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PG&E Corp. CEO Anthony Earley predicted last week that the San Francisco-based utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will resolve pending regulatory and enforcement issues related to the fatal San Bruno, CA, natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion two years ago.

In reporting a sharp uptick in quarter-over-quarter earnings Monday, PG&E Corp. CEO Anthony Earley predicted that its San Francisco-based utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., will resolve pending regulatory and enforcement issues related to the fatal San Bruno natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion two years ago.

PG&E Corp. has named Anthony Earley as its new chairman, CEO and president. Earley is the first PG&E CEO to come from outside the utility in PG&E’s more than 100-year history. As head of Michigan-based DTE Energy and its core businesses of Detroit Edison Co. and Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., Earley was credited with running two of the nation’s more respected electric and natural gas utility companies, according to PG&E lead director Lee Cox, who has been serving as interim CEO since Peter Darbee left earlier this year (see NGI, May 2). “We looked across the industry and found the person best qualified to help us win back public confidence,” Cox said. Earley began his utility career with Long Island Lighting Co. in 1985 and joined DTE in 1994. He previously was an officer in the U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarine program, and holds an undergraduate degree, as well as graduate engineering and law degrees, from the University of Notre Dame.

PG&E Corp. said Tuesday it has named DTE Energy Anthony Earley, 62, as its new chairman, CEO and president, filling a vacancy created last April when the former PG&E head retired abruptly as the company’s San Francisco-based combination utility was facing mounting public criticism for its handling of the San Bruno pipeline rupture and explosion.

Anthony Eggert was appointed by California Gov. Jerry Brown to the five-member California Energy Commission (CEC), a position he held last year in former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration. An engineer by background who previously worked for the California Fuel Cell Partnership and for Ford Motor Co., Eggert was a senior policy advisor at the California Air Resources Board from 2007 to early 2010. The appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate, but appointees can serve for up to a year without confirmation. Eggert’s appointment fills out the CEC, which had been operating in recent months with only four members.

A jury in federal court in Houston found that former Shell Trading Gas and Power Co. trader Anthony Dizona violated the Commodity Exchange Act by attempting to manipulate natural gas prices on eight separate occasions in the 2001-2002 time frame, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said last week.

A jury in federal court in Houston found that former Shell Trading Gas and Power Co. trader Anthony Dizona violated the Commodity Exchange Act by attempting to manipulate natural gas prices on eight separate occasions in the 2001-2002 time frame, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Tuesday.

In reviewing the company’s progress in 2004 and its priorities for 2005, DTE Energy CEO Anthony F. Earley Jr. said he expects the company will report 2004 operating (non-GAAP) earnings guidance of $2.40 to $2.50 per share. For 2005, Earley said the preliminary estimate for 2005 operating earnings guidance is between $3.30 and $3.60 per share.

In reviewing the company’s progress in 2004 and its priorities for 2005, DTE Energy CEO Anthony F. Earley Jr. said he expects the company will report 2004 operating (non-GAAP) earnings guidance of $2.40 to $2.50 per share. For 2005, Earley said the preliminary estimate for 2005 operating earnings guidance is between $3.30 and $3.60 per share.