California’s chief utility regulator last week warned Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) that it may face more oversight because of alleged shortcomings in its safety practices. 

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California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Marybel Batjer warned the San Francisco-based combination utility that it may be in violation of some of the six-part enhanced oversight as a condition of the Chapter 11 reorganization plan.

CPUC staff “is conducting a fact-finding to determine whether a recommendation is warranted to place PG&E into the enhanced oversight and enforcement process that was a condition of its reorganization plan approval,” said spokesperson Julie Hall. There “appears to be a pattern” of shortcomings on vegetation and asset management.

“I plan to hold...