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Regulators fault PG&E for backlogged maintenance

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PG&EJuly 26, 2024 4:09 pm

Regulators fault PG&E for backlogged maintenance

With wildfire season already raging this year, state regulators have fined PG&E for allegedly mishandling its backlog of 170,000 power line repairs – a logjam the utility acknowledges will continue until at least 2029. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

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