Federal prosecutors said on Monday, 26 February that Southern California Edison would pay $ 80 million to settle claims by a large -scale wildfire -related US forest service.
The US Attorney’s office said in a statement that utility on Friday compromised without accepting the wrongdoing or mistake in relation to Thomas Fire.
According to state firefighters, the investigation set fire to two valley places on 4 December 2017 by the investigation. Thomas burnt 439 square miles in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and was the seventh biggest explosion in California’s history.
Basti is a “proper resolution”, a spokesman for Gabriella Orelas, a Southern California Edison.
“We continue to protect our communities from the risk of wildfire with grid strict, status awareness and enhanced operational practices,” said on Monday.
Federal prosecutors sued the utility in 2020 for fighting the cost for fighting fire and recovering costs for comprehensive damage on public land within the Los Padress National Forest. Edison power lines and a transformer ignited the dry brush during powerful winds.
This is the latest settlement by Edison on Thomas Fire. Utility has also resolved the claims related to the huge Woolsi fire in 2018. Edison estimated in 2021 that the total expected losses for both blazes would be more than $ 4.5 billion.
California has seen in recent years in a rapidly devastating forest, making climate change and worse than drought. Utility tools have been blamed for bouncing some of the state’s worst fire.
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