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PG&E Public Utility ‘Backstop’ Bill Passes Senate, Awaits Newsom’s Signature

June 30, 2020 2:20 pmJune 30, 2020 3:19 pm

On Monday, the Senate passed a bill that would turn PG&E into a non-profit, public utility should the company fail to emerge from bankruptcy. A possible state takeover of PG&E Senate Bill 350, authored by Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo),...

PG&E Pleads Guilty To 84 Deaths In 2018 Camp Fire

June 16, 2020 3:02 pmJune 16, 2020 8:34 pm

On Tuesday, utility provider Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) entered a guilty plea for 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter over 84 people dying during the 2018 Camp Fire. 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter PG&E executives confessed to the companies...

CPUC Approves PG&E Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan

May 29, 2020 1:53 amMay 28, 2020 9:56 pm

On Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved PG&E’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, paving the way for the utility company to come out of bankruptcy before the June 30th deadline. CPUC approves PG&E’s plan on leaving Chapter 11...

New Assembly Bill Could Save Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

March 7, 2020 2:17 amMarch 9, 2020 7:51 am

Nuclear power may not end this decade if a new Assembly Bill is passed this session. The last nuclear plant in California Assembly Bill 2898, authored by Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham (R-Paso Robles), would add nuclear power to the California Renewables...

Rooftop solar monopoly

March 2, 2020 6:31 amMarch 2, 2020 6:59 am

Now that the rooftop mandate for new homes has been relaxed to allow communities to choose cheaper power from municipal solar farms, will new homeowners be allowed to choose cheaper and cleaner conventional energy sources through local Community Choice energy?...

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...

Gov. Newsom Doubles Down on State Takeover of PG&E, Says Utility ‘No Longer Exists’

February 4, 2020 2:17 pmFebruary 6, 2020 7:23 am

“Exactly one year after PG&E Corp. filed for bankruptcy, Gov. Gavin Newsom said PG&E ‘no longer exists’ and doubled down on a state takeover if the utility doesn’t shape up by June 30,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The California...