Civil Litigation
Oct. 8, 2019
SDG&E hope to spread fire liability blocked
The U.S. Supreme Court has elected to not hear a writ filed by San Diego Gas & Electric Company’s challenge to a state regulator’s decision disallowing the utility to socialize $379M to ratepayers stemming from a trio of wildfires that struck San Diego County in 2007.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. has sought for years to socialize to ratepayers $379 million in uninsured wildfire liabilities. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the utility a potentially devastating defeat, refusing to entertain its appeal.
Now the utility, and other utilities in California facing massive liabilities from ravaging blazes, must decide whether to return to the Legislature for more taxpayer funds to bail them ...
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