PG&E News
Lawsuit Alleges Xcel Energy Utility Equipment Started Damaging Texas Wildfire
A Texas homeowner whose house was destroyed by a massive wildfire raging northeast of Amarillo sued electric utility Xcel Energy on Friday, alleging that a splintered power pole owned by the company ...
California Regulators Oppose PG&E Plan to Bury Power Lines to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Pacific Gas & Electric—one of the nation's largest utilities whose equipment has sparked some of California's deadliest wildfires—wants to bury power lines in some of its most at-risk areas ...
PG&E Pledges $18 Billion to Cut Wildfire Risk in California
PG&E Corp. plans to invest $18 billion in wildfire prevention through 2025 following back-to-back seasons of devastating blazes linked to the utility's network of ...
PG&E to Face Manslaughter Trial Over Deadly California Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric will face trial for manslaughter over its role in a 2020 wildfire in Northern California that killed four people, a judge ruled ...
Former PG&E Execs Agree to $117M Settlement for Wildfires
Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfires sparked by the utility's ...
U.S. Starts Criminal Probe Into PG&E Role in California Wildfire
Federal officials have initiated a criminal investigation into PG&E Corp.'s potential role in starting California's largest wildfire of the year. On Sept. 24, the U.S. Forest Service removed one ...
California’s PG&E to Pay $55M to Avoid Criminal Charges Over Wildfires
California utility PG&E Corp has reached settlement agreements with district attorneys representing Northern California counties to avoid prosecution over two major wildfires, with the company ...
PG&E Must Fork Over $150M for Botched Blackouts and Recent Wildfires
Pacific Gas & Electric is getting hit with a nearly $150 million billion for neglect that caused Northern California wildfires during the past two years and mismanagement of blackouts designed to ...