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Sonoma County Working On Greener Energy Alternative For Residents

Sonoma County residents will soon have the option for greener electricity, but officials said the program wouldn’t completely replace PG&E.

2013/05/07

California firefighter Martin Medina mops-up a fire during a massive fire in a residential neighborhood September 9, 2010 in a San Bruno. (Max Whittaker/Getty Images)

Record $2.25B PG&E Fine Recommended For San Bruno Explosion

The California agency investigating the deadly 2010 gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood says Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should pay a $2.25 billion fine for its negligence leading up to the blast.

2013/05/06

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Fines For San Bruno Pipeline Explosion Likely To Exceed $1B

The California agency investigating a deadly pipeline explosion and the City of San Bruno are set to propose major fines they say Pacific Gas & Electric Co. should pay for its negligence leading up to the blast.

2013/05/06

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PG&E Worker Injured By Electrical Flash Repairing Transformer In SF Bayview

A Pacific Gas and Electric employee received minor injuries Sunday afternoon when a piece of equipment failed during repairs to a transformer in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood.

2013/05/05

Utility workers repair a power line. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

$250,000 Reward Offered In Vandalism Of San Jose AT&T Wires

Phone service has been restored in the South Bay on Wednesday after being disrupted Tuesday when vandals cut underground fiber optic cables south of San Jose.

2013/04/17

The scene of a shooting and oil spill at a San Jose PG&E substation on April 16, 2013. (CBS)

Vandalism At San Jose PG&E Substation Called ‘Sabotage’

In apparent acts of “sabotage” in the South Bay early Tuesday, someone cut fiber optic cables, knocking out some 911 service, and then fired a rifle at a PG&E substation, Santa Clara County’s sheriff said.

2013/04/16

PG&E crews work on capping a gas leak on the 400 block of N. Santa Cruz Ave. in Los Gatos, April 11, 2013. (CBS)

Gas Leak In Los Gatos Temporarily Shuts Down Highway 9

Both directions of state Highway 9 were closed at North Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos Thursday morning as crews worked to repair a ruptured gas line.

2013/04/11

Smoke rises from a manhole following an underground explosion and fire on the 600 block of Bush St. in San Francisco. (CBS)

SF Underground Explosion Blows Manhole Cover Off; Knocks Out Power

Some 2,100 PG&E customers were without power Friday afternoon in San Francisco’s Chinatown and North Beach neighborhoods after a manhole exploded, authorities said.

2013/04/05

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Californians May Receive $2B In Rebates From 2000-01 Energy Crisis

California electricity consumers could see up to $2 billion in new refunds from energy wholesalers that profited during the state’s energy crisis more than a dozen years ago if a federal judge’s recommendation holds up at trial, state regulators said Thursday.

2013/04/05

A chimney is all that remains at a burned home near the epicenter of the gas line explosion that devastated a neighborhood in San Bruno. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

PG&E Reports Progress On Safety Following San Bruno Blast

More than two and a half years after a pipeline explosion killed eight people in San Bruno, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Tuesday it has made sure that all of its gas transmission lines coursing through urban areas are running at safe operating pressures.

2013/03/26

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