California utility PG&E agrees to $45M settlement for 2021 Dixie Fire
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) will pay $45 million for its involvement in California’s second largest-ever wildfire, state regulators announced Thursday. The settlement pertains to the 2021 Dixie Fire, which began in July 2021 and was kindled after a Douglas fir tree fell and hit energized conductors owned and operated by the utility, according…