The Latest Breaking News from PGE

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two years before a tree falling on a PG&E power line sparked 2020’s deadly Zogg fire in northern California, a PG&E contractor told the utility the pine needed to be removed, but PG&E stopped working in the area after an armed resident confronted its crew.

PG&E Corp. formally asked federal regulators Monday to extend the life of Diablo Canyon, the last operating nuclear plant in California, as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to improve reliability of the electricity grid.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — PG&E Corp.’s efforts to improve wildfire safety continue to run into headwinds, including aging equipment, damaged power poles and hazardous trees that went undetected by the utility’s crews, according to a consulting firm hired by California officials.

Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over devastating 2017 and 2018 California wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment

Former executives with utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric have reached a $117 million settlement agreement in connection to the 2017 North Bay fires and the 2018 Camp fire, officials said.

A renewable energy facility in Oregon that combines solar power, wind power and massive batteries to store the energy generated there will be the first utility-scale plant of its kind in North America

A bill that supporters say will help reduce the incidence of deadly wildfires — especially in the Northern California service territory of Pacific Gas & Electric — by streamlining efforts to place power lines underground awaits the signature of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

An industrial battery pack at the PG&E battery storage facility at Elkhorn was in flames in the early hours. No one was injured, and the power kept flowing.

A Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) Megapack battery installed at utility PG&E Corporation’s (NYSE: PCG) California storage facility caught fire early on Tuesday, said reports.