{"id":1432191,"date":"2022-04-12T07:44:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T11:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432191"},"modified":"2022-04-12T07:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T11:44:57","slug":"pge-reaches-55-million-deal-with-six-california-counties-devastated-by-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pge-reaches-55-million-deal-with-six-california-counties-devastated-by-wildfire\/","title":{"rendered":"PG&#038;E Reaches $55 Million Deal With Six California Counties Devastated by Wildfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpge-reaches-55-million-deal-with-six-california-counties-devastated-by-wildfire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1432191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Here are your FOX Business Flash top headlines for April 11.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/pge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Gas and Electric Co.<\/a>, reached a $55 million deal with six California counties devastated by wildfire Monday, agreeing to five years of independent oversight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The civil settlement, first reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/california-wildfires\/article\/PG-E-reaches-20-million-deal-with-Sonoma-County-17072672.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&#038;utm_source=t.co&#038;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>, also ended criminal investigations into the San Francisco-headquartered utility company in connection to the 2019 Kincade Fire and 2021\u2019s Dixie Fire in the Sierra Nevada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/pge-plan-2022-wildfire-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PG&#038;E RELEASED NEW PLAN FOR 2022 FIRE SAFETY\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sonoma County prosecutors had accused PG&#038;E of reckless conduct for keeping energy flowing through a high-powered transmission tower in a windy mountainous area prone to fire for more than a decade leading up to the Kincade Fire. The deal announced Monday also closed criminal investigations into PG&#038;E\u2019s operations in Butte, Lassen, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties after the company kept energy flowing for 10 hours after a tree fell onto powerlines near the Cresta Dam in the Feather River Canyon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/931\/523\/PGE-Dixie-2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A PG&#038;E tracks passes the line of the Dixie Fire near Taylorsville, California, U.S., August 10, 2021. REUTERS\/David Swanson<\/span><span> (REUTERS\/David Swanson \/ Reuters Photos)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Being found guilty of a crime carries limited value when you\u2019re dealing with a multimillion-dollar corporation,&#8221; Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch told the Chronicle. &#8220;What\u2019s more important to us is there\u2019s some level of accountability going forward \u2013 to ensure PG&#038;E is doing everything it can to keep us safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cal Fire (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) reported that PG&#038;E power equipment sparked 31 wildfires that burned nearly 1. 5 million acres, destroyed nearly 24,000 structures and killed 113 Californians between 2017 and 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are your FOX Business Flash top headlines for April 11. 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