The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has launched an investigation into utility groups following a report that revealed an electrical line from PG&E malfunctioned moments before the Kincade Fire.
On Monday, PG&E also admitted that its workers had discovered a downed power pole and a broken wire near two fires that broke in Contra Costa County on Sunday and that it failed to notify around 23,000 customers of the preventative public safety power shutoffs issued this month, theThe CPUC has since launched a formal investigation this past Monday into the company's power shutoffs and whether utility companies administer shutoffs according to state regulations.
Three of California's biggest utility companies have together reported more than 2,000 fires sparked by electrical equipment in the period between June 2014 and 2017, according to the CPUC, theA back fire set by fire fighters burns a hillside behind PG&E power lines during operations to battle the Kincade Fire in California on October 26, 2019.The size of these fires has varied from less than a few meters to thousands of acres, according to the CPUC.
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