Company: PCG-PB
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001004980-25-000087
Chunk: 179

Company: PG&E Corp
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 179
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 the Utility.  The National Wildfire Coordinating Group’s InciWeb incident overview dated November 4, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time indicated that the 2022 Mosquito fire had consumed approximately 76,788 acres at that time.  It also indicated no fatalities, no injuries, 78 structures destroyed, and 13 structures damaged (including 44 residential homes and 40 detached structures) and that the fire was 100% contained.The USFS has indicated to the Utility an initial assessment that the fire started in the area of the Utility’s power line on National Forest System lands and that the USFS is conducting a criminal investigation into the 2022 Mosquito fire.  On September 24, 2022, the USFS removed and took possession of one of the Utility’s transmission poles and attached equipment.  The USFS has not issued a determination as to the cause.The cause of the 2022 Mosquito fire remains under investigation by the USFS, the United States Department of Justice, and the CPUC.  PG&E Corporation and the Utility are cooperating with the investigations.  It is uncertain when any such investigations will be complete.  PG&E Corporation and the Utility are also conducting their own investigation into the cause of the 2022 Mosquito fire.  This investigation is ongoing.As of April 16, 2025, PG&E Corporation and the Utility are aware of approximately 25 complaints on behalf of at least 2,716 individual plaintiffs related to the 2022 Mosquito fire and expect that they may receive further complaints.  Placer County Water Agency (“PCWA”), Middle Fork Project Finance Authority, and a group of six public entities have each filed complaints.  The plaintiffs seek damages that include property damage, economic loss, punitive damages, exemplary damages, attorneys’ fees, and other damages.  On April 24, 2024, PG&E Corporation and the Utility filed cross-complaints against PCWA, alleging that conduct by PCWA was a substantial cause of the 2022 Mosquito fire.  The cross-complaints seek property damages, indemnification, attorneys’ fees, and other damages.  On January 28, 2025, the court entered an order setting the first individual claimant bellwether trial for November 7, 2025.Based on the current state of the law concerning inverse condemnation in California and the facts and circumstances available to PG&E Corporation and the Utility as of the date of this filing