{"id":4526,"date":"2022-04-13T23:00:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=4526"},"modified":"2022-04-16T23:07:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T06:07:53","slug":"some-counties-reach-55-million-settlement-with-pge-over-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2022\/04\/13\/some-counties-reach-55-million-settlement-with-pge-over-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Counties Reach $55 Million Settlement With PG&E Over Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"
[California County News]<\/pre>\n
SACRAMENTO, CA — Six counties have reached a settlement with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) that will allow the utility to avoid criminal prosecution for its role in two devastating Northern California wildfires.<\/p>\n
Faulty PG&E equipment was identified as the cause of last year\u2019s Dixie Fire \u2014 the second largest wildfire in state history \u2014 as well as the 2019 Kincade Fire in Sonoma County.<\/p>\n
The agreement was reached with district attorneys in Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta, Sonoma and Tehama. PG&E was under criminal investigation in five of the counties and facing a criminal indictment in Sonoma.<\/p>\n
The utility will pay $55 million to the counties. $35 million will go to non-profit agencies including schools, fire departments, and community organizations. Sonoma County will receive $7.5 million in civil penalties, while the other five counties will receive $1 million each.<\/p>\n
As part of the settlement, PG&E will help Santa Rosa Junior College expand its fire-technology and safety center and provide further support to its vegetation-management training program.<\/p>\n
PG&E has also agreed to hire 160 to 180 new wildfire safety personnel across the six counties to improve vegetation management and equipment safety inspections. An independent monitor will oversee PG&E\u2019s compliance for the next five years. The utility is not supposed to pass the costs on to customers.<\/p>\n
PG&E is not out of the woods. The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Sacramento is still investigating the utility\u2019s role in the Dixie Fire and was not a party to the legal settlement. Additionally, PG&E is facing a slew of private lawsuits from victims and an indictment in Shasta county for the deadly Zogg Fire.<\/p>\n
Read more at\u00a0CNN<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Sacramento Bee<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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