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Organization Calls for Utility Regulator to Replace PG&E Leadership

October 9, 2019 / By Doug Johnson

Source: Fox 40

Pacific Gas and Electric was again defending their move to intentionally shut off power to thousands Wednesday as strong winds whipped across Northern California. Meanwhile, state officials were monitoring the

PG&E says it will shut off power in portions of 34 California counties

October 8, 2019 / By Sam Corey

Source: The Union

PG&E will be shutting off power for up to 800,000 customers across portions of northern and central California to avoid a possible wildfire, according to a press release from the

As CCAs take over utility customers, local renewable generation emerges as the next big growth driver

October 8, 2019 / By Herman K. Trabish

Source: Utility Dive

A renewed national expansion of community choice aggregation (CCA) is raising ambitions for transforming the U.S. power system. On the heels of an explosion of customer choice in California over

‘We are not a Third World country’ Officials criticize PG&E power outages

October 8, 2019 / By Dan Noyes

Source: ABC 7 News

State and local officials are demanding answers– why is PG&E taking this drastic and unprecedented step? And should they? The reaction to Tuesday’s announcement was swift and strong. PG&E had

Tired of calls about your Social Security number? This California law seeks to eradicate them

October 5, 2019 / By Alexandra Mendoza

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

The telecommunications companies that operate in California have until January 2021 to implement technology that identifies automated calls or robocalls , according to a state law that was just signed

$65 Million Deal With State Regulators Over PG&E’s Troubled 811 Program

October 4, 2019 / By Jaxon Van Derbeken

Source: NBC Bay Area

State regulators and PG&E have a struck a $65 million deal in the regulatory action over PG&E’s troubled 811 locate and mark program that ratepayer and safety advocates consider a

PG&E Agrees to Fix Troubled Department That Violated Safety Rules

October 4, 2019 / By Rebecca Smith

Source: The Wall Street Journal

PG&E Corp. PCG 0.73% agreed to pay a penalty and fund a $60 million program to resolve accusations that its employees violated state law at least 170,000 times from 2012

PG&E reaches $65 million settlement in record-falsification case

October 3, 2019 / By J.D. Morris

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has agreed to pay $65 million and implement a series of system reforms to settle an investigation from California regulatorswho said the company repeatedly

$140 million and counting: Legal bills scrutinized in PG&E bankruptcy

October 3, 2019 / By J.D. Morris

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Legal bills and other fees arising from PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy already total an estimated $140 million and the case is on track to rank among the most expensive proceedings of

Consumers, trustee blast PG&E bankruptcy lawyer fees amid wildfire woes

October 3, 2019 / By George Avalos

Source: The Mercury News

PG&E’s bankruptcy-related attorney fees have reached the $140 million mark — and are expected to grow — prompting a trustee in the case and a consumer group to question why

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