US looks to sue PacifiCorp for $1B over 2020 Oregon, California wildfire costs

The U.S. government is threatening to sue PacifiCorp, parent company of Pacific Power, to recover nearly $1 billion in costs related to the 2020 wildfires.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. government is threatening to sue PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, to recover nearly $1 billion in costs related to the 2020 wildfires in southern Oregon and northern California, though the company is trying to negotiate a settlement.

The potential lawsuits were disclosed in an annual report filed by PacifiCorp’s Iowa-based parent company, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, on Monday — two days after Buffett lamented the disappointing results at the conglomerate’s utility division in his annual

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