PG&E Exits Bankruptcy After Wildfires Pushed It to Brink of Ruin

  • Utility must fend for itself as a new fire season is underway
  • Critics say the company hasn’t fully addressed its challenges
PG&E trucks in Paradise, California, in 2019.
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Nearly a year and a half after collapsing under $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires sparked by its equipment, PG&E Corp. has emerged from the biggest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history.

The California power giant said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Wednesday that it had successfully completed its restructuring and exited Chapter 11.