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A Pandemic and Surging Summer Heat Leave Thousands Struggling to Pay Utility Bills

July 14, 2020 / By Maddie Kornfeld

When the coronavirus pandemic forced classrooms to close this spring, Leticia Garcia’s family in Fairfax County, Virginia, quickly ran short of money. Garcia cleans schools for a living and, with

PG&E Exits Bankruptcy

July 1, 2020 / By Will Carruthers

Source: Bohemian.com

Today marks the end of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s second bankruptcy in two decades. After 16 months of legal wrangling in bankruptcy court, lobbying politicians, and pledging various

Telecoms to reinstate data caps after lifting them for shelter-in-place

June 29, 2020 / By Michael Finney and Randall Yip

Source: WTVD-TV ABC News

If you’re among the lucky few who can work from home, chances are you’re eating up a lot of your data in Zoom meetings. All that extra time spent at

PG&E changes leaders for a post-bankruptcy era fraught with challenges

June 28, 2020 / By J.D. Morris

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Crimes previously committed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. hung over Bill Johnson for the entire time he was chief executive of the parent company PG&E Corp. Effective Tuesday, Johnson

Column: With its Sprint merger in the bag, T-Mobile is already backing away from its promises

June 26, 2020 / By Michael Hiltzik

Source: Los Angeles Times

The wireless companies T-Mobile and Sprint promised regulators essentially that nirvana awaited society if they could only win approval of their $31-billion merger deal. Some of the promises have been

State, federal officials take different paths trying to stop utilities from causing wildfires

June 21, 2020 / By Jeff McDonald

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

Nearly two years after one of the deadliest corporate crimes in California history — a utility-sparked wildfire that killed scores of people and destroyed the city of Paradise in rural

PG&E’s Plan to Resolve Bankruptcy Wins Court Approval

June 19, 2020 / By Ivan Penn and Peter Eavis

Source: The New York Times

A federal judge on Saturday approved Pacific Gas & Electric’s plan to exit bankruptcy, a crucial step in efforts to overhaul a utility whose equipment was involved in some of

Guilty pleas, victim impact statements could have slew of implications for PG&E, stakeholders say

June 18, 2020 / By Kavya Balaraman

Source: Utility Dive

UPDATE: June 18, 2020: A superior court judge imposed a roughly $3.5 million fine on Pacific Gas & Electric Thursday for 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of

Meet the new PG&E. It looks a lot like the old PG&E

June 17, 2020 / By Sammy Roth

Source: Los Angeles Times

Pacific Gas & Electric Chief Executive Bill Johnson promised his company would emerge from bankruptcy a “reimagined utility.” But as PG&E prepares for life after Chapter 11 — a Bankruptcy

PG&E will relocate to Oakland after more than 100 years in San Francisco

June 8, 2020 / By J.D. Morris and Roland Li

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

PG&E Corp. plans to sell its San Francisco headquarters and move to Oakland in the coming years, a cost-saving effort that will see California’s largest utility leave the city where

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