PG&E とじ込み/提出するs for 破産 after California wildfires

PG&E faces potentially huge liabilities for its role in causing the 2018 California wildfires, as in this November 2018 photo

PG&E 直面するs 潜在的に 抱擁する 義務/負債s for its 役割 in 原因(となる)ing the 2018 California wildfires, as in this November 2018 photo

California 公共事業(料金)/有用性 PG&E, 直面するing billions of dollars in 可能性のある 義務/負債s over its 役割 in a 一連の deadly wildfires, とじ込み/提出するd for 破産 保護 on Tuesday.

The company, the largest 公共事業(料金)/有用性 in America's most populous 明言する/公表する, has been under 強めるing scrutiny in the wake of the いわゆる 2018 (軍の)野営地,陣営 解雇する/砲火/射撃 in Northern California that left 86 people dead, destroyed some 18,000 buildings and (機の)カム on the heels of deadly wildfires in the 明言する/公表する in 2017.

That (軍の)野営地,陣営 解雇する/砲火/射撃 大災害, the deadliest 解雇する/砲火/射撃 in the 明言する/公表する's modern history, has sharpened questions about whether a company with a troubled history has put 利益(をあげる) ahead of safety.

PG&E, whose 株 have fallen 72 パーセント over the last year, could 直面する 抱擁する 義務/負債s if 調査s 明らかにする/漏らす its 器具/備品 was 直接/まっすぐに 責任がある the 解雇する/砲火/射撃.

The company is committed to 供給するing 安全な and reliable electricity throughout the 破産 and to work for "an 整然とした, fair and expediti ous 決意/決議 of its 義務/負債s resulting from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires," it said in a 声明.

"To be (疑いを)晴らす, we have heard the calls for change and we are 決定するd to take 活動/戦闘 throughout this 過程 to build the energy system our 顧客s want and deserve," 暫定的な 長,指導者 John Simon, who has led the company に引き続いて the 辞職 earlier this month of former 大統領 Geisha Williams, also said in the 声明.

One line of 調査 for 捜査官/調査官s is over what 役割 a 損失d 115,000-volt line at one of PG&E's towers 報告(する)/憶測d by the company just moments before the 解雇する/砲火/射撃 may have played in the conflagration.

文書s 供給するd to AFP by the 操作者 said the 力/強力にする line, called "Caribou Palermo," was put into service in the 1920s by 広大な/多数の/重要な Western 力/強力にする Company, which was acquired by PG&E in 1930.

"It is (疑いを)晴らす that the (軍の)野営地,陣営 解雇する/砲火/射撃 resulted from PG&E´s 故意の and conscious 無視(する) of public safety," によれば a 訴訟 とじ込み/提出するd by Butte 郡 against the 公共事業(料金)/有用性, which said the company failed to 適切に 持続する vegetation growth 近づく its electric lines.

"They don't need to 支配(する)/統制する Mother Nature," said John Fiske, an 弁護士/代理人/検事 代表するing more than 1,000 犠牲者s. "What they need to 支配(する)/統制する is their own 資産s."

- Troubled history -

Critics point to the company's 記録,記録的な/記録する of problems, 含むing 737 counts of 犯罪の 怠慢,過失 over failing to 削減する trees 近づく 力/強力にする lines に引き続いて a big 解雇する/砲火/射撃 in 1994.

PG&E filed for bankruptcy protection following deadly California wildfires in 2017 and 2018

PG&E とじ込み/提出するd for 破産 保護 に引き続いて deadly California wildfires in 2017 and 2018

Regulators with the California Public 公共事業(料金)/有用性s (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限, or CPUC, 設立する that PG&E コースを変えるd $77.6 million from its tree-trimming 予算 to other uses, によれば the Butte 訴訟.

"During that same time, PG&E underspent its 権限を与えるd 予算s for 持続するing its systems by $495 million and instead, used this money to 上げる 法人組織の/企業の 利益(をあげる)s," によれば the Butte (人命などを)奪う,主張する.

The company was also 罰金d $1.6 billion over a 2010 gas pipeline 爆発 in San Bruno, California that killed eight and 負傷させるd 58.

A 連邦の 裁判官 who oversaw the company's 犯罪の 保護監察 に引き続いて the pipeline 災害 said earlier this month he might order the company to re-検査/視察する its entire 電気の grid.

Mindy Spatt of the public 公共事業(料金)/有用性s 監視者 TURN also 非難するs regulators for the problems, 説 the CPUC "has not been able to 供給する 十分な oversight."

But CPUC 大統領 Michael Picker has told 明言する/公表する 国会議員s the 機関's prime 役割 was as an 経済的な regulator to 確実にする 適する, affordable electricity and that it 欠如(する)s the 動員可能数 to 監督する safety for all of the 力/強力にする lines throughout the 明言する/公表する.

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