PG&E, Tree Trimmers Pay $29.5 Million To Resolve California Wildfire Lawsuits

摘要

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and two of its subcontractors have agreed to pay $29.5 million in damages resulting from two wildfires in national forests in California, both sparked by felled power lines, federal prosecutors said March 15 (United States v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., E.D. Cal., No. 09-cv-2877, 3/8/12; United States v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., E.D. Cal., No. 09-cv-09-2868, 3/15/12). The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California announced the agreements resolving two lawsuits at a news conference in Sacramento.