Editorial: California ratepayers should not pay PG&E’s Wine Country wildfires...
PG&E never learns. The Wine Country wildfires have yet to be fully contained, but the utility already knows who it believes should accept responsibility for the estimated $1 billion in damages:...
View ArticlePG&E customers may face higher utility bills from North Bay firestorms
PG&E ratepayers could face higher monthly bills if the utility’s insurance doesn’t cover all of its costs from wildfires that torched the North Bay’s Wine Country and killed 43 people, company...
View ArticleBest of California cartoons for October
Here is a collection of California-related cartoons from illustrator Tom Meyer during the month of October that includes the wildfires and who to blame and who will pay along with sexual harassment...
View ArticleNov. 3 Letters: Mercury News portrait of PG&E maintenance program is misleading
The Mercury News (Editorial, Oct. 26) painted a misleading picture regarding PG&E’s electric operations maintenance program, citing a 2015 California Public Utilities Commission audit to allege...
View ArticleNov. 4 Letters: Make PG&E shareholders pay for wildfire costs
Even after being a mere spectator of the deadly wildfires in California, I am enraged and astounded over the fact that PG&E could potentially pass fines, penalties and other damage-related costs...
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Will California ratepayers pay for fires caused by utilities? PUC delays key...
SAN FRANCISCO — In a move that angered consumer groups, the California Public Utilities Commission has postponed for the fourth time a final vote on whether to allow San Diego Gas & Electric to...
View ArticleWildfire safety rules proposed for PG&E, other utilities
California regulators, alarmed by a series of wildfires that have scorched the state in recent years, are proposing a wide-ranging set of new fire-safety rules for PG&E and other big electricity...
View ArticlePG&E says someone else’s wires may have started deadly blaze
SAN FRANCISCO — The deadliest of last month’s wildfires in California’s wine country may have been started by electrical equipment not owned or installed by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., the utility...
View ArticlePG&E slapped with more lawsuits amid North Bay inferno probes
SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E was jolted Tuesday by a fresh round of lawsuits from former San Francisco mayor Frank Jordan and other victims of the lethal North Bay infernos, alleging the utility had put...
View ArticlePG&E customers face jump in gas bills for storage and transmission costs
SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E customers face a $1 increase in monthly gas bills because the company is seeking to upgrade its vast network of natural gas transmission and storage systems, the utility...
View ArticlePG&E says it faces “adverse” financial effects from wildfires fallout
PG&E may be “adversely affected” by potential losses from an array of deadly infernos that scorched parts of the North Bay wine country, the embattled utility said Monday in a regulatory filing....
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Wildfires: Utility blocked from charging customers for wildfire costs
In a closely watched decision that could impact whether PG&E customers are on the hook for billions in costs related to the Napa-Sonoma fires if the utility is found at fault, the California Public...
View ArticleSan Bruno blast aftermath: Officials allege state PUC corruption, seek charges
SAN BRUNO — Three Bay Area officials Friday urged the state attorney general to file charges against the state Public Utilities Commission, alleging corruption, obstruction and cozy ties between the...
View ArticlePG&E’s Oakland green power plan raises questions about higher power bills
OAKLAND — PG&E’s plan to use green energy to replace the electricity from an aging Oakland power plant near Jack London Square might lead to higher monthly bills for the embattled utility’s...
View ArticleShould utilities turn off the electricity when wildfire risk is high?
With strong winds blowing and bone-dry conditions, utility officials in San Diego on Thursday began shutting off the power to thousands of people — a pre-emptive move to reduce the danger of power...
View ArticlePG&E customers face higher monthly bills during early 2018
PG&E customers can expect to ring in the New Year with a 2.8 percent hike in their monthly bills during the first two months of 2018, the utility giant proposed in a regulatory filing on Friday. In...
View ArticlePG&E customers face higher bills under PUC battery plan
SAN JOSE — PG&E customers might confront higher monthly bills under a regulatory plan that directs the utility to seek new electricity sources, such as batteries, to replace three power plants —...
View ArticleCalifornia regulators back fire safety rules following lethal infernos
State regulators on Thursday approved new rules aimed at improving fire safety in multiple areas of California, a move taken after an array of deadly infernos in the North Bay and Southern California....
View ArticlePG&E suspends dividends amid fire liability uncertainty
Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is suspending dividend payments to shareholders out of concern for any finding of financial liability in Northern California’s...
View ArticleDiablo Canyon nuclear power plant shutdown plan approved, closure will raise...
State regulators gave final approval Thursday to a plan to shutter the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, a decision that also clears the way for higher monthly power bills for PG&E customers. The...
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