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FILE - 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 has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires started by its aging equipment in 2019 and 2021, prosecutors announced. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires

By Olga R. Rodriguez and Mike Liedtke - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, a row of chimneys stand in a neighborhood devastated by the Tubbs fire near Santa Rosa, Calif. A trust representing more than 80,000 victims of deadly wildfires ignited by Pacific Gas and Electric's rickety electrical grid is suing nearly two dozen of the utility's former executives and board members for alleged dereliction of their duty to ensure the equipment wouldn't kill people. The complaint filed Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in San Francisco Superior Court is an offshoot of a $13.5 billion settlement that PG&amp;E reached with the wildfire victims while the utility was mired in bankruptcy from January 2019 through June last year. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Wildfire victims sue former PG&E executives alleging neglect

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2020 file photo, a Pacific Gas and Electric employee sprays water on a burning telephone pole at the Zogg Fire near Ono, Calif. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric is reporting that fire investigators have seized some of its equipment as they investigate the cause of a Northern California wildfire that killed four people last month. PG&amp;E reported the seizure in a filing with the Public Utilities Commission Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. The Zogg Fire erupted in Shasta County during high winds and quickly grew, later spreading to neighboring Tehama County. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

California fire investigators seize utility equipment

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FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2019 file photo a car drives through a darkened Montclair Village as Pacific Gas &amp; Electric power shutdowns continue in Oakland, Calif. Pacific Gas and Electric promised regulators Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, that it has learned from its mishandling of deliberate blackouts and won't disrupt as many people's lives during the pandemic this year, when the utility expects to rely on outages to prevent its outdated grid from starting deadly fires. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

PG&E tells regulators upcoming outages will go more smoothly

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Judge orders PG&E to improve records, power line inspections

Associated Press

PG&E overhauls its board again as part of bankruptcy promise

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, a vehicle rests in front of a home leveled by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. An effort to block Pacific Gas and Electric's path out of bankruptcy kicked off the trial Wednesday, May 27, 2020, on the plan in bankruptcy court as critics of the utility questioned whether the overwhelming vote in favor of the plan by wildfire victims was tainted by conflicts of interest and shoddy counting. PG&amp;E's plan won support last week in a landslide, with victims overwhelmingly backing PG&amp;E's $58 billion proposal to emerge from bankruptcy after 18 months. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

PG&E’s bankruptcy trial opens with attacks on voting process

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, a vehicle rests in front of a home leveled by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. California power regulators are weighing a recommendation to back off plans to fine Pacific Gas and Electric an additional $462 million for igniting a series of Northern California 2018 deadly wildfires rather than risk that the harsher punishment will scuttle the utility's plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection, the state's Public Utilities Commission said in a document made public Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Regulators mull reversing $462M increase in PG&E fire fines

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo a Pacific Gas &amp; Electric truck leaves the company's Oakland Service Center in Oakland, Calif. Pacific Gas and Electric said Tuesday, Feb. 18, that it expects to become more profitable than ever after it emerges from bankruptcy and pays off more than $25 billion in losses sustained in catastrophic wildfires ignited by its outdated equipment. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

PG&E banking on big profits after utility leaves bankruptcy

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Former PG&E attorney to head EPA West Coast office

Associated Press

FILE - This Dec. 16, 2017, file photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows flames burning near power lines in Montecito, Calif. Pacific Gas and Electric is promising promising to overhaul its board of directors in an attempt to avoid a potential takeover attempt by the state of California and prove the beleaguered utility is turning over a new leaf as it works through its second bankruptcy in less than 20 years. The promise to shake things up came late Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, as the San Francisco company tries to emerge from bankruptcy by June 30. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP, File)

PG&E pledges to shake up board in bid to placate California

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, shows the charred remains of the Soda Rock Winery framed by the building's stone facade in the aftermath of the Kincade Fire near Healdsburg, Calif. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, to hire two law firms to pursue legal action against Pacific Gas &amp; Electric, the nation's largest utility. The action comes as PG&amp;E is trying to dig out of a financial hole created by a series of catastrophic fires that have been blamed on the utility's outdated electrical system and managerial negligence. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Sonoma County prepares to sue PG&E for damages from fire

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FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2017, file photo, a firefighter walks near a flaming house in Santa Rosa, Calif. An Associated Press review shows widespread problems with the four “public safety power shutoffs” the utility started rolling out in 2018, a year before massive blackouts paralyzed much of California in recent months. Interviews and documents obtained under public records requests reveal persistent failures and broken promises that in some cases compromised public safety. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

AP Exclusive: Early PG&E blackouts forewarned later problems

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - 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. Pacific Gas and Electric will be in a better position to steer its way out of bankruptcy if California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a federal judge both approve a $13.5 billion settlement with the thousands of people who lost their homes, businesses and family in a series of catastrophic fires that have been blamed on the utility's equipment. The company provided clearer picture outlining the rest of its financial journey in a Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, regulatory filing that provided more details about a deal it announced heading into last weekend. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

PG&E’s $13.5B deal with fire victims removes huge obstacles

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Illustration on the nation’s power grid by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The lesson of California’s wildfires

By William R. Graham, R. James Woolsey Jr. and Peter Vincent Pry