SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric says it will set up a $105 million fund to help survivors of recent California wildfires started by the utility's equipment. In a court filing Wednesday, PG&E says the wildfire assistance program will provide relief for people who lost property during huge blazes...
PG&E Compensation Plan for Wildfire Victims Still Unclear
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Corp.'s top financial executives said during a bankruptcy meeting Monday they still haven't determined when the utility can start compensating victims of recent wildfires started by the utility's equipment. Victims' lawyers questioned PG&E executives during the meeting in San Francisco between the utility...
Prosecutors: Fires May Mean PG&E Violated Criminal Sentence
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric's role in igniting wildfires last year could allow a judge to find that it violated terms of its criminal sentence in a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people, federal prosecutors said Monday. In a court filing, the U.S. attorney's office in...
Walters: Rethinking California's Electric Utilities
California’s two major electric power utilities are on the hot seat as Capitol politicians ponder whether they should be protected from the financial consequences of last month’s killer wildfires. Downed power lines owned by Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison are suspected of sparking the fires that killed...