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McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act."His efforts can be called nothing less than heroic," Poppe said. When a PG&E troubleshooter was sent out to inspect a potential problem, he noticed the tree had fallen and may have started a fire in a treacherous area that he tried to put out before firefighters arrived. The tree looked healthy and was about 40 feet (12 meters) from power lines, she said, making it a low-risk danger. But she also defended PG&E's handling of the tree that may have caused the Dixie Fire and its response. But she conceded the utility is "not making enough progress" since it's only a fraction of that 8 million trees within striking distance of its power lines. Poppe insisted things are getting better this year under a plan that calls for PG&E to spend $1.4 billion removing more than 300,000 trees and trimming another 1.1 million. The utility has also been charged with another round of fire-related crimes that it denies committing. Since getting out of bankruptcy, PG&E also has been rebuked by California power regulators and a federal judge overseeing its criminal probation for breaking promises to reduce the dangers posed by trees near its power lines. As part of its bankruptcy, PG&E set up a $13.5 billion trust to pay victims of its past wildfires, but that fund is facing a roughly $2 billion shortfall because half its money is supposed to come from company stock that has been a market laggard. The biggest fire, in Butte County, wiped out the entire town of Paradise and resulted in PG&E pleading guilty to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter last year just weeks before it emerged from one of the most complex cases in U.S.
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After previous leaders allowed its equipment to fall into disrepair in a apparent attempt to boost profits and management bonuses, the utility's grid was blamed for igniting a series of devastating wildfires in 20 that prompted the company to file for bankruptcy in 2019.Ī helicopter drops water on a fire on San Bruno Mountain near Brisbane, Calif., in 2019. PG&E's path to this point has been strewn with death and destruction. While Wright likened the project to the Marshall Plan that helped rebuild Europe after World War II, Poppe invoked President John F. PG&E expects to eventually be able to bury more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) of power lines annually, said its chief operating officer, Adam Wright. In the few areas where PG&E has already been burying power lines, it has been completing about 70 miles (123 kilometers) annually. However, getting the job done within the next decade will require a quantum leap. PG&E said only that burying the lines will take several years.
SoCal Edison trucks arrive at the site of a transformer tower in Sylmar, Calif., suspected of being responsible for starting the Saddleridge Fire.