PG&E says turning the power off prevented even more wildfires
A federal judge is trying to determine whether the power utility’s equipment is to blame for any of 2019’s wildfires in northern California
29 November 2019 - 18:04
San Francisco — Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) said it has identified at least 190 instances in late October in which contact between vegetation and power lines on windy days probably would have caused electric hazards if the lines hadn’t been de-energised to prevent fires.
The utility filed a written response on Friday to questions raised by a federal judge over a power line that failed minutes before a massive wildfire broke out last month in wine country an hour north of San Francisco...
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