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PG&E, Consumer Group Spar Over Emails at Rate Hearing

October 21, 2014
Richard Nemec
A utility consumer watchdog group won a partial victory Monday in its attempt to hold up an ongoing Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) natural gas pipeline and storage rate case until the utility turns over more of the emails it has revealed over the past four weeks showing communications violations with state regulators, some of which were centered on the gas case. Read More

Second California Regulator Drops Out of PG&E Penalty Case

October 17, 2014
Richard Nemec
A second California regulator mixed up in the email communications violations tied to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has excused himself from a pending review of two regulatory judges' proposed $1.4 billion in penalties for PG&E's negligence in a fatal natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion four years ago. Read More

Peevey Departing CPUC at Year-End Amid Ex Parte Scandal

October 9, 2014
Richard Nemec
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Michael Peevey won’t seek another term after his expires at the end of this year, he said Thursday after more revelations emerged of inappropriate communications with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) executives. Read More

PG&E Finds More Email CPUC Violations; U.S. Attorney Investigates

October 7, 2014
Richard Nemec
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Monday told state regulators that more violations were uncovered in the company's ongoing internal review of past email communications between former PG&E executives and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). In addition, the U.S. Attorney's San Francisco Office has begun an investigation of the ex parte communications violations. Read More

PG&E Urges Proposed $2B Penalty Aimed at Pipeline Safety, Not General Revenue

October 3, 2014
Richard Nemec
Undaunted by a series of public rebukes, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) late Thursday filed with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), seeking to limit where the monies go from the upcoming penalties the utility will be ordered to pay for the 2010 natural gas transmission pipeline rupture in San Bruno, CA. Read More

California Regulator Makes Public Apology for PG&E Flap

October 2, 2014
Richard Nemec
Mike Florio, one of California's five top energy regulators, made an unprecedented public apology Thursday for his role in recently divulged private e-mail communications between himself and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) concerning a pending regulatory case (see Daily GPI, Sept. 16). Read More

State, Local Officials Seek Investigation of PG&E, CPUC

September 19, 2014
Richard Nemec
State and local elected officials from around San Bruno, CA, on Friday called for California Attorney General Kamala Harris to investigate the latest revelations of inappropriate state regulator-utility contact evolving from Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s (PG&E) pending natural gas system rate case (see Daily GPI, Sept. 16). Read More

Heads Roll as PG&E Divulges Internal Regulatory Scandal

September 16, 2014
Richard Nemec
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) dropped a grenade on state regulators Monday, admitting a number of inappropriate contacts between utility and regulatory staff over the past five years. The initial fallout has cost the jobs of three PG&E executives and a top aide to the state's chief regulator, Michael Peevey, who himself has been accused of violating ex-parte rules. Read More

CPUC Judges Recommend Largest Fine Ever for PG&E

September 2, 2014
Richard Nemec
In four decisions that could go through a still-lengthy review process, two California regulatory commission judges on Tuesday recommended $1.4 billion in penalties against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) for the fatal San Bruno natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion four years ago (see Daily GPI,Sept. 13, 2010). Read More

Regulators Give PG&E $460M Rate Hike With Safety Ties

August 15, 2014
Richard Nemec
Pacific Gas and Electric Co., still facing multi-billion-dollar penalties for its natural gas system safety lapses, was granted a 2014 general rate increase of $460 million, or 6.9% above current rates, by California regulators Thursday with heavy implications for its current and future safety programs. This case is separate from still-pending pipeline penalty cases (see Daily GPI, May 7, 2013). Read More

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