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PG&E gets greenlight for $7.5B wildfire securitization, but consumer advocates raise challenges

Dive Brief: California regulators on Thursday voted to approve a financing order giving Pacific Gas & Electric Co. the official go-ahead to securitize $7.5 billion in costs related to wildfires

Fire-starting utility PG&E chastised by regulators, but gets safety certificate anyway

California regulators blasted notorious utility Pacific Gas & Electric at a Thursday meeting, but quietly certified the company’s 2021 wildlife safety plan. PG&E’s equipment has started several deadly fires in

Regulators Put PG&E on Probation for Wildfire Safety Shortcomings

California regulators on Thursday placed beleaguered utility Pacific Gas and Electric in the first stage of an enhanced oversight process that could lead to the state’s largest provider of power

PG&E bid to securitize $7.5B in wildfire costs could hit ratepayers hard, consumer advocates warn

Dive Brief: Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) bid to securitize $7.5 billion in costs associated with the 2017 wildfires in its service territory could hit ratepayers hard, consumer advocates are

California tees up proposals to securitize $7.5B in PG&E wildfire costs

Dive Brief: Regulators in California have teed up two proposals which, if approved over the next couple of months, would allow Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to securitize $7.5 billion

This is how PG&E says it will try to prevent wildfires in 2021

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has come up with a new way to decide where and when it will make investments intended to prevent its power lines from starting more

90,000 Told to Flee as California Fires Nearly Double in Size

As two wildfires raged across Southern California on Tuesday, nearly doubling in size overnight and forcing thousands more people to flee their homes, the state’s utility companies are again coming

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

Cell Industry Fights Rules To Require Backup Power At Cell Towers In Fire Zones

Long before Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Call Kurtis Investigates questioned phone companies on what they’re doing to make sure people in the line of wildfire have means to communicate.

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