Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. (PG&E) filed its 2022 Wildfire Mitigation Plan with state regulators on Friday and announced plans to 'significantly accelerate the undergrounding of powerlines in high fire-risk areas.'
While on five years of criminal probation, PG&E pleaded guilty to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter for a 2018 wildfire that wiped out the town of Paradise. PG&E to the massive Dixie Fire in 2021, which burned 963,309 acres.
The release said funding for these initiatives are addressed, in part, in the 2023 General Rate Case, which was submitted with the California Public Utilities Commission . "Even with the improved risk reduction, GRC-related combined bill impact estimates for customers remain essentially flat over the 2023-2026 period compared to PG&E’s original June 30, 2021 GRC proposal," it said.
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