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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. filed a document with state regulators Tuesday saying that it misclassified more than 300 miles of lines, and as a result ran some segments at higher pressure than recommended by federal authorities.
Power has been restored Tuesday following two separate power outages in San Francisco, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Two separate power outages in San Francisco left thousands of PG&E customers in the dark Monday night.
California regulators are launching a formal legal proceeding to examine whether Pacific Gas & Electric Co. broke the law in the years leading up to a deadly gas pipeline explosion.
Candlestick Park is ready to go for Saturday's San Francisco 49ers playoff game following embarrassing power outages during a nationally televised game last month, city and PG&E officials said.
The California Public Utilities Commission hosted a daylong workshop that deals with factoring safety into companies rate-making process.
Assemblyman Jerry Hill said progress is being made but the state needs more reforms regarding pipeline safety.
PG&E has restored power to residents of a San Jose neighborhood affected by an outage caused by a driver who crashed into a power pole on Monday night, a PG&E spokesman said.
Power has been restored to all 7,000 or so PG&E customers who were affected by an outage in San Francisco's Western Addition and Laurel Heights neighborhoods Thursday morning, a utility spokeswoman said.
More than 1,300 PG&E customers were without power in Daly City and Pacifica Monday morning.
The utility said that they failed to check about 14 miles of pipeline in Contra Costa County after misplacing maps.
The utility said the added fees are modest and will be used to invest in new power plants and equipment.
A water main break in San Leandro knocked out water service to dozens of homes near John Muir Middle School Wednesday morning.
Power was restored to more than 6,000 PG&E customers in Fremont Tuesday, with about 100 customers without power Tuesday evening.
A published report suggests that Pacific Gas and Electric had a policy in place encouraging workers to essentially overlook safety risks along natural gas transmission lines, thus keeping repair costs for the utility down.
San Francisco and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials plan to install equipment to help prevent a repeat of Monday's blackouts at Candlestick Park, which happened during a nationally televised game between the San Francisco 49ers and Pittsburgh Steelers.
In a letter to the San Francisco 49ers, Mayor Ed Lee on Thursday admitted the city was at fault for the second of two power outages that delayed a nationally televised football game at Candlestick Park on Monday night.
A PG&E splice that failed and knocked out power to Candlestick Park shortly before a San Francisco 49ers game Monday night has prompted the utility to replace several other splices in its infrastructure around the stadium.
Monday's Candlestick Park power outage highlighted the vulnerability of the country's electrical system according to a UC Berkeley professor of civil engineering.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee called the power outages that left fans and players in the dark at Monday night's San Francisco 49ers game at Candlestick Park a "national embarrassment."
In a major concession to SmartMeter opponents, the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has proposed allowing customers to keep their old analog meters, and not switch to a SmartMeter, for a fee.
The game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers has been delayed twice because of a pair of power outages at Candlestick Park.
After more than a year of pressure testing and safety inspections, state regulators have given PG&E clearance to restore three of its Peninsula natural gas pipelines to normal operating pressures.
The head of Pacific Gas and Electric Company acknowledged Tuesday that the utility company is responsible for a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion.
PG&E crews are having a difficult time getting to some spots because of the terrain they are encountering.
