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Guilty pleas, victim impact statements could have slew of implications for PG&E, stakeholders say

Utility Dive: In November 2018, as the Camp Fire spread across the town of Paradise in Northern California’s Butte County, resident Herbert Alderman made multiple calls to his physical therapy provider asking for someone to come get him. Alderman, 79, didn’t drive, his stepdaughter Laurie Teague told a county court judge at a hearing Wednesday, and made at least five calls, “each sounding more panicky and desperate.”

But the facility couldn’t reach him because of a roadblock, and Alderman — along with 84 other people — lost his life to the fire. His last words to the provider’s receptionist, Teague said, were: “The fire is two houses away. Help me.”

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