PG&E Responds to Camp Fire Announcement from CAL FIRE
May 15 2019 - 8:46PM
Business Wire
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today issued the
following statement in response to the release of information by
the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL
FIRE) regarding the November 2018 Camp Fire:
CAL FIRE announced today that it has determined that PG&E
electrical transmission lines near Pulga were a cause of the Camp
Fire. PG&E accepts this determination.
Our hearts go out to those who have lost so much, and we remain
focused on supporting them through the recovery and rebuilding
process. We also want to thank the brave first responders who
worked tirelessly to save lives, contain the Camp Fire and protect
citizens and communities.
While we have not been able to review CAL FIRE’s report, its
determination that PG&E transmission lines near the Pulga
area ignited the Camp Fire on the morning of November 8,
2018, is consistent with the company’s previous statements. We have
not been able to form a conclusion as to whether a second fire
ignited as a result of vegetation contact with PG&E electrical
distribution lines, as CAL FIRE also determined. PG&E is fully
cooperating with all ongoing investigations concerning the Camp
Fire.
We remain committed to working together with state agencies and
local communities to make our customers and California safer. We
are actively working toward this commitment through our
comprehensive Community Wildfire Safety Program, which
includes:
- Real-time monitoring and
intelligence
- Enhanced vegetation management
practices
- Re-inspections of our critical electric
infrastructure in high fire-threat areas
- Building a more resilient electric
system
- Proactively shutting down power based
on extreme conditions
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San
Francisco, with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
www.pge.com/ and pge.com/news.
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expectations, estimates, future plans and strategies of PG&E
Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. These statements
are based on current expectations and assumptions, which management
believes are reasonable, and on information currently available to
management, but are necessarily subject to various risks and
uncertainties. In addition to the risk that these assumptions prove
to be inaccurate, factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking
statements include the factors disclosed in PG&E Corporation
and Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2018, their most recent quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, and their
subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Additional factors include, but are not limited to,
those associated with PG&E Corporation’s and Pacific Gas and
Electric Company’s Chapter 11 cases. PG&E Corporation and
Pacific Gas and Electric Company undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether
due to new information, future events or otherwise, except to the
extent required by law.
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