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PG&E Bankruptcy Yields $700 Million Fee Bonanza

A collection of lawyers, investment bankers and other financial professionals are set to collect the last installment of $700 million in compensation for their involvement in PG&E’s 17-month-long bankruptcy proceedings.

PG&E will increase rates 8% for all customers March 1 — part of $1.15 billion in hikes

If you’re a PG&E customer, you should start preparing yourself for an increase in your electricity bill. On March 1st, an 8% rate hike will go into effect The boost

PG&E probation judge demands details after utility equipment seized in wildfire investigation

Dive Brief: California state investigators have taken possession of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) equipment as part of an ongoing investigation into the origin of a Northern California wildfire that

Cal Fire is investigating if PG&E equipment caused the deadly Zogg Fire

California officials are investigating whether Pacific Gas and Electric Co. equipment caused a large Shasta County wildfire that has killed four people and destroyed more than 200 buildings. PG&E disclosed

The Electrifying Cost of Going Bankrupt: A Look At PG&E’s Fees

This is no joke. How many lawyers were involved with PG&E’s recent bankruptcy case? Enough to fill at least two dozen large commuter buses. More than 800 lawyers representing PG&E

California Expresses Frustration as Blackouts Enter 4th Day

Lawmakers and consumer groups expressed outrage on Monday that the operator of California’s electricity grid had not adequately prepared for a heat wave and was resorting to rolling blackouts.

PG&E Exits Bankruptcy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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