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07/14/11 The city of Marina has joined a band of local governments questioning the wisdom of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. smart meters.
07/13/11 After the devastating 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, newly released documents show, Pacific Gas and Electric identified numerous spots where its natural gas lines might be damaged by the massive temblor that is all but certain to slam the Bay Area
07/03/11 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials say they were running some of the company's natural gas pipelines at pressures higher than what is recommended by federal safety authorities because the utility had wrongly classified its transmission lines.
07/02/11 In the latest of a series of disturbing disclosures, Pacific Gas and Electric has told state regulators it misclassified numerous segments of pipe throughout the state -- including some in the Bay Area -- resulting in the pipes' gas pressure being
07/01/11 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.
07/01/11 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. admitted Friday that it had misclassified 172 miles of gas transmission pipelines - wrongly considering them to be exempt from rigorous federal safety standards - because it did not...
06/22/11 Three linemen on contract with the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. were injured Monday in Trinity County when an insulator fell, causing power lines to arc and spark three wildfires that charred about 30 acres.
06/21/11 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was told by a record-keeping manager nearly two decades ago that the company was losing track of documentation for its gas-transmission system and was courting public embarrassment, newly...
06/21/11 California's pipeline regulators intend to levy a $26 million fine against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for federal and state safety violations that the company committed in connection with a fatal explosion in a...
06/21/11 SACRAMENTO, June 21 (UPI) -- Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has agreed to pay a $26 million fine for a 2008 explosion that killed a 72-year-old homeowner, California officials say.
06/21/11 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay $26 million in penalties and acknowledged safety violations in a fatal natural gas explosion that destroyed one home and damaged several others in a Sacramento suburb on Christmas Eve 2008, state regulators said Monday.
06/17/11 Santa Barbara County officials will write a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Pacific Gas & Electric, advocating for third-party review of compliance issues at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
06/16/11 On May 12, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Foothill Conservancy signed an agreement with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in which PG&E agrees to carry out computer modeling of water temperatures in the Mokelumne River as part of its evaluation of its proposed Mokelumne Pumped Storage hydroelectric project in the central Sierra Nevada.
06/16/11 Federal, state and local prosecutors have formed a task force to investigate a deadly gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. has revealed in a filing.
06/16/11 Federal, state and local prosecutors have formed a task force to investigate a deadly gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. revealed in a filing Monday.
06/15/11 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is embarking on the widespread installation of controversial SmartMeters throughout Santa Cruz County, beginning at the end of this month.
06/13/11 Robin Brown was born in New Castle, IN on August 31, 1953. He grew up in Warren, IN and lived in Texas for over 20 yrs. In 1991 he moved to Concord, CA and went to work for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for 15 yrs. After retiring he settled in Valley Springs, CA.
06/11/11 California energy regulators announced two new investigations of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on Friday and, in one of the cases, proposed that the troubled utility pay a $7.1 million fine. One investigation by the...
06/10/11 A panel commissioned by California regulators to investigate the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion last year issued a scathing report Thursday, criticizing Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s management as lax on...
06/09/11 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. admitted only recently to federal investigators that the San Bruno gas pipeline that ruptured disastrously last year at a flawed seam weld suffered a leak at a similar weld 22 years earlier,...
06/08/11 Nearly nine months after federal investigators began probing a deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno, PG&E quietly revealed its ruptured line had sprung a leak in a spot a few miles away years before, a top safety official said Wednesday. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman called Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s recent disclosure of the 1988 gas leak "troubling" before she ... | 
