PG&E announced on Monday it has pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the utility causing the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive blaze in California history. Read More …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced strong opposition to PG&E’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy, raising questions about the viability of the company’s reorganization effort. Read More …
Fires are burning in numerous California counties, and PG&E is continuing to preemptively shut off power to hundreds of thousands of residents, though many customers are having their electricity restored on Wednesday. Read More …
PG&E shut off power to nearly 1 million customers across Northern and Central California over the weekend, and a wildfire raging in Sonoma County resulted in nearly 200,000 people being forced to evacuate. Meanwhile, a wildfire is now burning in Los Angeles that is forcing evacuations, as well. Read More …
In another preemptive move to reduce wildfire risk, PG&E shut off power across parts of Northern California on Wednesday, and the utility is considering creating more outages in the coming days, which could possibly affect San Luis Obispo County. Read More …
Nearly 3,000 customers lost power as a result of an outage in the Grover Beach area early Monday morning. Read More …
PG&E has shut off power in numerous Northern California counties and may cut off electricity to 800,000 customers statewide. Read More …
PG&E cut off power to about 24,000 customers in Northern California on Monday as part of a new strategy to prevent wildfires. As of 8 p.m., power shutoffs were in effect Read More …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold a pair of meetings in San Luis Obispo this week to gather input from local residents and ratepayers on PG&E’s plan to raise rates to offset the rising cost of decommissioning the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Read More …
A power outage caused nearly 5,000 customers to lose electricity in Morro Bay early Thursday morning. Read More …