Pacific Gas & Electric has confessed to killing 84 people in a devastating 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northern California town of Paradise in November 2018.
“Our equipment started that fire,” said Johnson, who apologized directly to the victims’ families. “PG&E will never forget the Camp fire and all that it took away from the region.” PG&E has agreed to pay a maximum fine of $3.5 million for its crimes in addition to $500,000 for the cost of the investigation. The San Francisco company won’t be placed on criminal probation, unlike what happened after its natural gas lines blew up a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., killing eight people in 2010. That tragedy resulted in a criminal conviction that put San Francisco on a five-year probation that ends in January 2022.
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An historic week--- a corporation pleads guilty to,deaths and BumbleBee exec faces prison for antitrust conviction. Where are all the law's order legislators applauding, asking for stiffer sentences? NickKristof TheProspect TheRAC episcopalcafe wilsonhartgrove jimwallis
yamphoto A utility pleading guilty to negligence leading to 84 deaths is not exactly 'has confessed to killing 84 people.' This lede should be rewritten. spj_tweets
JohnJHarwood PG&E has been wrong from Day One, before Day One. At Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Bechtel put a reactor in backwards and PG&E and Bechtel tried to cover that up. They're the worst.
JohnJHarwood Hey! I remember that fire!!
JohnJHarwood They’re only paying $4 million? Wow. Such bullshit.
the state of California has been babying PG&E for decades...they are complicit in those people’s deaths...just pay more to the politicians to make the troubles go away...
is it going to be weird when they send the utility to prison?
Where is Erin Brockovich?
So the whole company is going to jail? Cool!
The gas & electric company have more accountability than police
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