Environmental & Energy
May 1, 2020
Judge reprimands PG&E, issues new probation terms
In a sharply-worded reprimand of its safety performance, U.S. District Judge William Alsup accused the company of being unable to “safely deliver power to California” despite being the largest privately-owned utility in America.
A federal judge in San Francisco tasked with forcing Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to improve safety practices ordered the company to hire a team of vegetation management inspectors, design a system to assess equipment and dramatically bolster record-keeping, among other new terms of probation.
In a sharply-worded reprimand of its safety performance, U.S. District Judge Wi...
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