Environmental & Energy,
Criminal
Aug. 16, 2021
DOJ won’t file charges against Edison over Woolsey Fire
Penal Code Section 452 would require prosecutors to not only prove that Edison’s equipment caused the fire, but that the company knew its actions presented a substantial and unjustifiable risk, ignored this risk, and that doing so was a gross deviation from what a reasonable utility would have done in the same situation, the state Department of Justice announced.
The California Department of Justice will not file criminal charges against Southern California Edison over the 2018 Woolsey Fire, it announced Friday.
According to a news release from the agency, the fire burned 96,949 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. It also killed three people, destroyed 1,643 structures and forced nearly 300,000 people to evacuate. The department started an investigation with the Department of Forestry and Fir...
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