Federal judge links PG&E's uninsulated power lines to California wildfires

Utility Dive: While Alsup is overseeing the San Bruno pipeline case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, he has also been making inquiries into the state's wildfires and the utility's possible role, potentially exposing the utility to even greater scrutiny.

"After a study of the materials provided by PG&E, the Court tentatively finds that the single most recurring cause of the large 2017 and 2018 wildfires attributable to PG&E's equipment has been the susceptibility of PG&E's distribution lines to trees or limbs falling onto them during high-wind events," Alsup's order states.

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