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

June 21, 2020 / By Jeff McDonald

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

The 3 key challenges to expanding the West’s real-time energy market to day-ahead trading

June 3, 2020 / By Herman K. Trabish

Source: Utility Dive

Utilities and stakeholders in Western states, seeing important benefits in their real-time energy market, are working toward expanding to a regional day-ahead collaboration that could hold much bigger benefits. The

CPUC approves PG&E reorganization plan, paving way for bankruptcy exit

May 29, 2020 / By Kavya Balaraman

Source: Utility Dive

Dive Brief: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) unanimously voted to approve Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) reorganization plan at a virtual meeting Thursday, bringing the utility one step closer

PG&E nears end of bankruptcy amid persisting safety worries

May 26, 2020 / By Michael Liedtke

Source: StarTribune

Pacific Gas & Electric limped into bankruptcy vilified for its long-running neglect of a crumbling electrical grid that ignited a succession of horrific Northern California wildfires. After nearly a year-and-a-half

PG&E Bankruptcy Deal Nears Crucial Deadline

May 19, 2020 / By Jean Tepperman

Source: Bohemian.com

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company faces a crucial deadline: Before June 30, it must get both the state of California and a federal judge to approve its plan for

PG&E appeals new probation conditions, asserting they’ll ‘undermine wildfire safety’

May 18, 2020 / By Kavya Balaraman

Source: Utility Dive

Dive Brief: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is appealing a new set of wildfire mitigation requirements imposed by a federal judge, arguing that the conditions would cause the utility irreparable

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

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

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

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

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

The 3 key challenges to expanding the West’s real-time energy market to day-ahead trading

CPUC approves PG&E reorganization plan, paving way for bankruptcy exit

PG&E nears end of bankruptcy amid persisting safety worries

PG&E Bankruptcy Deal Nears Crucial Deadline

PG&E appeals new probation conditions, asserting they’ll ‘undermine wildfire safety’

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