- Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has cut power off for nearly 500,000 customers in Northern California.
- Another 300,000 will also soon lose power as part of the utility’s efforts to prevent wildfires.
- Northern California’s current weather conditions (strong winds, humidity) were present when a PG&E power line touched nearby trees and sparked the 2018 Camp Fire.
- PG&E paid insurance companies and local governments $12 billion (settlements) for its role in California wildfires over the last three years.
