California regulators ordered PG&E Corp. to pay $150 million in total penalties for its role in starting a deadly 2020 wildfire.
PG&E was fined $10 million and will have to use shareholder money to fund $140 million in vegetation management programs, according to a resolution passed Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission.
The Zogg Fire started when a gray pine fell onto a PG&E power line in the Sierra Nevada Forest. California investigators alleged PG&E failed to remove the tree on time because of poor record- keeping, according to a statement. The wildfire burned more than 56,000 acres and caused four deaths and more than $50 million in damages.
