Food Spoils, Businesses Close as California Power Outages Imposed October 11, 2019 By Andrew Hay A California dentist canceled dozens of appointments and supermarkets tried to save rotting food on Thursday as electricity was cut...
Millions in Northern, Central California Lose Electricity to Mitigate Wildfire Risks October 10, 2019 By Mark Chediak California utility giant PG&E Corp. expanded the biggest blackout that has ever been orchestrated to prevent wildfires with a second...
PG&E Could Cut Power to Hundreds of Thousands of Californians over Wildfire Fears October 8, 2019 Pacific Gas & Electric officials on Tuesday announced plans to cut off power to some 600,000 Northern California customers as...
PG&E Cuts Power to 48K California Customers to Avert Wildfire Risk September 25, 2019 Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to 48,200 customers in seven counties in California’s Sierra Foothills and North Bay overnight...
PG&E Attacks Plan for Paying California Wildfire Victims Before Insurers September 23, 2019 By Steven Church PG&E Corp. and a group of insurers urged a judge to reject a competing reorganization plan for the bankrupt utility...
PG&E Tells Fire Safety Critics Utility is Going Beyond Call of Duty September 18, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt PG&E Corp. sought to assure a judge it’s making progress on fire prevention, saying it’s exceeding regulatory requirements to clear...
PG&E Reaches $11B Settlement with Insurers Over California Wildfire Claims September 13, 2019 Bankrupt California utility giant PG&E Corp. resolved a key battle by agreeing to pay $11 billion to settle insurance claims...
Outrage over PG&E’s Plan to Cap California Wildfire Liabilities at $18B September 10, 2019 By Steven Church and Mark Chediak California utility giant PG&E Corp. has issued its long-awaited plan for emerging from the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history:...
California Utility Wants Help Paying Wildfire Victims August 23, 2019 By Adam Beam A troubled California utility company is asking the state Legislature to let it borrow money without paying taxes so it...
PG&E Will Face Jury Over Billions in Damages from Massive California Wildfire August 20, 2019 By Mark Chediak Victims of the second-most destructive fire in California history will get a chance to try and persuade a jury that...