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Tag Archives: PG&E
A Balloon Makes the Lights Go Out in San Francisco, and We Ask: Just How Does That Work?
More than 4,700 PG&E customers in San Francisco lost power Wednesday afternoon when a bunch of mylar balloons hit a power line. KQED happened to be one of those customers.
Silicon Valley Urged to Save Energy After Bullets Hit Substation
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Several Pacific Gas & Electric transformers in San Jose were damaged after being hit by gunfire early Tuesday, and state officials urged the utility's customers in the San Jose area to conserve electricity in response. … Continue reading
San Bruno Mosaic Commemorates Victims of PG&E Gas Fire
by Francesca Segre Members of the Bethany Presbyterian Church in San Bruno are celebrating a new mosaic mural that commemorates the lives and homes lost in the 2010 gas pipeline explosion. Of the eight people who died in the gas … Continue reading
PG&E Rates Will Increase to Pay $299 Million for Pipeline Improvements
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric Co. rates are set to increase by $299 million to help pay for pipeline inspection and upgrade costs in the wake of the fatal 2010 gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Obama to Expand Marine Sanctuary; Oakland Keeps Money from Overpaid Tickets; Pipeline Improvements May Raise PG&E Rates
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Obama to expand national marine sanctuaries, permanently ban oil drilling, up Sonoma and Mendocino coasts (SJ Mercury News) In a move that would permanently ban oil drilling along more than 50 miles of Northern California coast, the Obama administration is … Continue reading
Coastal Commission to Weigh in On Diablo Canyon Test Opposed by Environmentalists
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California coastal regulators were set to weigh in Wednesday on a utility's contentious plan to map offshore earthquake faults near a nuclear power plant by blasting loud air cannons. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., which operates … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: PG&E Called Pipes Safe W/O Proof; Yahoo CEO Emphasizes Mobile; Sandra Day O'Connor Regales SF Audience
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PG&E called pipes safe without proof (SF Chronicle) Pacific Gas and Electric Co. declared 4 1/2 miles of at-risk natural-gas pipelines in the East Bay and San Jose safe without proof of having carried out the federally mandated inspections needed … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: PG&E Hearing Delayed; Feds Warn of Chinese Firms in Silicon Valley; Chevron Funds Richmond Candidates; SpaceX Rocket Launched
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Assemblyman cries foul over regulators' motion to suspend PG&E pipeline hearings (SJ Mercury News) A San Mateo legislator is crying foul over a last-minute motion filed by the California Public Utilities Commission to suspend hearings over PG&E's penalties and pipeline … Continue reading
San Bruno Blast: Two Years Later, Stories of Lawsuits and Forgiveness
September 9 marks the two-year anniversary of the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion and fire that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. Last year, we talked to five different families who'd been affected, a year after the disaster. … Continue reading
$200 Million? $2.55 Billion? PG&E Disputes What It Can Pay Victims
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PG&E can't afford to pay out $2.55 billion to victims of the San Bruno gas line fire, the utility's CEO said on Thursday, disputing an analyst's estimate. At a press conference, CEO Anthony Earley dismissed the figure, which, according to … Continue reading
