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PG&E Might Spin Off Gas Unit as California Fire Rules Stall, CEO Says
PG&E may spin off or sell its gas unit as California's wildfire liability reform stalls, CEO Patti Poppe says, citing costs hitting 4 million customers.
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SUV Slams Into Pole on Napa's Silverado Trail, Knocking Out Power to 1,000-Plus
A Chevrolet Trailblazer slammed into a utility pole on Silverado Trail in Napa Wednesday morning, downing live wires, shutting a stretch of the road, and cutting electricity to more than 1,000 customers. The crash happened near the Pope Street intersection and…
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San Francisco’s Breakup With PG&E Could Cost $22.5 Billion, Utility Tells State
A government takeover of PG&E’s grid in San Francisco comes with a whopping $22.5 billion price tag, the company told state regulators on Tuesday. PG&E said in testimony to the California Public Utilities Commission, which determines the value of…
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PG&E warns 25,000 would-be customers of potential six-month delays in getting electricity
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is warning about 25,000 prospective customers that they could be forced to wait as long as six months beyond their scheduled connection dates to get power, as the utility postpones $2 billion in planned spending amid uncertainty…
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‘Absurd’: City officials laugh off PG&E’s $20B price tag for San Francisco’s grid
City leaders called the utility’s figure inflated. PG&E says the city’s $3.4 billion estimate leaves out key costs. When reacting to Pacific Gas & Electric’s price tag for its San Francisco grid — a whopping $20 billion — city officials pulled no punches Thursday.
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PG&E cuts off power to thousands in Bay Area due to wildfire risk
FILE: Transmission power lines stretch over the hills in Oakland, Calif. Overnight Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch for the interior mountains in the North Bay and East Bay. Winds in those areas could see gusts…
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PG&E power shutoffs affect more than 6,000 Bay Area customers
PG&E had shut off power to 6,824 customers in five Bay Area counties as of Thursday morning as a safety measure ahead of forecasted high winds and dry conditions. PG&E said that as of 6 a.m., the outages affected 3,158 customers in…
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Shutoffs to affect thousands of Bay Area PG&E customers
More than 11,000 PG&E customers in the Bay Area could see dayslong power outages starting Wednesday as part of the utility’s proactive shutoffs to avoid its equipment from sparking wildfires. Robert Handa reports. PG&E implements what it calls Public…
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Downtown Novato Power Outage Knocks Out Traffic Signals for 912 Customers
Downtown Novato lost power for hundreds of customers Wednesday morning, darkening traffic signals across the area and prompting local police to warn drivers to treat affected intersections as four-way stops. The outage struck 912 customers and was reported at 8:44 a.m., according to…
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Peninsula Power Outage Hits 6,491 Customers, Snarls BART to SFO
A PG&E power outage knocked out electricity for 6,491 Peninsula customers Tuesday and disrupted BART service to San Francisco International Airport, with crews scrambling to pinpoint the damage and get the lights back on. PG&E estimated restoration at about…
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