Utilities

Around 420,000 customers were without power up and down the Eastern Seaboard and in Ohio as severe thunderstorms moved through the region.

Lingering winds were blamed for churning up a wildfire that erupted Thursday evening and quickly spread from a hilltop near Santa Paula, north of Los Angeles.

Here are some of the industries at the mercy of the wildfires.

The firm chalked up most of its increase in revenue to general rate increases and said it had incurred $800,000 in costs due to wildfire management. 

The behemoth power company is still struggling to get it right, weeks after it first started plunging millions of people into darkness to prevent strong winds from toppling its power lines and igniting fires.

California's sweeping wildfires have devastated much of the state, and now surrounded Ronald Reagan's presidential library in Simi Valley.

Frustration and anger mounted across Northern California as Pacific Gas & Electric began its third round of sweeping blackouts in a week.

Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. said its latest blackout will start early Tuesday and affect 605,000 homes and businesses in 29 Northern California counties.

The company said it had restored power to more than 325,000 of the 970,000 customer accounts impacted by the blackouts as of 4:30 p.m. PT.

Underground power lines can costs millions of dollars per mile.

In Southern California, the blaze on the west side of Los Angeles erupted before dawn Monday and roared up slopes into wealthy neighborhoods.

James had only recently relocated his family to Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood in a $23 million mansion after leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Governor of California has declared a state of emergency as hundreds of thousands are forced to flee due to wildfires.

Newsom's 2018 campaign took $58,400 from PG&E, and the political spending group "Citizens Supporting Gavin Newsom for Governor 2018" took $150,000.

Pacific Gas & Electric Company began shutting off electricity Saturday at 5 p.m. local time for 940,000 homes and businesses in Northern California.

PG&E acted after the National Weather Service warned that historically strong winds on Saturday and Sunday would “bring extreme fire weather conditions” in Northern California.

PG&E expects all of its customers to be returned to full power despite a broken transmission line found by the wildfires ravaging Sonoma County.

PG&E warns of potential second planned California blackout.

PG&E drew widespread criticism after it abruptly shut off power for roughly 700,000 homes earlier this month in California after forecasts suggested a high risk of wildfires.

Pacific Gas and Electric confirmed Monday that more than 100 instances of damage were found during the largest planned power outage in state history to avoid wildfires.