California hired a consultant to monitor PG&E’s wildfire safety woes. Here’s what it found

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California hired a consultant to monitor PG&E’s wildfire safety woes. Here’s what it found
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — PG&E Corp.’s efforts to improve wildfire safety continue to run into headwinds, including aging equipment, damaged power poles and hazardous trees that went und…

By Dale Kasler | The Sacramento Bee

The commission hired the Denver-based consultant as part of PG&E’s plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2020 — a bankruptcy prompted by the company’s struggles to contend with billions of dollars in liabilities caused by a flurry of massive wildfires. Supply chain woes are upsetting PG&E’s plans to modernize its grid and reduce fire hazards, according to the Fislinger report.

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