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| Dec.20 |
PG&E |
Vote allows PG&E rate hike for safety improvements
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| Nov.27 |
San Mateo |
SolarCity looks to raise $151 million in IPO |
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| Apr.13 |
San Bruno |
PG&E pays $70M for deadly pipeline blast Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has paid $70 million in restitution for the California pipeline explosion that killed eight people in a San Francisco suburb in 2010
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| Apr.12 |
Oakland |
BrightSource kills IPO at last minute
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| Mar.12 |
San Bruno |
PG&E, San Bruno reach $70 M restitution agreement PG&E has agreed to pay the city a compensation for the 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes
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| Feb.15 |
San Bruno |
PG&E stops talks on fund for pipeline blast
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| Dec.1 |
PG&E |
PG&E to pay $38 million fine in explosion |
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| Nov.7 |
PG&E |
PG&E calls pipeline rupture 'success' |
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| Nov.4 |
San Jose |
Another solar company in jeopardy
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| Oct.20 |
PG&E |
PG&E re-used 'junk' pipe California Public Utilities Commission discovered records that show the company reused salvaged and junked pipe on gas transmission lines
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| Oct.12 |
Fremont |
Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison steps down |
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| Sep.27 |
PG&E |
Feds fear for PG&E's gas system |
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| Sep.14 |
Fremont |
White House 'rushed' Solyndra's loan The White House could have rushed approval on a major government-backed loan to Solyndra , a failed solar panel firm, for political reasons
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| Sep.8 |
San Mateo |
SolarCity gets $1 billion federal contract |
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| Aug.8 |
PG&E |
PG&E names Anthony F. Earley Jr. as CEO PG&E Corp. named as its new CEO, a veteran power-industry executive credited with steering Detroit's electric utility through the largest blackout
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| Aug.4 |
PG&E |
PG&E reports higher 2nd-quarter profits |
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| Jul.11 |
PG&E |
PG&E seeks jury trial to fight lawsuits
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| Jun.2 |
PG&E |
PG&E to miss PUC deadline to find records |
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| May.6 |
PG&E |
PG&E gets OK to raise rates |
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| May.4 |
PG&E |
Profit down on blast-response costs |
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| May.2 |
PG&E |
PG&E to replace 1,600 SmartMeter| Pacific Gas & Electric will replace 1,600 SmartMeters due to a 'rare defect' that causes the wireless meters to run fast and inflate bills | |
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| Apr.28 |
San Jose |
Total to buy majority stake in SunPower |
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| Apr.26 |
PG&E |
PG&E ordered to return CEO's pension |
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| Apr.25 |
PG&E |
PG&E: We'll pay all of CEO's $35 million
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| Apr.22 |
PG&E |
PG&E may never find all pipeline records |
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| Apr.21 |
PG&E |
PG&E CEO resigns in wake of blast Chairman, chief executive and President Peter Darbee is stepping down following a 'challenging year' that included a natural gas pipeline explosion
| Six years after becoming CEO and president of PG&E, Darbee's retirement package is in the tens of millions of dollars
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| Apr.19 |
Mountain View |
PG&E to test pipelines in M-n View, Antioch |
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| Apr.12 |
PG&E |
PG&E to study Diablo Canyon fault
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| Apr.11 |
Google |
Google invests $168M in solar energy |
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| Apr.7 |
PG&E |
2 top PG&E execs to resign In its first major management changes since blast in San Bruno, two of PG&E top executives in charge of day-to-day operations will resign
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| Mar.25 |
PG&E |
SmartMeters: users to charge to opt out |
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| Mar.16 |
PG&E |
Calif. plans to fine utility over fatal blast
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| Mar.15 |
PG&E |
PG&E missing 8% gas line safety records| 8 percent of key safety records required for its high-pressure pipelines, including for some segments along the line that blew up | |
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| Mar.11 |
PG&E |
PG&E to pay cost of CPUC probe of blast |
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| Mar.5 |
Cow Palace |
PG&E check documents using Cow Palace
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| Mar.1 |
PG&E |
PG&E memo said valves of little value
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| Feb.20 |
San Bruno Explosion |
Report: Increase on SB line violated rules |
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| Feb.18 |
PG&E |
PG&E asks employees to find records |
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| Feb.13 |
PG&E |
PG&E may have lost data |
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| Feb.10 |
PG&E |
Delay sought in PG&E rate hikes |
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| Feb.2 |
PG&E |
PG&E ordered reduce pressure on pipes
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| Jan.27 |
PG&E |
NTSB chair rips PG&E's records |
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| Jan.5 |
PG&E |
PG&E facing more lawsuits over blast |
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San Rafael |
County OKs moratorium on SmartMeters
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| Dec.19 |
PG&E |
Audit: PG&E took shortcuts in inspections| An audit of PG&E pipelines, performed 4 months before an explosion, suggests the utility took shortcuts during its inspections of its gas lines | |
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| Dec.7 |
San Bruno |
Utility head grilled over fatal explosion State lawmakers met in San Bruno and accused the head of the California Public Utilities Commission of years of lax oversight
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| Nov.20 |
PG&E |
PG&E could face fines in 2008 explosion |
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| Nov.10 |
PG&E |
Exec snooped SmartMeter critics resigned William Devereaux, senior vice-president of the utility's controversial SmartMeter program, eavesdropped on SmartMeters critics
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| Nov.9 |
PG&E |
PG&E tried to infiltrate activists |
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| Nov.5 |
PG&E |
Blast may cost PG&E $1 billion
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| Oct.15 |
PG&E |
PG&E to turn over documents in blast |
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| Oct.13 |
PG&E |
PG&E to replace hundreds of valves |
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| Oct.12 |
Google |
Google invests in wind power |
