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Parents Of Woman Crushed By Tree In California Sue PG&E

The parents of a camp counselor crushed to death by a falling tree near Yosemite National Park are suing Pacific Gas & Electric and the camp’s arborist. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the family of 21-year-old Annais Rittenberg contends the …

Audit: California Utility Didn’t Spend $50M For Safety

An audit says Pacific Gas and Electric Co. did not use $50 million intended to improve its gas pipeline network in the decade leading up to a deadly explosion in a San Francisco Bay area suburb. The audit by Leawood, …

Utility Sued Over Northern California Canal Break

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has been hit by a pair of lawsuits over its handling of a canal failure two years ago that forced thousands of Placer County residents to ration water. The Sacramento Bee reported the suits were …

Investigators Want PG&E Fines to Exceed $1B For California Blast

The California agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion and the City of San Bruno are set to propose major fines they say Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should pay for its negligence leading up to the blast. The City of …

PG&E: Workers Fired For Lying About Northern California Inspections

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said it has fired or suspended nearly 20 workers after discovering legally required inspections may not have been performed. The situation prompted PG&E to check more than 1,500 pieces of underground electrical equipment for possible …

PG&E Says New Gas Safety Plan Will Cost $5B

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Tuesday proposed for its customers to pay the lion’s share of a $5 billion plan to boost safety on its gas lines in the wake of the deadly San Bruno, Calif. explosion. PG&E Senior …

Workers at California’s PG&E Claim Safety Ignored

A Northern California newspaper is reporting that Pacific Gas and Electric repeatedly ignored safety concerns raised by its employees in the years before last year’s deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno and sometimes punished workers for speaking up. The San …

PG&E to Pay $26M Fine for Sacramento-Area Blast

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay $26 million in penalties after acknowledging safety violations in a fatal natural gas explosion that destroyed one home and damaged several others in a Sacramento suburb on Christmas Eve 2008. The …