"The issue that we have right now is just a lot of receptive fuels on the ground, and that's what's increasing the wildfire risk along with the heat that's continuing to dry out those fuels," said PG&E Spokesperson Lynsey Paulo.
"So what we've done is created a task force based on the data that we're seeing in the field, to look at what else could we be doing and what else might we need to change," Paulo said.
"Right now we've identified 50,000 poles within the highest fire risk areas to try and work and remove that vegetation 10 feet around the base of the pole," Paulo said.
PG&E equipment has been blamed for sparking some of the state's deadliest wildfires in recent years including the 2018 camp fire where 85 people died in the town of Paradise.
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