Pacific Gas and Electric

Government Deals Blow To Energy Companies In Wake Of San Bruno Disaster

AP | By GARANCE BURKE | Posted 05.08.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Energy companies will need to keep up-to-date records to prove they are running the nation's aging pipelines at safe pressures under ...

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PG&E Announces Massive Settlement With San Bruno Explosion Victims

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 05.12.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay $70 million in restitution to San Bruno for the 2010 pipeline explosion that killed...

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'We Want To Pay Restitution For The Great Tragedy We Caused'

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 04.16.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — The city of San Bruno said Wednesday settlement talks were back on track with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. about compensation for ...

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PG&E Ordered To Pay Millions For Poor Inspection Of Pipes

AP | Posted 03.28.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- State regulators plan to fine Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $16.8 million for failing to perform gas leak surveys in the wake of a deadl...

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PG&E Admits To Yet Another Error

AP | Posted 03.19.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Officials for a California utility have acknowledged the company wrongly classified hundreds of miles of natural gas transmission lin...

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FINALLY: PG&E Assumes Civil Liability In San Bruno Blast

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 02.12.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials confirmed Tuesday the company will take financial responsibility for the deadly San Bruno p...

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Ruptured PG&E Pipeline Causes Landslide On Freeway

AP | Posted 01.07.2012

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SAN MATEO, Calif. -- A 2-foot-wide section of pipe burst Sunday during a high-pressure water test along the same Pacific Gas & Electric pipeline in No...

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ALL THEIR FAULT: Report Officially Blames PG&E For Deadly San Bruno Blast

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 11.26.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal accident investigators lay the blame squarely on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for a gas pipeline explosion that killed eight ...

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Aaron Sankin

When Smoke Cleared: San Bruno, One Year After The Explosion

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.07.2011

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The first thing they noticed was the shaking. The ground erupting underneath the sleepy suburb of San Bruno on Sept. 9, 2010, felt like an earthqua...

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Two Bills Aim To Fix 'Poor And Uncoordinated Response' To Pipeline Disaster

AP | Posted 11.02.2011

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By SHEILA V. KUMAR, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Two bills written in response to a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion that tore ...

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Officials: PG&E's 'Litany Of Failures' Led To Deadly San Bruno Explosion

AP | JOAN LOWY and MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.30.2011

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WASHINGTON — A federal safety panel blamed a series of missteps by one of the nation's largest gas companies for the largest pipeline accident i...

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Embattled PG&E Taps Outsider As CEO

AP | Posted 10.09.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. has named a Michigan energy executive as its new president and CEO, the first company outsider tapped to...

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City Attorney Announces Intent To Sue PG&E Regulators

Carly Schwartz | Posted 09.14.2011

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With the anniversary of the tragic San Bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed several homes just weeks away, San Francisco Ci...

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PG&E Won't Blame The Victims

AP | Posted 09.12.2011

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SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- A California utility company says a court filing in response to dozens of lawsuits over the fatal San Bruno pipeline explosion wa...

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John "Nuke Bailout" Bryson Must Not Be Secretary of Energy

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harvey Wasserman

Long gone from Southern California Edison, John Bryson's ascent to head the Department of Energy would send a disastrous signal to those who are committed to a post fossil/nuclear future.

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