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PG&E, under siege after mass power shut-offs, stands its ground

PG&E Corp. admits it made big mistakes while cutting power to parts of more than 30 counties across California this month. But the perennially embattled San Francisco company does not

PG&E Fires Executive For Wine Outing Ahead Of Power Shutoff

A PG&E executive has been fired after entertaining the company’s top customers at a Sonoma winery in a poorly timed event just before power was cut to customers across the

As Bay Area recovers from PG&E power shutoff, many ask: ‘Was this necessary’?

For many Northern Californians, there was little remarkable about the weather that swept through the region in the middle of last week. Bone-dry winds came down from the north and

Column: What the heck has gone wrong here in California? From owning the future to blacked out

I was on the phone the other day with my sister, who lives in the Bay Area, and she said she had to get ready to deal with a planned

The California power outages show how dire the wildfire crisis has gotten — 9 of the state’s 10 biggest fires came in the last 16 years

The fire has spread quickly due to strong easterly winds, sometimes called the Santa Ana winds . The flames have burned more than 4,700 acres, at a rate of 800

PG&E’s blackouts were ‘not surgical by any stretch.’ Its systems may be to blame

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers endured a sweeping power outage that darkened much of the state this week because the giant utility lags behind other California electricity providers in

PG&E’s Forced Power Outage Reveals Flaws in Archaic Power System

Environmentalists and other proponents of utility reform argue the forced outage is a sign that California should replace PG&E and invest in safer, renewable infrastructure. Pacific Gas & Electric cut

Why PG&E is taking drastic measures to prevent the next big wildfire

Pacific Gas & Electric’s bankruptcy has set off a financial race among creditors, bondholders, wildfire victims, insurers and others hoping to recover as much money as they can from California’s

Organization Calls for Utility Regulator to Replace PG&E Leadership

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

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

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