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Judge Blasts PG&E For Role In Destructive Wildfires

January 30, 2019 / By Emily Turner

A federal judge harshly reprimanded PG&E for violating its probation during a court hearing Wednesday morning, telling the utility’s attorneys that safety is clearly not its top priority. The hearing

Federal judge asks PG&E: Should I ‘let you keep killing people?’ Rules utility violated its felony probation

January 30, 2019 / By Mattihias Gafni

Source: The Mercury News

A day after PG&E filed for bankruptcy protection from what could be multi-billion dollar wildfire liability costs, a federal judge Wednesday declared the beleaguered utility in violation of its probation

PG&E bankruptcy: Utility seeks to pay $130 million in bonuses, void green energy contracts

January 30, 2019 / By George Avalos

Source: The Mercury News

Tucked inside PG&E’s mammoth bankruptcy filing is a company request that the judge in the case approve payment of $130 million in cash incentive bonuses to thousands of PG&E employees,

Regulators approve PG&E financing measure

January 28, 2019 /

Source: timesunion

The Latest on criticism against hastily announced meeting between California regulators and PG&E (all times local): 3:45 p.m. California regulators have approved a measure allowing Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.

California Regulators Clear Way For PG&E Bankruptcy Filing

January 28, 2019 /

Source: CBS Sacramento

California utility regulators on Monday removed a major hurdle to a planned bankruptcy filing by Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. at a raucous, last-minute meeting where protesters repeatedly denounced and

California regulators clear way for PG&E bankruptcy filing

January 28, 2019 / By Sudhin Thanawala

Source: Miami Herald

PG&E Bankruptcy’s Ripple Effects Will be Felt Beyond California

January 28, 2019 / By David R. Baker

Source: MSN

PG&E Corp., owner of the largest electric utility in America’s most populous state, plans to file for bankruptcy Tuesday, and the ripple effects are likely to stretch far beyond California

PG&E May Sell California Assets Nobody Will Want in 20 Years

January 24, 2019 / By David R. Baker

Source: Bloomberg

On paper, PG&E Corp.’s natural gas network looks like it could fetch a nice price as the company prepares to file for bankruptcy: The system has 4.3 million customers and

PG&E says judge’s wildfire safety plan would cost at least $75 billion, lead to huge rate hike

January 23, 2019 / By Dale Kasler and Tony Bizjak

Source: The Sacramento Bee

PG&E on Wednesday blasted a federal judge’s plan for wildfire safety as unrealistic, saying his proposal for the utility to inspect every inch of its electrical grid and remove dangerous

Can bankrupt PG&E maintain wildfire prevention this summer? Can it afford not to?

January 19, 2019 / By Tony Bizjak and Dale Kasler

Source: The Sacramento Bee

Another fire season is looming and California’s largest utility, already blamed for at least a dozen major wildfires since 2017, is headed into bankruptcy. Does struggling PG&E have the wherewithal

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