Wildfires: Utility blocked from charging customers for wildfire costs

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday denied a request from San Diego Gas & Electric to charge its ratepayers $379 million after investigators found its power lines sparked three huge wildfires in 2007, faulting the utility for not operating its electrical system in a “reasonable and prudent” manner when the fires began.

Wildfires: Utility blocked from charging customers for wildfire costs

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