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Judge threatens to force PG&E to hire more tree trimmers

by AP Business Writer
| January 16, 2020 4:35 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday threatened to force Pacific Gas & Electric to hire more tree trimmers to reduce the chances of its electrical grid igniting fires in Northern California and adhere to a requirement imposed after the utility's natural gas lines blew up a neighborhood a decade ago.

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