By the end of 2026, PG&E anticipates a total of 1,600 miles of powerlines will be underground, contributing to a total risk reduction of 18% across the entire system. Since the start of the program, the cost per mile of undergrounding has decreased from $4 million to $3.1 million in 2025. Further reductions are expected in coming years.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has now constructed and energized 1,000 miles of powerlines underground to reduce the wildfire risk in high fire risk areas.

The utility company is suspected of causing several wildfires over two years. California wildfire survivors are joining environmental activist Erin Brockovich this week to voice their concerns over Pacific Gas and Electric’s plans to file for Chapter 11 ...

Thousands of households across Northern California braced for power blackouts on Wednesday as dry weather threatened to touch off a new round of the wildfires that have ravaged the state.

PG&E projects that by the end of 2026, 1,600 miles of powerlines will be underground, contributing to an estimated 18% reduction in wildfire risk across its system.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has successfully constructed and energized 1,000 miles of underground powerlines in high fire-risk areas, marking a sign

California electric customers would pay $9 billion more to shore up the state’s wildfire fund under a last-minute deal reached behind closed doors that was introduced as legislation on Wednesday.

Fire victims told USA TODAY that they were stunned, yet frustrated, after learning that Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was arrested for destruction of property by means of fire. Federal prosecutors claim Rinderknecht, a former resident of Pacific Palisades, ignited what eventually became the Palisades Fire.