A Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed more than 200 buildings last year was sparked when tree...
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Meter-thick concrete walls and 1950s-style analog control rooms help protect nuclear plants from bomb attacks and computer hackers, but Islamist...
U.S. utilities are looking hard at their cyber vulnerabilities and whether they can get insurance to cover what could be...
Hackers likely caused a Dec. 23 electricity outage in Ukraine by remotely switching breakers to cut power, after installing malware...
Repeated natural-gas accidents – including a 2010 pipeline explosion that killed eight people – suggest that California’s largest power utility...
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has pleaded not guilty to federal charges stemming from a natural gas pipeline explosion in...
PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, was charged with 12 pipeline safety violations by the U.S. government for a...
Two women are suing Southern California Edison, claiming their electricity was cut off for refusing to pay a nearly $140,000...
PG&E Corp., owner of California’s largest utility, said it will settle “substantially all” remaining personal injury and property damage claims...
Power companies should be pressed by government to install technologies including smart meters and energy-storage devices to shield the electric...