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Redondo Beach Waterfront AES Gas Power Plant to Close by 2023

March 31, 2020 2:24 amMarch 30, 2020 9:47 pm

On Monday, AES Corp. finalized the sale of its 51 acre gas power plant in Redondo Beach to real estate developer Leo Pustilnikov for an undisclosed amount of money. The deal would open up the 51 acres, located next to...

PG&E To Pay Camp Fire Victims $13.5 Billion and Plead Guilty to 84 Counts of Involuntary Manslaughter

March 24, 2020 6:31 amMarch 25, 2020 11:32 am

On Monday, Pacific Gas and Electric plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting the 2018 Camp Fire. One count for each victim PG&E also agreed to pay victims of the 2018 Camp Fire,...

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Is Governor Newsom’s Office Trying to Keep Documents Secret Over Rushed Passage of Utilities’ Bailout?

February 24, 2020 3:13 pmFebruary 24, 2020 5:19 pm

After the Public Utilities Commission denied three Investor Owned Utilities in California – Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas and Electric, and Southern California Edison – the cost of wildfire repayments, the utilities filed a lawsuit in the Federal...

After Another Turmoltuous Year, PG&E Rates Are To Go Up in 2020

December 30, 2019 11:54 am

PG&E customers in California will see their average monthly bills go up between 1.5% and 2.7% beginning January 1st. The higher rates come after another difficult year for PG&E. Following the aftermath of the November 2018 Paradise wildfire, which killed...

Bankruptcy Court Approves $24.5 Billion in PG&E Settlements

December 18, 2019 2:07 pmDecember 19, 2019 8:06 am

Two PG&E settlement deals worth a combined $24.5 billion to compensate wildfire victims and insurance companies was approved by a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday. After a long 5 hour hearing in San Francisco, Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali first approved...

Mayor Liccardo Gains Support Over Plan to Make PG&E a Customer Owned Utility in San Jose

December 6, 2019 2:43 amDecember 7, 2019 9:13 am

Less than two months after San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo first announced plans to make PG&E into a customer owned utility in San Jose, it was announced that 114 elected officials in and around San Jose gave support to their...

PG&E’s Lack of Power Line Maintenance Found to be Cause of the Paradise Wildfire

December 3, 2019 6:05 pmDecember 3, 2019 6:06 pm

A report released Monday by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has found that a lack of power line maintenance by PG&E was the main cause of the 2018 Camp Fire. The report narrowed down the specific neglected area to...