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With a new acceptance by federal aviation regulators, the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, in the energy industry is likely to expand in ways only partially envisioned today, according to a report released Friday by RBN Energy LLC.

With a new acceptance by federal aviation regulators, the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, in the energy industry is likely to expand in ways only partially envisioned today, according to a report released Friday by RBN Energy LLC.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has checked off the 10th of 12 recommendations from federal regulators leveled at the combination utility four years ago after the San Bruno natural gas transmission pipeline explosion and other shortcomings exposed in its gas operations.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has checked off the 10th of 12 recommendations from federal regulators leveled at the combination utility four years ago after the San Bruno natural gas transmission pipeline explosion and other shortcomings exposed in its gas operations.

County road workers punctured a 12-inch diameter Pacific Gas and Electric Co. transmission pipeline last Friday, injuring up to 14 people…

County road workers punctured a 12-inch diameter Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) transmission pipeline last Friday, injuring up to 14 people and closing north-south state Highway 99 in California’s Central Valley near Fresno. The incident was caused by an excavator and was not the fault of the company, according to officials.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) lacks a sufficient safety culture and a new investigation of the utility’s natural gas system safety and maintenance programs will be launched in the coming weeks, according to Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

California regulators on Thursday ordered record-setting $1.6 billion in penalties for Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s in the Sept. 9, 2010 failure of its 30-inch diameter natural gas transmission pipeline that caused death and destruction in San Bruno, CA (see Daily GPI, Sept. 13, 2010).

Emails sent in late 2010 and early 2011 show that collaboration between Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) was unusually close, considering that regulators are expected to keep arms-length relationships with the companies they oversee.