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PG&E Chief Executive Patti Poppe told residents of Chico, Calif., that the
utility would bury thousands of miles of electrical wires like the one believed
to have sparked the Dixie Fire, which ravaged the surrounding region this
summer. Marissa Leshnov for The Wall Street Journal
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ONE OF AMERICA’S TOUGHEST CEO JOBS: FIXING PG&E


PATTI POPPE SURPRISED HER OWN BOARD WITH A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR PLAN TO BURY THE
UTILITY’S FIRE-PRONE POWER LINES. BOLD ACTION—AND COMPASSION—IS NEEDED TO
STABILIZE THE COMPANY, SHE SAYS.

PG&E Chief Executive Patti Poppe told residents of Chico, Calif., that the
utility would bury thousands of miles of electrical wires like the one believed
to have sparked the Dixie Fire, which ravaged the surrounding region this
summer. Marissa Leshnov for The Wall Street Journal
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Nov. 5, 2021 5:30 am ET

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As a California wildfire was exploding in July to become the state’s
second-largest ever, Patti Poppe made an executive decision.

The chief executive of PG&E Corp. traveled to the town of Chico, in fire-ravaged
Butte County, and declared that the utility would spend as much as $20 billion
to bury 10,000 miles of power lines like the one that had likely sparked the
fire burning out of control just miles away.

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