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| Aug.14 |
Bay Area |
PG&E plans big investment in solar power| PG&E plans to buy 800 megawatts of photovoltaic solar power, 550 megawatts from OptiSolar, 250 megawatts from SunPower | |
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| Jun.11 |
Bay Area |
PG&E: Electric increasing rates in October Pacific Gas & Electric will be increasing electric rates by 4.5%. A customer using 550 kilowatt-hours a month will pay 95 cents more
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| May.30 |
San Jose |
Calpine rejects NRG offer, but leaves room Calpine Corp. rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from rival power wholesaler as too low, but left the window open to a possible combinatio...
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| May.16 |
SF City Hall |
Firm picked to install SF solar power system The Utilities Commission selected Recurrent Energy to install 30,000 solar panels on the roof of the Sunset Reservoir
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| Mar.29 |
San Francisco |
City to go dark for Earth Hour The Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge and office towers will go dark for an hour in a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change
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| Mar.25 |
SF Downtown |
Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use Aaron Peskin announced legislation to conserve energy by requiring downtown buildings to turn out the lights when workers hit the doors
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| Feb.26 |
San Francisco |
PG&E to fund forest projects PG&E will use cash from its ClimateSmart program to fund the restoration and management of 2 California forests
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| Feb.23 |
San Francisco |
PG&E Corp. has big rise in quarter profit
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| Jan.8 |
San Francisco |
PG&E's blacked-out is 10-year record| An estimated 1.9 million to 2.1 million customers lost electricity after the storm's howling winds and driving rain | |
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| Dec.18 |
San Francisco |
PG&E To Buy Power From Wave Plant PG&E has announced a deal with a Canadian company to buy electricity from a wave energy project off the Humboldt County coast
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| Dec.11 |
SF City Hall |
City Develop Ambitious Solar Energy Plan
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| Nov.27 |
Google |
Google's big bet on renewable energy Google is earmarking hundreds of millions of dollars in developing renewable energy, as part of an ambitious plan to clean the environment
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
The Lights Go Down In The City Efforts to raise awareness about energy consumption Saturday night’s Lights Out San Francisco event are being applauded by Schwarzenegger
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| Sep.22 |
Walnut Creek |
Energy firm to pay $15m for pipeline blast KMGP Services Co. Inc. pleaded no contest to 6 felony counts in connection with an explosion that killed 5 workers and injured 4 others in 2...
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| Aug.27 |
San Jose |
Calpine Files Amended Reorganization Plan
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| Jun.19 |
SF City Hall |
Supes Approve Renewable Energy Plan
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| Jan.24 |
Antioch |
PG&E Breaks Ground On New Power Plant An environmentally friendly power plant that will be built within the existing, partially completed Mirant Corp. facility
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| Oct.17 |
Google |
Google To Run HQ On Solar Power
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| Aug.16 |
San Francisco |
PG&E to Distribute 1-Time Credit
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| Aug.15 |
San Jose |
Calpine losses mount |
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| Jul.22 |
San Francisco |
PG&E Urges Conservation During Heat Inland temperatures expected to reach up to 110 degrees Saturday in the Bay Area
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| Jul.3 |
San Jose |
Calpine's 1Q loss widened to $589m Calpine is under bankruptcy protection. The revenue declined and reorganization costs mounted
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| Jun.21 |
Palo Alto |
Largest solar cell plant to be built |
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| May.15 |
SF Bayview |
PG&E Shuts Down Old Power Plant| The natural gas-fired plant was shut down more than 25 years after neighbors began campaigning against | |
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| May.6 |
San Francisco |
PG&E shares rise on Buffett rumor |
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| Apr.20 |
Oakland |
PG&E To Pay $2.9 Million For Solar Energy
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| Apr.5 |
San Jose |
Troubled Calpine To Sell Plants, Cut Staff
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| Mar.16 |
SF Bayview |
End is near for PG&E plant
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| Mar.11 |
Santa Clara |
City settles Enron electricity suit |
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| Feb.18 |
San Francisco |
PG&E profit down for quarter
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| Feb.17 |
San Francisco |
Settlement Approved In PG&E Blackout |
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| Dec.23 |
San Jose |
Calpine asks to break contracts |
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| Dec.20 |
San Jose |
Calpine Corp. Files For Bankruptcy| Struggling power generator filed for bankruptcy protection as it grapples with more than $17 billion in debt | |
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| Dec.4 |
San Francisco |
PG&E Seeks Rate Hike
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| Nov.29 |
San Jose |
CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine CEO Peter Cartwright, CFO obert D. Kelly have left the company in moves that will help financial challenges
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| Sep.30 |
San Francisco |
PG&E Bill To Be Significantly Higher
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| Sep.28 |
San Francisco |
PG&E Makes Transformer Repairs
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| Sep.23 |
San Francisco |
PG&E shuffles top executives
