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Groups join fight against SDG&E natural gas pipeline project along I-15

The 50-mile project has already started, will cost $677 million and take four years to complete Crews have already started working on a 50-mile project that will replace some segments

BRIEF California ALJ boosts PG&E costs 70% for failures in program to prevent damage to underground equipment

Dive Brief: A California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) administrative law judge issued a decision Friday ordering Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to pay $110 million for violations related to the

NiSource taps veteran executive to oversee gas safety

Columbia Gas of Massachusetts has tapped a veteran energy executive to oversee its natural gas safety operations, as the embattled utility seeks to restore public confidence following a series of

California utility seeks higher rates for wildfire safety

California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. is asking state regulators for another increase in rates and profits, saying it’s needed for wildfire safety and to attract investment as the

PG&E pipeline safety payments could mean rate increase for customers

PG&E says gas bills could go up beginning next year to help pay for it’s pipeline safety program. Ever since the deadly PG&E gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno eight

PG&E partially adopts safety advocate suggestions to improve gas record keeping

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. adopted some key recommendations from safety advocates while rejecting a host of others in a compliance plan that it was ordered to submit after a

PG&E fined for record-keeping violations

San Bruno aftermath: PG&E fined $25.6 million for record-keeping violations

SAN FRANCISCO — In a fresh reminder of the missteps that led to the San Bruno explosion, state regulators on Thursday slapped PG&E with a $25.6 million fine for an

Guilty Verdict Means Felon Image for PG&E, DA Says

Aug. 10 — Pacific Gas & Electric Co., California’s largest public utility, now has a new identity— convicted felon ( United States v. PG&E Corp., N.D. Cal., No. 3:14-cr-00175, jury

The Unmentionables in the PG&E Trial

The most striking thing about the criminal case being laid out against PG&E in federal district court in San Francisco is not what has been said but what hasn’t been

Utilities Commission Approves PG&E Rate Hike For Pipeline Safety

Rates will rise for customers of California’s largest utility. Energy regulators voted Thursday to allow Pacific Gas & Electric to collect more money to store and transmit natural gas, including

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