PG&E should pay $22 million for Mosquito fire violations, regulators say

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Set us as preferred California regulators are seeking $22 million from PG&E, alleging the utility provider committed violations that were uncovered during an investigation into the 2022 Mosquito fire in Placer County, according to documents from the proposed settlement made public last week.The Mosquito fire ignited Sept.

6, 2022, near the Oxbow Reservoir and spread across 76,788 acres, razing 78 structures and damaging 13 more, according to the California Public Utilities Commission.The fire burned for more than 50 days, prompting Gov.

Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency in Placer and El Dorado counties.The U.S.

Forest Service is investigating the cause of the fire.The company could not immediately be reached for comment.

In its own investigation, the California Public Utilities Commission said it found evidence that PG&E failed to make certain repairs or maintain some of its power lines, according to a notice sent to the utility.These alleged failures, however, did not play a role in sparking the Mosquito fire, the notice said.

California A wildfire burning near the Los Angeles-San Bernardino county line grew to more than 2,600 acres Saturday, spurring evacuation orders in Llano amid searing heat and approaching monsoonal weather conditions across Southern California.The commission also said PG&E didn’t report the fire until two days after it broke out, and that it destroyed a utility pole and other equipment before investigators could examine them.In a written response to the commission’s findings, a PG&E official said the pole and equipment “were not involved in the ignition” of the Mosquito fire.

The equipment was mistakenly destroyed due to “internal miscoordination,” wrote Daniel Kushner, the utility’s director of risk and electric compliance.Kushner said the utility had c...