A NEW BILL COULD HELP RELIEVE PG&E FROM FINANCIAL WILDFIRE TROUBLE PG&E SHARES SOAR AFTER INVESTIGATORS CLEAR FIRM OF CAUSING 2017 FIRE Additionally, the embattled utility giant said it expects that itsemployees will continue to receive their pay and health care benefitsas usual. PG&E also said it...
‘Their answer to everything is to just shut it off’ PG&E has come under criticism in recent years for therole of its equipment in a series of catastrophic wildfiresacross the state, including the deadly 2018 Camp Fire. The utility has agreed to pay billions of dollars in damages. The co...
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First things first -- You are unlikely to pay off your powerwall with electric bill savings. The reason behind this is that the most profitable use "Power Arbitrage" (Charging a battery when grid power is inexpensive and then returing it using Net Energy Metering when the grid power is more...
After the PG&E “telling” the judge will explain to us that Cal Water is merging Willows, Oroville, Chico, and Marysville into one district so Chicoans can help pay for “improvements” in those towns. When Cal Water asked for rate increases in those towns to cover the cost of long-negl...
and the wounds that can’t be healed,” PG&E Corporation CEO and President Bill Johnson said after the plea. “No words from me could ever reduce the magnitude of such devastation or do anything to repair the damage. But I hope that the actions we are taking here today will help bring ...
PG&E now only needs approval from the judge overseeing its bankruptcy in order to meet a state deadline of June 30 to qualify for a California fund to help utilities pay for future wildfire claims. Nearly allcreditors voted in favorof PG&E’s proposal, including wildfire victims. Court hearing...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved two Pacific Gas & Electric settlements totaling $24.5 billion to help pay the losses suffered by homeowners, businesses and insurers in the aftermath of catastrophic Northern California wildfires that sent the nation’s largest util...
The bill would allow cities, such as San Francisco, to eventually fulfill plans for their own utilities. “This is a dream a long time in coming,” San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin said at Weiner’s press conference. “For 20 years, the leaders and the people of San Francisco County...
“Prepare yourself, prepare your family, and help your neighbors,” he said. Second phase delayed but many more may lose power A second shutoff phase that was expected to start around noon PT Wednesday has been delayed. That will cut power to about250,000 customers in Alameda and Santa...