. >> reporter: without disclosing a timeline or price tag, pg&e's ceo patti poppe said the utility initially planned to make the announcement in the coming months >> but they could not wait , given the proximity to the dixie fire and emotional toll it has on all of us. enter former state senator jerry hill , a vocal critic of pg&e, called the timing of the news suspicious, especially, he says, considering the fire may have been sparked by equipment pg&e manages. >> they have shown over and over again historically they cannot do it right, they have not done it right, and they have been penalized for not doing it right. >> reporter: pg&e equipment has been blamed for a number of wildfires in the state, including the deadly camp fire in 2018. >> much of it has been and the largest buyers have been, and this will not solve that problem. >> reporter: hill remains critical, calling wednesday's announcement away for the utility pass on the cost to ratepayers . >> we work every day to reduce the cost to contribute to our customers' bills, and we will keep doing that. >> reporter: we know pg&e is req

. >> reporter: without disclosing a timeline or price tag, pg&e's ceo patti poppe said the make the announcementin the coming months >> but they could not wait , given the proximity to the dixie fire and emotional toll it has on all of us. enter former state senator jerry hill , a vocal critic of pg&e, called the timing of the news suspicious, especially, he says, considering the fire may have been sparked by equipment pg&e manages. >> they have shown over and over again historically they cannot do it right, they have not done it right, and they have been penalized for not doing it right. >> reporter: pg&e equipment has been blamed for a number of wildfires in the state, including the deadly camp fire in 2018. >> much of it has been and the largest buyers have been, and this will not solve that problem. >> reporter: hill remains critical, calling wednesday's announcement away for the utility pass on the cost to ratepayers . >> we work every day to reduce the cost to contribute to our customers' bills, and we will keep doing that. >> reporter: we know pg&e is requesting a series of rate increases

starting in our highest fire threat districts in our highest risk areas, pacific gas and electric ceo patti poppe be announcing at a news conference wednesday. the utility's efforts tackling what they say is the largest effort in the country. >> to put power lines underground the press briefing taking place and she go near the dixie fire that has burned more than 85,000 acres in butte county. the utility believe that equipment may have sparked the fire as of today, more than 25,000 miles of power lines overhead in high-risk areas are maintained by pg and e poppy says work is underway to enhance current infrastructure. the hardening of our lines, hundreds of miles of hardening 3300,000 trees will be removed this year. a million trees over a million trees will be trimmed pg e began evaluating overhead, power lines following the devastating fires in 2017 2018 sonoma county resident jeremy cabrera says it's a step in the right direction for the better of sonoma county. we pride ourselves in having. >> this like amazing wildlife all around us. and this like beautiful hiking trails and that it's a sham

lines this is a reversal of the company's stance that doing so would be expensive the company ceo patti poppendergrounding was too expensive, but now they believe it's too expensive not to bury those wires underground. pg& e ignited fires that killed more than 100 people and most of the fires were sparked when the trees were hit by the company's power lines. if you want jobs, bury the wires. have you looked in the sky in new york >> the smoke is all the way here red sun. >> two days ago >> if you look up in the sky one over here. it is all connected. >> unsightly you never do it for that reason which is why they said no. too expensive. when you realize what is happening. i like to bury all the wires wires on my property in the back running along. >> the kernen family should sponsor an underground effort. mini infrastructure plan >> you would go along the neighborhood and down undermine and come back up >> for enough money, joe, you can do that. >> i know contractors that will come in and bury the lines >> it's possible it just costs dough. >> cost analysis >> they will stay where they are. >>

starting in our highest fire threat districts in our highest risk areas, pacific gas and electric ceo patti poppe be announcing at a news conference wednesday. the utility's efforts tackling what they say is the largest effort in the country. >> to put power lines underground the press briefing taking place and she go near the dixie fire that has burned more than 85,000 acres in butte county. the utility believe that equipment may have sparked the fire as of today, more than 25,000 miles of power lines overhead in high-risk areas are maintained by pg and e poppy says work is underway to enhance current infrastructure. the hardening of our lines, hundreds of miles of hardening 3300,000 trees will be removed this year. >> a million trees over a million trees will be trimmed pg e began evaluating overhead, power lines following the devastating fires in 2017 2018 sonoma county resident jeremy cabrera says it's a step in the right direction for the better of sonoma county. we pride ourselves in having. >> this like amazing wildlife all around us. and this like beautiful hiking trails and that it's a s

starting in our highest fire threat districts and our highest risk areas, pacific gas and electric ceo patti poppe be announcing at a news conference wednesday. the utility's efforts tackling what they sny is the largest effort in the country. >> to put power lines underground the press briefing taking place and she go near the dixie fire that has burned more than 85,000 acres in butte county. the utility believe that equipment may have sparked the fire as of today, more than 25,000 miles of power lines overhead in high-risk areas are maintained by pg and e poppy says work is underway to enhance current infrastructure. the hardening of our lines, hundreds of miles of hardening 3300,000 trees will be removed this year. >> a million trees over a million trees will be trimmed pg e began evaluating overhead, power lines following the devastating fires in 2017 2018 sonoma county resident jeremy cabrera says it's a step in the right direction. it's for the better of sonoma county. and we pride ourselves in having. >> this like amazing wildlife all around us. and this like beautiful hiking trails and tha

starting in our highest fire theeat districts and our highest risk areas, pacific gas and electric ceo patti poppe be announcing at a news conference wednesday. the utility's efforts tackling what they say is the largest effort in the country. >> to put power lines underground the press briefing taking place and she go near the dixie fire that has burned more than 85,000 acres in butte county. the utility believe that equipment may have sparked the fire as of today, more than 25,000 miles of power lines overhead in high-risk areas are maintained by pg and e poppy says work is underway to enhance current infrastructure. the hardening of our lines, hundreds of miles of hardening 3300,000 trees will be removed this year. >> a million trees over a million trees will be trimmed pg e began evaluating overhead, power lines following the devastating fires in 2017 2018 sonoma county resident jeremy cabrera says it's a step in the right direction for the better of sonoma county. we pride ourselves in having. >> this like amazing wildlife all around us. and this like beautiful hiking trails and that it's a s

starting in our highest fire threat districts and our highest risk areas, pacific gas and electric ceo patti poppe be announcing at a news conference wednesday. the utility's efforts tackling what they say is the largest effort in the country. >> to put power lines underground the press briefing taking place and she go near the dixie fire that has burned more than 85,000 acres in butte county. the utility believe that equipment may have sparked the fire. as of today, more than 25,000 miles of power lines overhead in high-risk areas are maintained by pg and e poppy says work is underway to enhance current infrastructure. the hardening of our lines, hundreds of miles of hardening 3300,000 trees will be removed this year. >> a million trees over a million trees will be trimmed pg e began evaluating overhead, power lines following the devastating fires in 2017 2018 sonoma county resident jeremy cabrera says it's a step in the right direction for the better of sonoma county. we pride ourselves in having. >> this like amazing wildlife all around us. and this like beautiful hiking trails and that it's a