UPDATE 1-California's PG&E to bury 10,000 miles of power lines to prevent wildfires

Yahoo! Finance Jul 21, 2021 05:56 PM ET

Pacific Gas and Electric Co said on Wednesday it was burying 10,000 miles of power lines in high-risk fire zones to prevent wildfires as part of a safety initiative announced in California's Butte County that would take more than one year to complete. The utility maintains more than 25,000 miles of overhead distribution power lines in the highest fire-risk zones, or more than 30% of its total distribution overhead system, according to PG&E. In 2020, California suffered its most damaging wildfi...