Major utility companies said that solar customers are able to sell their unused energy back for more than it s worth, causing other customers to pay more.
The fire started after decommissioned but energized transmission equipment broke on Oct. 23, ignited surrounding vegetation and scorched over 120 square miles.
Pacific Gas & Electric says nearly all of the 851,000 electrical customers who lost power during the powerful atmospheric river storm that hit California this week have had their service restored.