There’s No Easy Way to End California’s Bedeviling Blackouts November 4, 2019 By David R. Baker California residents who were incredulous after the head of PG&E Corp. signaled a decade more of blackouts face an unnerving... Read More
California Governor Threatens To Step in and ‘Restructure’ PG&E November 3, 2019 By Mark Chediak California Governor Gavin Newsom threatened a state takeover of PG&E Corp. unless the beleaguered utility giant makes a swift exit... Read More
New California Blaze Erupts as Wildfire Season Refuses to Let Go November 1, 2019 By Christopher Martin and Brian K. Sullivan Southern California is battling yet another wildfire, which has spurred a new round of deliberate blackouts by Edison International and... Read More
Mass Blackouts Across California Are Coming to an End — For Now November 1, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan, David R. Baker and Michael B. Marois A series of deliberate blackouts that affected millions of Californians this month is coming to an end. But wildfire season... Read More
Los Angeles and San Francisco Don’t Lose Power Even When Their Suburbs Do October 31, 2019 By David R. Baker Swaths of Southern California are being plunged into darkness on purpose to prevent power lines from sparking fires during the... Read More
As PG&E Blackouts Ebb, Southern California Wind Risk Surges October 30, 2019 By David R. Baker, Mark Chediak and Brian K. Sullivan As Northern California residents began to get their power back, people in the Southern part of the state were facing... Read More
One Wildfire Metric Threatens to Upend PG&E’s Restructuring Plan October 29, 2019 PG&E Corp. investors looking to learn their fate may not get the answer from the bankrupt power company. Instead, the... Read More
PG&E Says It’s Open to Extending Fire Victim Claims Deadline October 29, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. told a judge it’s willing to extend the deadline for victims of wildfires caused by the utility’s equipment... Read More
Winds Whip California as 2.5 Million People Face Power Cuts October 29, 2019 By David R. Baker and Mark Chediak California utilities are warning they may cut electricity to as many as 2.5 million people to prevent power lines from... Read More
Doing Business in California Costs One Blackout a Week October 28, 2019 By Mark Chediak It was only expected to happen a couple times a year — and just as a last resort. That’s what... Read More