The CEO of PG&E, Patti Poppe, committed the company to a multibillion-dollar plan to reduce wildfires that surprised even the board of directors. Here’s why.
Patti Poppe surprised her own board with a multibillion-dollar plan to bury the utility’s fire-prone power lines. Bold action—and compassion—is needed to stabilize the company, she says.
PG&E Chief Executive Patti Poppe told residents of Chico, Calif., that the utility would bury thousands of miles of electrical wires like the one believed to have sparked the Dixie Fire, which ravaged the surrounding region this summer.
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