PG&E Warns Of New Policy To Shut Off Power In Extreme Fire Danger
PG&E on Tuesday warned customers in the Bay Area about a new policy that will cut electricity to certain neighborhoods during extreme fire weather conditions.
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PG&E on Tuesday warned customers in the Bay Area about a new policy that will cut electricity to certain neighborhoods during extreme fire weather conditions.
Pacific Gas and Electric power lines and equipment failure are to blame for 12 of the catastrophic Northern California wildfires started in October 2017, according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
A Bay Area lawmaker is accusing PG&E of covering up after a new report blames the utility company for sparking several fires in Northern California.
State fire officials blame power lines coming into contact with trees for sparking four Northern California wildfires last October that incinerated more than 130 buildings.
It's been more than 50 years since a small group of environmentalists fought off PG&E's plans to build a nuclear plant in the North Bay.
It's been more than 50 years since a small group of environmentalists fought off PG&E's plans to build a nuclear plant in the North Bay.
State utility regulators on Thursday fined Pacific Gas and Electric Co. $97.5 million over improper back-channel communications with their own agency following a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion.
A third-party contractor's excavator toppled two utility poles and damaged two others Monday, triggering a power outage that knocked out electricity to more than 8,000 PG&E customers.
Failure of equipment on a PG&E underground vault knocked out power to more than 10,000 customers in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood overnight
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it will start switching off power at times of extreme fire danger to reduce the risk of sparks.
A neighbor risked his own life to save a woman after a massive explosion destroyed her home on Bel Air Avenue, in San Jose.
The city of Hayward is parting ways with PG&E and moving to more environmentally-friendly ways to produce electricity.
There are new developments in a bitter fight between the city of San Francisco and PG&E that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
A gas leak in San Francisco's Inner Sunset neighborhood Friday morning has been stopped, evacuations and a shelter-in-place order lifted, fire officials said.
New developments Wednesday in a bitter fight between the city of San Francisco and PG&E that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
On the heels of report finding fault in part by PG&E in the deadly North Bay fires last October, the utility is now promoting its own fire response with an ad featuring a well-known Bay Area fire expert that has triggered some criticism.
Investigators have determined that power lines buffeted by heavy winds ignited at least two small fires the night of Oct. 8 in North Bay neighborhoods.
Some people in California think switching off power lines could be key to wildfire prevention, but it may come with another set of dangers.
State regulators are calling on utility companies to pay it forward by passing on their savings from the tax law overhaul to customers, but Pacific Gas and Electric is pushing back.
Opponents to PG&E's "time of use" payments are calling it "punishment pricing" and want you to know you can opt out.
PG&E sent a letter to state senator Jerry Hill saying that PG&E test devices, known as reclosers, could easily start fires if they're not deactivated. Only three were disabled before the North Bay wildfires broke out.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is suspending dividend payments to shareholders out of concern for any finding of financial liability in the devastating Wine Country wildfires, the California utility said Wednesday.
PG&E officials said Tuesday that temporary overhead power lines will be restored by Friday to the fire-ravaged Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa.
An evacuation request in the area of a gas leak and explosion on Mission Street in San Francisco was lifted Monday afternoon once the incident was resolved, according to authorities.
