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Legislation proposed to bar PG&E from utilizing tax deductions to cover penalty

Written on 28 Jun, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

If proposed legislation is passed, PG&E will not be able to harvest a tax windfall from state authorities by taking a tax deduction for a $1.6 billion penalty because of its negligence in a fatal explosion in San Bruno. [Contra... (Continue reading)

Feds blame PG&E for San Bruno explosion

Written on 1 Sep, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Federal investigators issued a scathing critique of PG&E this week, citing what one official called “baffling” mistakes that led to the San Bruno gas pipeline explosion last September, killing eight people and destroyed 38 homes. [LA Times] The National Transportation... (Continue reading)

PG&E missing key San Bruno documents

Written on 16 Aug, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

New federal findings, released Monday, report that Pacific Gas & Electric is unable to find key documents about the section of natural gas pipeline that exploded last fall in San Bruno and has depended on faulty or nonexistent data to... (Continue reading)

Maldonado takes charge in San Bruno

Written on 12 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 12 comments

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is off to Asia on a trade mission, so the responsibility for coordinating the government’s response to Thursday’s gas pipe explosion in San Bruno has fallen squarely on the shoulders of Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado. [LA Times]... (Continue reading)