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Tag: PG&E wildfires

PG&E Pleads Not Guilty To 31 Criminal Counts, Enhancements From 2020 Zogg Wildfire

June 11, 2022   2:31 amJune 12, 2022   8:07 am
Shasta County Prosecutors announced that utility company Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) pled not guilty on Thursday to 31 criminal counts and enhances related to their equipment starting the Zogg Fire in Shasta and Tehama Counties in the fall of...
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PG&E Charged With 4 Counts of Manslaughter, 11 Felonies Stemming From 2020 Zogg Fire

September 25, 2021   2:30 amApril 3, 2022   7:34 am
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) was sued by the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office on Friday over 31 charges, including 11 felonies and 4 counts of manslaughter, stemming from the Zogg Fire last year. The Zogg Fire started in September...
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Southern California Edison to Pay $2.2 Billion in Wildfire Settlements

January 27, 2021   2:30 amJanuary 26, 2021   9:14 pm
On Tuesday, Southern California Edison announced that it would be paying a $2.2 billion settlement over claims from the 2018 Woolsey Fire within the next 90 days. The Woolsey Fire burned nearly 100,000 acres of land in Los Angeles and...
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Cell Tower Emergency Power Bill Passes Assembly Committee

August 6, 2020   6:22 amAugust 6, 2020   2:03 pm
On Monday, a bill that would require backup power to be available for all cell phone towers in high risk fire areas in California was moved up in the Assembly, coming close to a final vote and passage by the...
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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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PG&E Would Be Barred from Making Political Donations in New Bill

February 6, 2020   2:36 pmFebruary 7, 2020   8:54 am
On Wednesday, a new bill that would make campaign contributions from the utility company PG&E illegal was introduced in the Assembly in Sacramento. Assembly Bill 2079, authored by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), would bar PG&E from donating to any state...
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Governor Newsom Reaffirms the State May Take Control of PG&E this Summer

January 30, 2020   6:46 pmJanuary 31, 2020   9:10 am
‘It has to to be completely re-imagined, completely transformed company. If PG&E can’t do it, we’ll do it for them.’   During a Public Policy Institute of California event on Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that that California would takeover...
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