California Lawmakers File Wildfire Plan Axes Newsom Asks to Bar Insurers From Suing Utilities August 31, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Andrew Oxford California legislators introduced a bill Saturday that would update the state’s wildfire response without shifting liability away from publicly traded...
California Lawmakers to Oppose Limits on Insurance Fire Claims August 26, 2026 California lawmakers are lining up against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to rewrite how the state assigns financial responsibility for wildfires...
PG&E Says Power Shutoffs Required in California on Wildfire Risk July 15, 2026 By Emily Forgash PG&E Corp. warned that power shutoffs will be required on Wednesday and Thursday in three California counties as dry conditions...
Rising Fire Risk Prompts Utilities to Deliberately Cut Power February 10, 2026 By Michelle Ma and Lauren Rosenthal States in the U.S. West are grappling with an unusually warm, arid winter that is ramping up fire risk in...
Massive Wildfire Liabilities Push Utilities to Use AI to Stop Blazes November 25, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Joe Wertz Utilities across the U.S. and Europe are contracting with AI startups to map wildfire risk along thousands of miles of...
‘Buffett Got it Wrong’ on California Fire Risk: PG&E CEO April 29, 2024 By Mark Chediak Warren Buffett’s warning that wildfires have turned utilities across the western US into risky investments is mistaken — at least...
California Utilities Regulator Okays $45 Million Penalty for PG&E Over 2021 Dixie Fire January 30, 2024 By Rahul Paswan The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a $45 million settlement agreement between its Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) and...
PG&E Pledges $18 Billion to Cut Wildfire Risk in California March 30, 2023 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. plans to invest $18 billion in wildfire prevention through 2025 following back-to-back seasons of devastating blazes linked to...
Power Cuts Begin in California as Winds Threaten to Spark Fires December 2, 2020 By Mark Chediak and David R. Baker Power shutoffs that could ultimately affect more than 1 million people in Southern California began Wednesday morning as high winds...
PG&E Fire Victims Again Seek Payout Guarantee Amid Virus Tumult April 17, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak Victims counting on PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy to compensate them for their losses in California wildfires are making a last-ditch effort...