PG&E to Cut Power to 159,000 Californians as Fire Risk Returns

Bloomberg

Pacific Gas & Electric, California’s largest utility, said it will cut power to about 53,000 customers, or 159,000 people, in northern parts of the state to reduce the chances of its power lines starting fires as the parched region braces for another round of high winds. The utility’s equipment was blamed for causing some of California’s worst blazes, forcing the company into bankruptcy last year.

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