Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) last week was sued by a group of government agencies and Sonoma County officials for allegedly causing the 77,000-acre Kincade Fire that ravaged Northern California in October 2019.

PG&E is still in the early months of Chapter 11 reorganization, but earlier this year, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFIRE) determined the cause of fire as the combination utility’s transmission power line.

During the fire, PG&E reported to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) that a broken cable on a high-voltage transmission tower was discovered in the area where the Kincade blaze was thought to have begun.

Utility spokesperson Ari Vanrenen said PG&E has not had access to the CalFIRE report or any physical...