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Regulators boost PG&E's wildfire fine to $2.1 billion

by AP Business Writer
| February 27, 2020 4:05 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California power regulators on Thursday slapped Pacific Gas & Electric with a $2.1 billion fine for igniting a series of deadly wildfires that landed the beleaguered utility in bankruptcy.

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