Items Tagged with 'wildfires started from power lines'

Energy rates are triple the national average in California and set to go higher. In response, lawmakers and farm groups are shining a spotlight on investor-owned utilities.

The Legislature is pushing PG&E to pick up the pace in preventing power lines from causing more catastrophic wildfires. But agriculture and consumer groups are pressing for the state and federal administrations to cover the $30 billion price tag instead of ratepayers.