No health review for PG&E SmartMeters
Katharine Mieszkowski - 12/02/2010
At the urging of Pacific Gas & Electric, the California Public Utilities Commission voted 4 to 1 on Thursday to dismiss a request to examine the possible health impacts of the company's SmartMeters.
Katharine Mieszkowski - 12/02/2010
At the urging of Pacific Gas & Electric, the California Public Utilities Commission voted 4 to 1 on Thursday to dismiss a request to examine the possible health impacts of the company's SmartMeters.
Gas-rate increase delayed until 2011
Katie Worth - 11/25/2010
Not so fast: The California Public Utilities Commission put PG&E's rate hike on hold after the San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, saying issues need to be worked out.
Katie Worth - 11/25/2010
Not so fast: The California Public Utilities Commission put PG&E's rate hike on hold after the San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, saying issues need to be worked out.
Persistence with PG&E pays off
Katie Worth - 11/16/2010
After several high-profile underground electrical fires, San Francisco officials have forced PG&E to change its entire inspection process, and the company will replace manhole covers in The City to prevent them from flying into the air after a blast.
Katie Worth - 11/16/2010
After several high-profile underground electrical fires, San Francisco officials have forced PG&E to change its entire inspection process, and the company will replace manhole covers in The City to prevent them from flying into the air after a blast.
PG&E to make changes to its SF manhole covers
Janelle Wang - 11/16/2010
Manhole covers in San Francisco will soon get a different look, but it's not a decoration, it's to make sure they don't hurt you in an electrical vault explosion.
Janelle Wang - 11/16/2010
Manhole covers in San Francisco will soon get a different look, but it's not a decoration, it's to make sure they don't hurt you in an electrical vault explosion.
SF's gas ties to PG&E are weak
John Upton - 11/15/2010
San Francisco's relationship with Pacific Gas & Electric Company's electricity division is stronger than its relationship with the company's gas division, the city's fire chief said.
John Upton - 11/15/2010
San Francisco's relationship with Pacific Gas & Electric Company's electricity division is stronger than its relationship with the company's gas division, the city's fire chief said.
'Smart' meters draw complaints of inaccuracy
Tom Zeller Jr. - 11/12/2010
Sgt. John Robertson 2nd, an Army mechanic at nearby Fort Hood, is fuming about the so-called smart electric meter his local utility has installed on the side of his tidy, 1,800-square-foot home.
Tom Zeller Jr. - 11/12/2010
Sgt. John Robertson 2nd, an Army mechanic at nearby Fort Hood, is fuming about the so-called smart electric meter his local utility has installed on the side of his tidy, 1,800-square-foot home.
PG&E suspends William Devereaux
David R. Baker - 11/10/2010
A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executive caught using a fake name when trying to join an online discussion group of people opposed to the utility's SmartMeters has been placed on indefinite paid suspension, the company reported Tuesday.
David R. Baker - 11/10/2010
A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executive caught using a fake name when trying to join an online discussion group of people opposed to the utility's SmartMeters has been placed on indefinite paid suspension, the company reported Tuesday.
PG&E exec tries to infiltrates activists
David R. Baker - 11/09/2010
A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executive in charge of the utility's SmartMeter program admitted Monday that he used a fake name in an effort to join an Internet discussion group of SmartMeter opponents.
David R. Baker - 11/09/2010
A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executive in charge of the utility's SmartMeter program admitted Monday that he used a fake name in an effort to join an Internet discussion group of SmartMeter opponents.
PG&E official suspended for masquerade
Felicity Barringer - 11/09/2010
A Pacific Gas and Electric executive has been suspended with pay for using a fake name to join an online discussion organized by opponents of so-called smart meters, the utility company said on Tuesday.
Felicity Barringer - 11/09/2010
A Pacific Gas and Electric executive has been suspended with pay for using a fake name to join an online discussion organized by opponents of so-called smart meters, the utility company said on Tuesday.
Senior PG&E director admits snooping
Dana Hull - 11/08/2010
A PG&E executive who oversees the utility's SmartMeter program has admitted using a false name to try to join an online group opposed to the meters and secretly monitoring other online forums critical of PG&E.
