PG&E Caused Over 400 Fires in 2018. Where Were the Regulators?

California regulators began a safety probe of PG&E in 2015. After thousands of wildfires caused scores of deaths, they are still investigating.

In 2015, the California regulator overseeing PG&E Corp. opened an inquiry into whether the state’s largest utility put enough priority on safety.

Since then, a federal jury has found PG&E guilty of violating safety regulations for natural-gas pipelines and a federal judge later placed it on criminal probation. Its electrical equipment has sparked more than a fire a day on average since 2014—more than 400 last year—including wildfires that killed more than 100 people. It filed for bankruptcy protection this year,...

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