PG&E

PG&E is reporting a power outage in Danville affecting 5,000 customers, Danville police said Sunday in a statement issued shortly before 8 p.m.

PG&E is reporting that at least 50,000 customers are experiencing a power outage in the East Bay cities of Fremont and Union City.

PG&E Restores Power to 50K East Bay Customers

PG&E is reporting that at least 50,000 customers are experiencing a power outage in the East Bay cities of Fremont and Union City.

PG&E has agreed to pay local governments a combined $43.4 million to compensate for starting fires in 2019 and 2020 that destroyed hundreds of homes, forced mass evacuations and left four people dead in Northern California.

PG&E on Monday announced it has secured a deal to sell its San Francisco headquarters complex and has asked for approval from regulators to return net funds from the sale to its customers, according to a company news release.

PG&E now admits to state regulators that it failed to carry out promised safety inspections on more than 50,000 power poles in high fire risk areas last year, more than 3,000 in areas of extreme fire risk, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned.

As the heart of fire season looms, PG&E is scrambling to carry out overdue safety checks of more than 50,000 power poles in high fire risk areas. Investigative reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken found a whistleblower tip led to these makeup inspections.

PG&E is warning of scammers masquerading as utility workers trying to steal financial information from customers, file fraudulent tax returns, and then cash the refunds in their names.

A federal judge is set to decide Tuesday whether PG&E has violated its federal probation terms – days after backing off on his plan to order the utility to factor in where its trees could fall onto power lines in deciding where and when to shut off power to avoid wildfires.

Federal officials on Tuesday cited newly filed criminal charges against PG&E in the 2019 Kincade Fire as a basis to find the company has violated the terms of its probation over the San Bruno gas explosion.

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to put PG&E on probation over wildfire safety concerns, the first step towards a possible revocation of the utility’s license to operate.

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to put PG&E on probation over wildfire safety concerns, the first step towards a possible revocation of the utility’s license to operate.

A family of peregrine falcon chicks began hatching last week in a nest atop PG&E headquarters at 77 Beale St. in downtown San Francisco in what has become an annual spring rite.

Sonoma County prosecutors on Tuesday filed 33 criminal charges against PG&E for the 2019 Kincade fire, blaming its equipment for the fire that sparked the largest evacuation in the county’s history. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

A California prosecutor has filed 33 criminal charges against the troubled Pacific Gas & Electric for a 2019 wildfire.

After first predicting it would trigger a dramatic spike in power shutoffs this fire season, PG&E has revised its estimates and now says carrying out a judge’s wildfire safety plan would lead to 25 percent more outages while preventing up to 94 percent of tree-sparked fires.

After first predicting it would trigger a dramatic spike in power shutoffs this fire season, PG&E has revised its estimates and now says carrying out a judge’s wildfire safety plan would lead to 25 percent more outages while preventing up to 94 percent of tree-sparked fires. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

A federal judge overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric’s criminal probation is considering requiring the utility to be more aggressive about turning off its electricity lines