Regulators Mull Reversing $462M Increase in PG&E’s California Wildfire Fines April 1, 2020 By Michael Liedtke California power regulators are weighing a recommendation to back off plans to fine Pacific Gas and Electric an additional $462...
PG&E to Use California Wildfire Victims Fund to Pay for Past Crimes March 30, 2020 By Michael Liedtke Pacific Gas & Electric is warning its elaborate plan for getting out of bankruptcy might collapse if the utility can’t...
PG&E’s Falling Stock Price Worries California Wildfire Victims Eyeing Deal March 27, 2020 By Michael Liedtke The stock market turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is raising worries that Pacific Gas & Electric’s $13.5 billion settlement...
PG&E Will Plead Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in California Wildfire March 24, 2020 Pacific Gas & Electric said it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018...
PG&E Has Settled One Battle Involving California Wildfire Fund March 11, 2020 By Michael Liedtke Pacific Gas & Electric told a federal bankruptcy judge that it has settled a dispute with disaster-relief agencies that threatened...
PG&E Not Committing to Expanding Tree-Trimming Force in California March 4, 2020 Lawyers for Pacific Gas & Electric said the utility can’t commit to hiring hundreds more tree trimmers in the way...
California Wildfire Victims Fear They’ll Be Last in Payout February 27, 2020 By Michael Liedtke and Daisy Nguyen A $13.5 billion settlement between victims of California’s catastrophic wildfires and the utility blamed for causing them was supposed to...
PG&E Fires Contractor After Probe Involving California Wildfires February 26, 2020 Pacific Gas & Electric has fired a contractor hired to haul debris from the site of a deadly 2018 Northern...
PG&E Banking on Big Profits After Utility Leaves Bankruptcy February 20, 2020 By Michael Liedtke Pacific Gas and Electric says it expects to become more profitable than ever after it emerges from bankruptcy and pays...
California Utilities’ Wildfire Prevention Plans Call for More Blackouts February 11, 2020 California utilities plan to continue shutting off power to customers during dry and windy conditions to prevent sparking deadly wildfires,...