LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pacific Gas & Electric pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 84 counts of involuntary murder stemming from a disastrous 2018 wildfire in Northern California touched off by the utility business’s power lines.
FILE IMAGE: PG&E deals with power lines to repair damage triggered by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S. November 21,2018 REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo
The guilty plea, part of an agreement with district attorneys in Butte County, is meant to end all criminal procedures against PG&E from the Camp Fire, which broke out on Nov. 8, 2018, and destroyed much of the town of Paradise.
Bill Johnson, the business’s chief executive officer, went into the plea during a hearing in Butte County Superior Cou