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| Sep.4 |
San Francisco |
PG&E Issues Report on Cause of Explosion The water entered an insulated chamber, mixed with oil there, decreasing the oil's insulating properties
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| Aug.25 |
San Francisco |
Massive Inspection to Prevent Explosions
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| Feb.26 |
San Francisco |
PG&E forecast lower than analysts'
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| Apr.12 |
San Francisco |
PG&E utility leaves bankruptcy behind
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| Feb.19 |
San Francisco |
PG&E posts $37 million, recovery continues
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| Jan.15 |
San Francisco |
PG&E proposes larger electricity rate cut
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| Jan.5 |
San Francisco |
Judge rejects PG&E bailout delay
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| Dec.23 |
San Francisco |
Delayed Response Worsened Outage PG&E says its delayed response to a circuit failure may have added to the severity of power outage
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| Dec.22 |
San Francisco |
Power fully restored after major blackout
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| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
Power almost fully restored after blackout |
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| Dec.16 |
San Francisco |
PG&E reaches compromise on bankruptcy
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| Dec.12 |
San Francisco |
PG&E reconsider $80 million to executives |
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| Dec.5 |
San Francisco |
State objects to PG&E's bankruptcy plan |
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| Jun.19 |
San Francisco |
Compromise in PG&E bankruptcy |
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| May.13 |
San Francisco |
PG&E suffers first-quarter loss of $354m
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| Mar.31 |
North San Jose |
Calpine Electricity Plant Fires Up |
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| Feb.27 |
San Francisco |
PG&E suffers quarter loss of $2.2 billion |
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| Nov.5 |
San Francisco |
Voters reject public power measure |
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| Oct.18 |
San Francisco |
PG&E's credit ratings suffer another blow |
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| Sep.5 |
SFO |
Taxi cab drivers reached agreement |
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| Jun.21 |
South San Jose |
Power Plant Groundbreaking
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| May.29 |
South San Jose |
Land for Calpine power plant to be seized |
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| May.16 |
San Francisco |
2 financial recovery plans for PG&E |
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| Mar.12 |
San Jose |
Calpine tables $3 billion in purchases |
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| Mar.5 |
San Francisco |
PG&E powered fourth-quarter earnings |
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| Feb.8 |
San Francisco |
Federal judge rejects PG&E's strategy |
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| Nov.11 |
SF City Hall |
Public power measures defeated After 5 days of waiting, measure F lost by 533 votes, measure I lost by 4,361 votes
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| Nov.6 |
San Francisco |
2 solar power measures approved |
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San Francisco |
Measures to replace PG&E go down |
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| Nov.5 |
San Francisco |
PG&E's earnings triple Energy costs fall
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| Sep.20 |
San Francisco |
PG&E would spin off transmission |
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| Aug.1 |
San Francisco |
PG&E quarter profit triples |
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| Jul.26 |
Pittsburg |
Power station gets bomb threat |
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| Jul.19 |
San Francisco |
Energy Secretary speaks at forum |
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| Jul.10 |
Richmond |
Refinery fined $300,000 |
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| May.30 |
San Jose City Hall |
Mayor agrees on power plant |
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| May.4 |
San Francisco |
PG&E could sell dams |
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| May.2 |
San Francisco |
$10 billion PG&E lawsuit dismissed |
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| Apr.27 |
San Jose |
Huge increase in Calpine earnings |
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| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
PG&E has 10,000 creditors
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| Apr.15 |
San Francisco |
PG&E demanded no regulation |
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| Apr.8 |
San Francisco |
Bankruptcy timed to shift blame |
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| Apr.6 |
San Francisco |
PG&E files for bankruptcy California's largest utility voluntarily filed for Chapter 11. It had run up an $8.9 billion deficit
| Pacific Gas and Electric Co debts are increasing by $300 million a month. The bankruptcy filing does not affect the utility's parent company, PG&E Corp. It's the third-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. PG&E has 15 days to complete its bankruptcy paperwork. The governor called the decision 'a real slap in the face to California'
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| Apr.3 |
San Jose |
Plans for massive server farm |
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| Mar.29 |
San Jose |
Calpine profit exceed expectations |
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| Mar.19 |
San Francisco |
Blackouts Are Back
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| Mar.16 |
San Francisco |
PG&E gets $1.2 billion tax refund
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| Mar.15 |
San Francisco |
Utility Layoffs Denied |
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| Feb.28 |
San Jose |
Calpine gets $8.3 billion contracts |
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| Jan.23 |
San Francisco |
Downtown skylines still lit up |
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