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| Oct.10 |
PG&E |
No fines on PG&E over six-year period |
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| Sep.22 |
San Francisco |
Sharp acquires solar developer Recurrent
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| Sep.21 |
PG&E |
PG&E releases list of high-priority repairs |
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| Jul.15 |
San Francisco |
Bechtel plans for nuclear power |
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| Jun.21 |
SF City Hall |
City public power plan hits snag
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PG&E |
PG&E to finance solar panel work |
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| Jun.18 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. seeks SmartMeter delay |
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| Jun.10 |
PG&E |
PG&E's Prop. 16 lost big in its service area
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| May.26 |
Fremont |
Obama Touts Alternative Energy
President Barack Obama pointed to the 'heartbreaking' oil spill disaster underscoring the urgent need for alternative fuel sources to feed U
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| May.10 |
PG&E |
PG&E: 23,000 May Have Wrong Bills
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| May.7 |
Marin County |
Pioneer public power program launches |
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| May.4 |
PG&E |
PG&E's heavy hand irks PUC
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| Apr.22 |
Milpitas |
SunPower to open plant One of the nation's largest solar panel manufacturers, will be adding 100 jobs and occupy a building on the campus of Flextronics
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PG&E |
PG&E to run SmartMeter test |
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| Apr.9 |
Marin County |
PG&E must stop threats to public agencies |
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| Apr.7 |
San Francisco |
Program to help homeowners go green |
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| Mar.30 |
Kaiser |
Kaiser plans solar systems at 15 sites
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| Mar.22 |
San Francisco |
S.F. 3rd in energy efficient buildings |
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| Mar.13 |
Marin County |
Officials Lodge Complaint Against PG&E |
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| Feb.25 |
Sebastopol |
Safety concerns over PG&E SmartMeters
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| Feb.23 |
Oakland |
Fed guarantee helps BrightSource plan |
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| Feb.20 |
PG&E |
PG&E to spend millions to pass Prop. 16 |
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| Feb.11 |
San Jose |
SunPower will buy SunRay |
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| Feb.4 |
Hayward |
Calpine's plant OK'd
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Marin County |
County to provide power, oust PG&E In a series of votes, officials with the Marin Energy Authority are expected to start providing electricity to many of the residents and bus...
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| Jan.8 |
Google |
Google establishes energy subsidiary
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| Dec.30 |
PG&E |
PG&E raising rates 2.9% |
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| Dec.22 |
San Francisco |
$150 million to pay for greener S.F. |
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| Dec.18 |
PG&E |
PG&E fixes rate imbalance |
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| Dec.3 |
PG&E |
PG&E to add energy from wind, space |
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| Sep.9 |
San Francisco |
Bechtel in BrightSource deal
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| Aug.13 |
San Francisco |
Filthy power plant to close
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| May.15 |
SF City Hall |
SF to install 25K solar panels |
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| May.13 |
Oakland |
PG&E expands solar power plans |
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| Feb.28 |
Berkeley |
Berkeley starts solar program |
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| Feb.25 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. pushes PG&E on bay sediment probe |
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| Feb.24 |
PG&E |
PG&E to bankroll renewable power plants The utility plans for a 5-year program to build enough solar projects throughout its territory to generate as much as 500 megawatts of elect...
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Oakland |
Solar firm announces big contract |
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| Aug.14 |
PG&E |
PG&E plans big investment in solar power |
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| Mar.29 |
San Francisco |
City to go dark for Earth Hour |
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| Mar.25 |
SF Downtown |
Supe Looks To Curb Business Energy Use |
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| Jan.8 |
PG&E |
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 |
PG&E |
PG&E To Buy Power From Wave Plant |
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| Nov.27 |
Google |
Google's big bet on renewable energy |
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
The Lights Go Down In The City |
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| Sep.22 |
Walnut Creek |
Energy firm to pay $15m for pipeline blast |
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| Jan.24 |
Antioch |
PG&E Breaks Ground On New Power Plant |
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| Jul.22 |
PG&E |
PG&E Urges Conservation During Heat
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| Jul.3 |
San Jose |
Calpine's 1Q loss widened to $589m |
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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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| 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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| 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 |
PG&E |
PG&E Bill To Be Significantly Higher |
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| Sep.4 |
PG&E |
PG&E Issues Report on Cause of Explosion
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| Aug.25 |
PG&E |
Massive Inspection to Prevent Explosions |
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| Apr.12 |
PG&E |
PG&E utility leaves bankruptcy behind |
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| Jan.15 |
PG&E |
PG&E proposes larger electricity rate cut |
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| Dec.23 |
PG&E |
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.16 |
PG&E |
PG&E reaches compromise on bankruptcy |
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| May.13 |
PG&E |
PG&E suffers first-quarter loss of $354m |
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| Jun.21 |
South San Jose |
Power Plant Groundbreaking |
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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.5 |
PG&E |
PG&E's earnings triple
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| Apr.26 |
PG&E |
PG&E has 10,000 creditors |
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| Apr.6 |
PG&E |
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 thi... | |
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| Mar.19 |
PG&E |
Blackouts Are Back |
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| Mar.16 |
PG&E |
PG&E gets $1.2 billion tax refund |