Pacific Gas and Electric to pay $50 million to settle 2020 Zogg wildfire charges
May 31 (Reuters) - A unit of utility firm PG&E Corp said on Wednesday that it would pay $50 million to settle certain charges related to the deadly Zogg wildfires of 2020.
Pacific Gas and Electric said it had reached an agreement with Shasta county, California district attorney to dismiss criminal charges related to the 2020 Zogg fire.
The Zogg Fire had started in Shasta County, about 200 miles (322 km) north of San Francisco, in September 2020 and consumed more than 56,000 acres, killing four people.
Of the total settlement amount, $45 million would go to local fire departments and districts, law enforcement, and community and nonprofit organizations.
The remaining $5 million would be paid as a civil penalty to the County, the company said in a regulatory filing.
(Reporting by Ankit Kumar; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)
