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A helicopter makes a water drop as flames threaten homes on a ridgeline as a wildfire threatens homes in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Deliberate blackouts possible again in California amid winds

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

A car drives through a darkened Montclair Village as Pacific Gas & Electric power shutdowns continue in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The area remains without power after the utility cut service hoping to prevent wildfires during dry, windy conditions. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Pacific Gas & Electric blackouts put California environmental policies under microscope

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Carlos Lama of Bayside Cafe, which was among businesses to lose power due to PG&amp;E's public safety power shutoff, uses an LED lamp and light from his phone at the counter of the restaurant in Sausalito, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. More than a million people in California were without electricity Wednesday as the state's largest utility pulled the plug to prevent a repeat of the past two years when windblown power lines sparked deadly wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal via AP)

1.5 million Californians in the dark, most now for 2nd day

By Brian Melley and Terence Chea - Associated Press

Jamie Olivas transfers items from a Safeway store on Calistoga Road into a refrigerated trailer in order to keep them cold during a power outage in Santa Rosa, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric has cut power to more than half a million customers in Northern California hoping to prevent wildfires during dry, windy weather throughout the region. (Christopher Chung/The Press Democrat via AP)

California businesses face reality of electrical outages

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and TERRENCE CHEA - Associated Press

Pacific Gas & Electric begins shutting off power in the San Francisco Bay Area

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James Cooke is shown buying water bottles along with propane tanks and batteries at a ACE Hardware store as he prepares for a possible power shutdown in Los Gatos, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Millions of people were poised to lose electricity throughout northern and central California after Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Co. announced Tuesday it would shut off power in the largest preventive outage in state history to try to avert wildfires caused by faulty lines. (Anda Chu/San Jose Mercury News via AP)

Millions face power outages in northern, central California

By Olga R. Rodriguez and Janie Har - Associated Press

Cashier Lorna Pine, right, checks out customers at Sonoma's Friedman's Home Improvement, which remained open with limited electricity from a backup generator in Sonoma, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Employees escorted customers through the darkened store with flashlights and headlamps. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric has cut power to more than half a million customers in Northern California hoping to prevent wildfires during dry, windy weather throughout the region. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

California power outage: What happens when the lights go out

By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

Better weather eases California power shutoffs

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2018, file photo, a Pacific Gas &amp; Electric lineman works to repair a power line in fire-ravaged Paradise, Calif. PG &amp; E anticipates shutting off power in 9 California counties due to hot, dry and windy conditions even as it formalizes settlements with the vast majority of claims from the deadly Northern California wildfires in 2017 and 2018. The San Francisco utility will make a final decision before noon Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, on whether it will cut power. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Fire threat brings power cuts to thousands in California

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In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, a Pacific Gas &amp; Electric worker walks in front of a truck in San Francisco. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric and a group of insurers say they have reached an $11 billion settlement to cover most of the claims from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires in California. The utility said in a statement Friday, Sept. 13, that the tentative agreement covers 85% of the insurance claims, including a fire that decimated the town of Paradise. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

PG&E reaches $11B deal with California wildfire insurers

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Bill to help California utility pay wildfire claims stalls

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2017, file photo, Pacific Gas &amp; Electric crews work on restoring power lines in a fire ravaged neighborhood in an aerial view in the aftermath of a wildfire in Santa Rosa, Calif. California lawmakers pushing for a bill to let a troubled utility company issue tax exempt bonds to pay past wildfire claims are struggling to get the proposal moving as the legislature winds down. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

California utility seeks help in paying wildfire victims

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

Report: PG&E failed to deal with some trees near power lines

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PG&E rejects report on power line wildfire threat

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

Major California utilities agree to pay into wildfire fund

By ANDREW OXFORD - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 15, 2018, aerial file photo shows the remains of residences leveled by the Camp wildfire in Paradise, Calif. A group of insurance companies are offering a plan to take over Pacific Gas &amp; Electric, the latest to offer competing proposals to pay the utility's wildfire liabilities and pull it out of bankruptcy. In court filings Tuesday, July 23, 2019, the insurers said PG&amp;E Corp. owes them more than $20 billion in claims paid to victims of recent California wildfires caused by PG&amp;E equipment and offered a &quot;viable path&quot; to emerge from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

California gets time to consider bids to take over PG&E

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

The Latest: California gets time on bids to reorganize PG&E

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Insurers offer competing plan to rescue PG&E from bankruptcy

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California utility customers sue over wildfire law

By ANDREW OXFORD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2017, file photo, Pacific Gas &amp; Electric crews work on restoring power lines in a fire ravaged neighborhood in an aerial view in the aftermath of a wildfire in Santa Rosa, Calif. A Wednesday, July 10, 2019, report in the Wall Street Journal says Pacific Gas &amp; Electric, which is blamed for some of California's deadliest recent fires, knew for years that dozens of its aging power lines posed a wildfire threat but avoided replacing or repairing them. PG&amp;E says it disagrees with the Journal's conclusions but says it’s &quot;taking significant actions to inspect, identify, and fix&quot; safety issues. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Report: PG&E ignored repairs on aging power lines

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