State regulators yesterday ordered Pacific Gas & Electric Co. utility to improve its “safety culture” after continued questions over the company’ role in recent wildland fires.
The California Public Utilities Commission has given the company until July 1 to implement 60 recommendations from an independent consultant hired to examine PG&E’s safety practices.
The five-member commission unanimously voted for the order during a meeting briefly disrupted by protesters chanting several slogans including “Justice for Paradise.”
CALFIRE is investigating whether PG&E’s equipment started the fire.
