Jan
23
PG&E Says $150 Billion Could Be Price Tag of a Judge’s Fire Plan
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Judge called for tree trimming, power shutoffs to stop fires
- Utility says it would take 650,000 workers to implement
PG&E Corp. estimates it would cost as much as $150 billion this year alone to comply with a federal judge’s extraordinary fire-safety proposal.
The figure would be about five times as much as PG&E’s forecast liabilities for wildfires that scorched the state in 2017 and 2018. The estimate was included in PG&E’s response Wednesday to a call by U.S. District Judge William Alsup for the utility to trim tree branches and inspect and repair thousands of miles of power lines or cut local electricity supply to prevent wildfires…
PG&E Says $150 Billion Could Be Price Tag of a Judge’s Fire Plan
