Judge Dismisses Criminal Charges Against California Energy Company in 2020 Fatal Wildfire June 2, 2023 REDDING, Calif. (AP) – A California judge on Wednesday dismissed all charges against Pacific Gas & Electric in connection to...
Profits Over Safety: Grand Jury Says PG&E Ignored Warnings in Wildfire That Killed 85 June 18, 2020 By Janie Har A scathing grand jury report released Tuesday after a 2018 Northern California wildfire killed 85 people found that Pacific Gas...
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...
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...
PG&E Cuts Power to Half a Million in California on Fire Risk October 9, 2019 By David R. Baker, Mark Chediak and Jeffrey Taylor PG&E Corp., the California utility giant forced into bankruptcy by devastating wildfires, has cut power to 513,000 customers in the...
PG&E Disagrees With WSJ Story Over Power Line Upgrades August 1, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. told a judge it “strongly disagrees” with a Wall Street Journal storysuggesting that the utility knew its equipment...
After Blazes Burn PG&E, California Passes Utility Fire Fund July 12, 2019 By Mark Chediak California is establishing a fund totaling as much as $21 billion to help rescue utilities from a wildfire crisis that...
PG&E Judge Demands Response to WSJ Report on Faulty Lines July 11, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. was ordered by a federal judge overseeing its probation to respond to a Wall Street Journal story claiming...
California’s Fire ‘Bailout’ for PG&E, Edison Clears Hurdle July 10, 2019 By Mark Chediak and Jeffrey Taylor Utility giants PG&E Corp. and Edison International are one step closer to getting California’s help in covering the costs of...
California Regulator Considers Penalty Against PG&E for 2017 Wildfires July 1, 2019 California utilities regulator has opened a case to evaluate and consider penalties against power and gas utility PG&E Corp for...