Calif. Utility: Judge’s Proposals for Fire Risk Too Expensive

Calif. Utility: Judge’s Proposals for Fire Risk Too Expensive
In this file photo, a Pacific Gas & Electric worker replaces power poles destroyed by wildfires in Glen Ellen, Calif., on Oct. 18, 2017. AP Photo/Ben Margot, file
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SAN FRANCISCO—Proposals by a U.S. judge to prevent Pacific Gas & Electric Co. equipment from causing any more wildfires would create safety risks, cost too much money, and interfere with the work of federal and state regulators, the utility said Wednesday.

PG&E said in a court filing that it’s committed to system upgrades and wildfire mitigation, but it contends that a criminal case being handled by U.S. District Judge William Alsup is not the right forum to address such measures.