Santa Cruz Joins the Battle Against PG&E SmartMeters
Santa Cruz's City Council filed a petition this week for the ability to opt out of PG&E's SmartMeter program because of health risk concerns.
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Santa Cruz's City Council filed a petition this week for the ability to opt out of PG&E's SmartMeter program because of health risk concerns.
Fewer than a dozen homes remain without power in East Palo Alto on Friday afternoon after a power surge Thursday night caused an outage.
Nearly a year after the deadly blast that devastated a San Bruno neighborhood, Pacific Gas and Electric has announced a new plan to boost safety on its gas transmission lines.
A shelter-in-place order that had been issued for a block in downtown San Francisco when contractors working for the new Transbay Transit Center damaged a gas pipe Wednesday afternoon was lifted after a couple hours.
Crews are getting ready to fill a giant crater in San Bruno's Crestmoor neighborhood, created after last September's deadly pipeline explosion.
Some 50 people were evacuated from homes and businesses in Oakland Monday afternoon as PG&E crews respond to a gas leak.
PG&E is trying to figure out exactly what a high-tech device has detected on the gas transmission line between Santa Rosa and Healdsburg.
PG&E conducted tests in Solano and Yolo counties Thursday to determine the reliability and accuracy of aerial gas leak detection technologies.
In less than a month, San Bruno will mark the one year anniversary of the pipeline disaster that killed eight people in the Glenview neighborhood. On Friday September 9th, members of the Crestmoor/Glenview neighborhood will gather at Skyline College for a somber memorial to the victims of the blast.
Homeowners in San Mateo County who make their homes more energy efficient will soon be eligible for up to $8,000 in rebates.
PG&E Corp.'s earnings climbed 9 percent in the second quarter, as a revenue boost from two rate case settlements offset costs related to last year's San Bruno gas pipeline explosion.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has started digging up an abandoned segment of pipe that was once part of the gas line that exploded in San Bruno last year.
The California State Public Utilities Commission on Friday launched a formal search for a new safety director.
San Jose firefighters are responding to a two-acre grass fire in the foothills above the Santa Teresa Golf Club this morning, fire Capt. Mary Gutierrez said.
With returning soldiers face high unemployment and the energy industry needing new workers, a nationwide effort is being launched to recruit U.S. veterans for jobs in the energy sector.
The city of San Francisco has filed a "notice of intent" to sue both the California Public Utilities Commission and federal regulators over what they say was a failure to enforce pipeline safety laws.
California utility regulators will now require Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to give local fire departments maps of their facilities and upgrade the company's natural gas safety training materials.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said a court filing in response to lawsuits over the fatal San Bruno pipeline explosion was not intended to hold victims at fault in any way for the blast.
The utility company whose ruptured pipeline killed eight people in a massive explosion is seeking a jury trial to fight dozens of lawsuits, and part of its defense includes placing partial blame on some of the victims of the blast.
Last year's San Bruno pipeline explosion created plenty of worry over leaking gas lines. For one Lafayette homeowner, those concerns became reality.
California utility regulators are hiring five more gas pipeline inspectors and creating a new unit aimed at preventing accidents like the devastating blast in San Bruno.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials revealed this week the company had been running some of its natural gas pipelines at higher pressure levels than what is recommended by federal safety authorities.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has revealed that its employees dispute key information the company gave federal investigators about past problems on the gas line that ruptured.
The price tag to replace just one power pole and its missing transformer: $12,000.
At the end of June, Pacific Gas and Electric plans to install SmartMeters in Soquel, Scotts Valley and Watsonville areas where opposition to the wireless devices has been strongest.
