Judge Orders PG&E Compliance With Fire Safety Laws March 7, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge is requiring PG&E Corp. to abide by rules governing how the utility operates its power lines in...
Other California Utilities Are Just a Wildfire Away From Ruin February 12, 2019 By David R. Baker The warning couldn’t have been clearer. As PG&E Corp. plunged into bankruptcy last month, S&P Global Ratings slashed credit grades...
San Francisco Gas Blast Shoots Fire Burning Buildings February 8, 2019 By JANIE HAR A gas explosion in a San Francisco, Calif., neighborhood shot flames into the air for hours Wednesday and burned five...
Judge Sees ‘Clear-Cut Pattern’ of PG&E Causing Fires January 31, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge who has been critical of PG&E Corp.’s safety record said the utility has a “clear-cut pattern” of...
California Probe Clears PG&E of Deadly 2017 Tubbs Wildfire January 28, 2019 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. was cleared of blame for a deadly 2017 blaze just days before the California utility giant was set...
PG&E Says Judge’s Proposals for Fire Risk Mitigation Could Cost up to $150B January 25, 2019 By SUDHIN THANAWALA Proposals by a U.S. judge to prevent Pacific Gas & Electric Co. equipment from causing more wildfires would endanger lives,...
PG&E Stalls Paying Settlements to 2015 Butte Fire Victims January 22, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. is so cash-starved that it won’t commit to paying settlements reached with people who lost their homes in...
PG&E Bankruptcy Could Lead to Price Hikes, Unpaid Wildfire Lawsuits January 18, 2019 By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said this week it will file for bankruptcy, raising concern that rates for electricity and...
Investors Ignored PG&E Warning About Disasters January 17, 2019 By Molly Smith, Emily Chasan and Janine Wolf PG&E Corp. told investors repeatedly that weather-related disasters were a risk, but many didn’t pay enough attention until the company...
California Courts’ Take on Inverse Condemnation Doomed PG&E January 16, 2019 By David R. Baker As PG&E Corp. hurtles toward bankruptcy, a once-obscure legal doctrine with an awkward name certainly bears a portion of the...