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PG&E made big plans to reduce wildfire risk. Here’s its progress so far

July 14, 2019 / By J.D. Morris

In the early days of the 2019 wildfire season last month, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. transformer near Mount Tamalpais failed, starting a quarter-acre brush fire. Two weeks later,

After Blazes Burn PG&E, California Passes Utility Fire Fund

July 12, 2019 / By Mark Chediak

Source: Claims Journal

California is establishing a fund totaling as much as $21 billion to help rescue utilities from a wildfire crisis that has in the past two years burned thousands of homes,

6 things to know about California’s wildfire victims fund

July 12, 2019 / By Max Resnik

Source: KCRA 3

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into a law a bill that will create a compensation fund for future victims of wildfires. Newsom was joined by Assembly member Chris Holden, D-Pasadena,

PG&E May Face New Calls to Let Others Craft a Recovery Plan

July 12, 2019 / By Scott Deveau and Mark Chediak

Source: Bloomberg

Another group of creditors at PG&E Corp. may throw its support behind efforts to end the bankrupt utility’s exclusive right to craft a recovery plan. The official committee of unsecured

California governor taps new top utilities regulator

July 12, 2019 / By Andrew Oxford

Source: The Middletown Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he is tapping Marybel Batjer, a veteran of state government, to serve as the state’s top utilities regulator. Batjer will serve as president of

PG&E Ignored Advice to Climb and Inspect Aging Transmission Towers

July 11, 2019 / By Jaxon Van Derbeken

Source: NBC Bay Area

PG&E had been urged by an outside consultant eight years before the disastrous Camp fire to perform the kind of routine climbing inspections on its aging transmission towers that some

Reaction to report: PG&E knew its power lines could spark wildfires

July 10, 2019 / By Dan Noyes

Source: ABC 7 News

A report out Wednesday night finds that PG&E knew for years its power lines could spark wildfires, but did not take steps to fix them. All this comes as we’re

Speakers oppose proposed $2B PG&E rate hike

July 10, 2019 / By Julia Cheever

Source: Fox 2 KTVU

An array of speakers told California Public Utilities Commission administrative judges at a public hearing in San Francisco Tuesday that they oppose a proposed PG&E Co. rate hike of nearly

Newsom’s sweeping wildfire plan is on brink of passage

July 10, 2019 / By J.D. Morris

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

California lawmakers are on the cusp of approving a landmark bill to shield the state’s major electric companies from future wildfire costs and reshape key aspects of how those utilities

PG&E power, gas bills could go up if CPUC approves hike

July 9, 2019 / By Lynne Melendez

Source: ABC 7 News

The public had an opportunity to weigh in on PG&E’s latest request for more money. Yes, expect your power and gas bill to go up if the California Public Utilities

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