After years of deadly fires, PG&E again vows to do better
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer
Published: July 2, 2021, 5:35pm
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Will Abrams walks on the lot of his family home that was destroyed by wildfires in 2017 while interviewed in Santa Rosa, Calif., Thursday, June 24, 2021. Pacific Gas & Electric's CEO is pledging that the future will get "easier" and "brighter." But those words are ringing hollow one year after PG&E emerged from a complex bankruptcy triggered by a succession of harrowing wildfires ignited by its long-neglected electrical grid. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The nation’s largest utility has long vowed to change its reckless ways, but year after year there’s more death and destruction from Northern California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric’s equipment.