Flogged

PG&E Pipes: More Questions, Only a Few Answers

Fined and verbally flogged by federal and state regulators over the 18 months since its catastrophic gas transmission pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) received more critical reviews last week, some at its own hands.

March 19, 2012

PG&E Fails More Pipeline Tests, Plus Its Own Scrutiny

Fined and verbally flogged by federal and state regulators over the past 18 months since its catastrophic gas transmission pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) received more critical reviews Monday, some at its own hands. The utility’s bad record-keeping was a “contributing factor” to the San Bruno tragedy, the report concluded.

March 14, 2012