Tesla a Step Closer to Ride-Hailing With California Permit March 18, 2025 By Dana Hull and Kara Carlson Tesla Inc. was granted approval in California to begin carrying passengers in its vehicles as Elon Musk’s company takes steps...
California Regulators OK More Gas Storage Capacity at The Site of Massive Methane Leak September 5, 2023 By Robert Jablon and Julie Watson California regulators last week approved a controversial proposal to greatly increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest...
Uber Appealing $59M Fine in California Over Sex Assault Data Request January 14, 2021 By Tina Bellon Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday appealed a $59 million fine by a California regulator in a dispute over whether the...
California Regulator Says Uber, Lyft Drivers Are Employees June 11, 2020 By Akanksha Rana and Tina Bellon Drivers working for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc will be considered employees under California’s new...
California Public Utilities Commission Fines PG&E $2.1B over Wildfires February 28, 2020 The California Public Utilities Commission has issued an administrative law judge decision imposing $2.137 billion in penalties against Pacific Gas...
Proposed California Wildfire Board Could Operate Partly in Secret July 1, 2019 By Andrew Oxford A closely watched wildfire law proposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom would exempt a new safety board from some of...
California Regulators Say Utility Falsified Pipeline Safety Records December 17, 2018 Regulators have accused one of California’s largest utilities of falsifying safety documents for natural gas pipelines for years following its...
California Regulator Requiring PG&E to Implement Safety Recommendations November 29, 2018 By Ankit Ajmera California’s top utilities regulator on Thursday ordered the embattled power utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to implement safety recommendations...
Power Customers in California File Claims in Pre-Emptive Wildfire Outage November 2, 2018 A Northern California utility received 146 demands for reimbursement from customers who say Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s controversial decision...
California to Cite Utilities More than $13M for Safety Violations October 18, 2018 California regulators have fined two utilities more than $13 million for violations of safety rules for incidents that caused injuries....