A big bet by CEO Patti Poppe to put thousand of miles of power lines underground risks rejection by regulators

Workers contracting with PG&E prepared a trench to move electrical wire underground in a high-risk wildfire area of Upper Lake, Calif., last week. Preston Gannaway for The Wall Street Journal
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