Report: Utilities Delayed Effort To Map Wildfire Risk From Power Lines

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A report says California utilities have helped delay efforts for nearly a decade to map where power lines pose the greatest wildfire risk.
The report Sunday in The Mercury News comes as the state investigates whether downed power lines owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. sparked the deadliest collection of wildfires in California history earlier this month.
State regulators have been trying to tighten regulations on utilities and create detailed maps a