipment suspected as cause of deadly Zogg fire
4 years, 3 months ago
PG&E emerges from bankruptcy
4 years, 6 months ago
PG&E fined $4 million in deaths of 84 people in 2018 fire
4 years, 6 months ago
Families of California wildfire victims slam PG&E for crimes
4 years, 6 months ago
PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire
4 years, 6 months ago
Profits over safety: Utility blamed in fire that killed 85
4 years, 6 months ago
Power company PG&E to plead guilty to 84 deaths from California wildfire
4 years, 6 months ago
PG&E pleads guilty to 84 deaths in 2018 California wildfire
4 years, 7 months ago
PG&E pleads guilty to 84 deaths from 2018 Northern California wildfire
4 years, 7 months ago
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4 years, 7 months ago
PG&E’s top exec to end short stint at beleaguered utility
4 years, 8 months ago
PG&E plans to pay its $4-million fine for involuntary manslaughter out of fire victims fund
4 years, 9 months ago
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4 years, 9 months ago
PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter over Camp fire
4 years, 9 months ago
Regulators boost PG&E’s wildfire fine to $2.1 billion
4 years, 10 months ago
Judge rips PG&E for poor safety record leading to wildfires
4 years, 10 months ago
PG&E says it has reached $13.5 billion wildfire settlement
5 years, 1 month ago
PG&E reaches $13.5-billion settlement with victims of devastating California wildfires
5 years, 1 month ago
PG&E inspections of equipment that sparked deadly Camp fire were flawed, state regulators say
5 years, 1 month ago
Judge keeps a California law on utilities paying fire damages
5 years, 1 month ago
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5 years, 1 month ago
US power firm PG&E reportedly offers $13.5bn in fire compensation
5 years, 2 months ago
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5 years, 2 months ago
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5 years, 2 months ago
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5 years, 2 months ago
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5 years, 2 months ago

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