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The California Public Utilities Commission issued two staff citations totaling $8.3 million to Pacific Gas & Electric for violations that were discovered by the CPUC's investigation into the Butte fire.
Some of the thousands of emails released afterward showed PG&E officials and regulators with the California Public Utilities Commission wining and dining each other, and privately discussing public business involving the utility and commission.
Groups opposed to PG&E's new rate structure are being told to speak out at a Public Utilities Commission meeting on Thursday at UC Davis.
Some PG&E customers may see lower energy bills, while others may see higher bills, starting next month due to changes being made to the company's billing system, the gas and electric company announced Monday.
One state lawmaker says regulators may to blame for skyrocketing PG&E bills residents are reporting recently.
In order to do that, consumers need to look at the total number of therms they used during the billing cycle. Put simply, a therm is a unit of heat in your gas similar to a watt on your electric bill.
Erin Lamb's winter bill usually doubles, to about $500, because it gets cold in the foothills where she lives. But this winter her PG&E bill quadrupled to $1100.
He's not a worrier, but Michael Dickenson is beginning to wonder about all the PG&E crews in town, trying to fix a natural gas leak, in its third day.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it is prepared to pay the maximum fine of $3 million after a jury convicted the company of deliberately violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area.
CHP officers are investigating a head-on crash involving a PG&E truck in Calaveras County.
Mysterious Explosions on Saturday Night lead to a gruesome discovery in an orchard in Lockeford on Sunday Morning.
It turns out the man who showed up on John's doorstep was with an independent gas supplier. PG&E says there are 25 that are allowed to operate in the area, but last year, it received more than 4,000 complaints about them.
PG&E crews are in Discovery Bay working to restore heat to thousands of customers, one home at a time.
"To come in here and cut my trees down and replace them with baby trees, no it couldn't be the same, it won't replace it," Monica Devine said.
At least four major lawsuits have been filed against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the companies it hired to clear power lines in a Northern California area where a blaze destroyed hundreds of homes and killed two people.
California wants more drivers to dump the pump and plug in.
The lawsuit claims PG&E and a contractor did not properly mitigate possible fire hazards near power lines, allowing the 70,000 acre blaze to start.
The Butte Fire burned has burned nearly 71,000 acres in Amador and Calaveras counties and is 95 percent contained. In all, 475 homes, 343 outbuildings and 45 structures were damaged by the fire.
Cal Fire says no one except fire and PG&E crews are allowed on Highway 26, because conditions are unsafe.
An effort to block Pacific Gas and Electric Co. from getting a tax break on the $1.6 billion it was fined for the deadly 2010 San Bruno gas explosion has fallen short.
A resident at El Rey Mobile Home Park called CBS13 saying he was furious his power was shut off by PG&E on a day when temperatures reached into the 90s.
Most residential customers in California will see their electricity bills increase.
Big energy users are set to get a break on electricity while more efficient consumers will see their bills rise under a proposal being considered by California regulators.
PG&E says the test is important because if the poles go up in flames, they can make a wildfire more dangerous with downed power lines and outages. Also, at $20,000 each, the poles aren't cheap to replace.
As the drought drags on, the chances for destructive wildfires increase by the day. Crews are taking to the air looking for to help keep the fire danger to a minimum.
