Pacific Gas & Electric

Planned and unplanned shutdown at Diablo Canyon halts all electricity generation

By • Nov 10, 2020
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In San Luis Obispo County, Pacific Gas & Electric says it still can’t say when Diablo Canyon will restart sending electricity to California’s grid. The nuclear power plant has been completely offline since mid-October, generating no electricity while workers do maintenance and do repairs.

PG&E says it will give more advance notice of planned power shutoffs

By • Sep 24, 2020

As peak fire season continues, the possibility of planned power shutoffs throughout the state still looms. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) says its customers will get more warning if a power outage will affect them.

CALMatters: What happens if PG&E goes bankrupt?

By Judy Lin/CALmatters • Dec 3, 2018
Courtesy of PG&E

Investigators are massing. Lawsuits are mounting. The death toll in Butte County's historic Camp Fire stands at 88, so far.

Another year, another megafire, another calamity in which faulty Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) equipment is a prime suspect. And once again, Californians face a familiar question: What’s going to happen to the behemoth power company in the thick of the fire zone?