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Walters: PG&E Makes Two Deals to Survive

March 30, 2020

In any other week, major actions affecting Pacific Gas and Electric’s chances of emerging from bankruptcy as an intact and operational utility would have been big news. But with everyone in and out of government riveted on battling the COVID-19 pandemic, th...

PG&E’s Falling Stock Price Worries Fire Victims Eyeing Deal

AP News

March 26, 2020

BERKELEY — The stock market turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is raising worries that Pacific Gas & Electric's $13.5 billion settlement with victims of catastrophic wildfires may be worth far le...

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PG&E to Plead Guilty to Lethal Crimes in 2018 Wildfires

AP News

March 24, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for a swath of death and destruction left behind after its fraying electrical grid ignited the 2018 wildfire...

PG&E Pleading Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in Wildfire

AP News

March 23, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric said Monday it will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2018 fire in Northern California that killed 84 people and decimated three towns. "Our equipment started the fire. Th...

PG&E Reaches Bankruptcy Deal With Newsom

AP News

March 20, 2020

SACRAMENTO — Pacific Gas & Electric and Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal Friday for the nation's largest utility to emerge from bankruptcy triggered by massive liabilities from wildfires. “This is the ...

PG&E’s $23B Bankruptcy Financing Package Approved by Court

AP News

March 17, 2020

BERKELEY — Pacific Gas & Electric on Monday won court approval to raise $23 billion to help pay its bills over destructive California wildfires after Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped his opposition to a financing ...

PG&E Won’t Disconnect Late Payers During Coronavirus Crisis

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March 13, 2020

PG&E customers who are behind on their power and gas bills won't have their service disconnected because of nonpayment, the company said Friday. The decision is in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, PG&E said. "Our most important respons...

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Wildfire Victims Fear They’ll Be the Last Ones Paid by PG&E

AP News

February 26, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — A $13.5 billion settlement between victims of California's catastrophic wildfires and the utility blamed for causing them was supposed to bring some peace and hope to people still reeling from t...

PG&E CEO Assures Utility’s Safety Issues Are Being Fixed

AP News

February 26, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — PG&E Corp. CEO Bill Johnson blamed negligence by the company's past management for a cascade of catastrophes that killed nearly 140 people as he tried to persuade California regulators Tuesd...

What’s 2nd Worst Thing That Can Happen on Valentine’s Day?

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February 11, 2020

A PG&E official has come up with a one-liner worthy perhaps of Chris Rock ahead of Valentine's Day on Friday. "What's the single worst thing that can happen on Valentine's Day? Getting dumped," says Walt Posey, the company's director of electric operati...

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Walters: PG&E Makes Two Deals to Survive

PG&E’s Falling Stock Price Worries Fire Victims Eyeing Deal

PG&E to Plead Guilty to Lethal Crimes in 2018 Wildfires

PG&E Pleading Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in Wildfire

PG&E Reaches Bankruptcy Deal With Newsom

PG&E’s $23B Bankruptcy Financing Package Approved by Court

PG&E Won’t Disconnect Late Payers During Coronavirus Crisis

Wildfire Victims Fear They’ll Be the Last Ones Paid by PG&E

PG&E CEO Assures Utility’s Safety Issues Are Being Fixed

What’s 2nd Worst Thing That Can Happen on Valentine’s Day?

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