Dana Hull - 11/08/2010
A PG&E executive who oversees the utility's SmartMeter program has admitted using a false name to try to join an online group opposed to the meters and secretly monitoring other online forums critical of PG&E.
PUC releases data on fines
David R. Baker - 10/24/2010
Responding to accusations that it isn't a tough regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission on Saturday released a database of all the fines it has levied in the last 11 years, totaling $170.9 million.
David R. Baker - 10/24/2010
Responding to accusations that it isn't a tough regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission on Saturday released a database of all the fines it has levied in the last 11 years, totaling $170.9 million.
PG&E, CPUC air concerns behind closed doors
Katie Worth - 10/21/2010
Scrutiny of PG&E's finances has increasingly been conducted under the blanket of confidentiality agreements.
Katie Worth - 10/21/2010
Scrutiny of PG&E's finances has increasingly been conducted under the blanket of confidentiality agreements.
Fresno suit says PG&E hit by kickback scheme
Brad Branan - 10/03/2010
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has lost millions of dollars in a kickback scheme run by some of its construction supervisors and contractors, according to a lawsuit filed in Fresno County Superior Court.
Brad Branan - 10/03/2010
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has lost millions of dollars in a kickback scheme run by some of its construction supervisors and contractors, according to a lawsuit filed in Fresno County Superior Court.
Family of Redwood City woman sues PG&E
Joshua Melvin - 09/30/2010
A lawsuit claims that Caltrans and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. didn't properly maintain some trees near Highway 101 and, as a result, a Redwood City woman was fatally impaled by a falling limb as she drove.
Joshua Melvin - 09/30/2010
A lawsuit claims that Caltrans and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. didn't properly maintain some trees near Highway 101 and, as a result, a Redwood City woman was fatally impaled by a falling limb as she drove.
PG&E throws down $44M on lobbying
Lindsay Riddell - 08/31/2010
PG&E spent nearly $44 million on lobbying in the first half of the year - a 3,018 percent increase from the same period a year ago and seven times more than any other utility, according to an analysis of financial filings completed by news provider SNL Financial.
Lindsay Riddell - 08/31/2010
PG&E spent nearly $44 million on lobbying in the first half of the year - a 3,018 percent increase from the same period a year ago and seven times more than any other utility, according to an analysis of financial filings completed by news provider SNL Financial.
6,900 San Mateo County residents lose power
Joshua Melvin - 08/30/2010
A downed power line briefly left about 14,000 San Mateo County residents in the dark Tuesday afternoon.
Joshua Melvin - 08/30/2010
A downed power line briefly left about 14,000 San Mateo County residents in the dark Tuesday afternoon.
PG&E tops list of biggest taxpayers
Eli Segall - 08/26/2010
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was the biggest taxpayer in Santa Clara County yet again this past year, as the utility's annual payments have more than doubled this past decade.
Eli Segall - 08/26/2010
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. was the biggest taxpayer in Santa Clara County yet again this past year, as the utility's annual payments have more than doubled this past decade.
PG&E customers want choice on SmartMeters
David R. Baker - 08/16/2010
Joshua Hart does not want a SmartMeter but unless state officials and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. relent, he's going to get one anyway.
David R. Baker - 08/16/2010
Joshua Hart does not want a SmartMeter but unless state officials and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. relent, he's going to get one anyway.
Storm packs a wallop, more is on the way
Bill Silverfarb - 01/19/2010
High winds and rain battered the Peninsula yesterday but the worst is yet to come as a new bank of heavy weather hits today, according to the National Weather Service.
Bill Silverfarb - 01/19/2010
High winds and rain battered the Peninsula yesterday but the worst is yet to come as a new bank of heavy weather hits today, according to the National Weather Service.
Council to look at outage claims
Mark Abramson - 08/17/2008
Burlingame city officials are considering the claims filed by three restaurants that lost business when power went out on Valentine's Day following a freak mishap in which a man shocked himself on an electrified fence.
Mark Abramson - 08/17/2008
Burlingame city officials are considering the claims filed by three restaurants that lost business when power went out on Valentine's Day following a freak mishap in which a man shocked himself on an electrified fence.
PG&E linemen replace insulators for electricity upgrade.
Farrago of thorny vines collects trash.
Broken cable landed in Avenue's traffic lane.
PG&E linemen climb overhead.