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2011
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Pipelines (5)
PG&E, January 2011
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PG&E, December 2011
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| Jan.5 |
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County OKs moratorium on SmartMeters The Marin County supes approved a one-year moratorium on the installation of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s SmartMeters
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PG&E facing more lawsuits over blast
| Jan.16 |
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PG&E spiked 11 lines to limits since 2003
| Jan.22 |
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Report on blast cause finds weld defects
| Jan.23 |
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Chances missed on pipeline rules
| Jan.27 |
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NTSB chair rips PG&E's records
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| Feb.2 |
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PG&E ordered reduce pressure on pipes California regulators have ordered Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to reduce pressure on four gas pipelines running through sensitive areas
| Feb.10 |
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Delay sought in PG&E rate hikes
| Feb.13 |
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PG&E may have lost data
| Feb.18 |
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PG&E asks employees to find records
| Feb.19 |
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PG&E: Would not have monitored differ.
| Feb.20 |
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Report: Increase on SB line violated rules
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| Mar.1 |
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PG&E memo said valves of little value PG&E acknowledged that 4 years before the accident they rejected installing valves that could have automatically shut off the flow of gas
| Mar.5 |
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PG&E check documents using Cow Palace A concert venue was being used by employees searching through tens of thousands of boxes of paper records on its natural gas pipeline system
| Mar.9 |
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San Bruno marks 6 months since explosion At exactly 6:11 p.m., San Bruno residents will gather to remember the victims of the deadly PG&E pipeline explosion
| Mar.11 |
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PG&E to pay cost of CPUC probe of blast
| Mar.15 |
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PG&E missing 8% gas line safety records 8 percent of key safety records required for its high-pressure pipelines, including for some segments along the line that blew up | |
| Mar.16 |
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Calif. plans to fine utility over fatal blast Regulators plan to fine PG&E up to $1 million a day for failing to turn over key safety records in the wake of a deadly natural gas explosio...
| Mar.24 |
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Calif. may lower fines for utility in blast
| Mar.25 |
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SmartMeters: users to charge to opt out
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| Apr.7 |
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2 top PG&E execs to resign In its first major management changes since blast in San Bruno, two of PG&E top executives in charge of day-to-day operations will resign
| Apr.12 |
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PG&E to study Diablo Canyon fault PG&E has asked regulators to delay relicensing the nuclear plant until the company finishes studies of a recently discovered earthquake fau...
| Apr.19 |
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PG&E to test pipelines in M-n View, Antioch
| Apr.21 |
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PG&E CEO resigns in wake of blast Chairman, chief executive and President Peter Darbee is stepping down following a 'challenging year' that included a natural gas pipeline explosion
Six years after becoming CEO and president of PG&E, Darbee's retirement package is in the tens of millions of dollars
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| Apr.22 |
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PG&E may never find all pipeline records
| Apr.25 |
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PG&E: We'll pay all of CEO's $35 million The company's board announced that its shareholders -- rather than the public -- will bear all the costs to CEO Peter Darbee
| Apr.26 |
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PG&E ordered to return CEO's pension
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| May.2 |
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PG&E to replace 1,600 SmartMeter Pacific Gas & Electric will replace 1,600 SmartMeters due to a 'rare defect' that causes the wireless meters to run fast and inflate bills | |
| May.4 |
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Profit down on blast-response costs
| May.6 |
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PG&E gets OK to raise rates
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| Jun.2 |
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PG&E to miss PUC deadline to find records
| Jun.8 |
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NTSB: San Bruno pipe had prior leak PG&E admitted a pipeline involved in last year's San Bruno neighborhood explosion had experienced a leak in 1988
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| Jul.11 |
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PG&E seeks jury trial to fight lawsuits The utility company whose ruptured pipeline killed 8 people in a massive explosion is seeking a jury trial to fight lawsuits filed by dozens of victims
| Jul.22 |
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Ex-manager: Key records possibly trashed
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| Aug.4 |
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PG&E reports higher 2nd-quarter profits
| Aug.8 |
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PG&E names Anthony F. Earley Jr. as CEO PG&E Corp. named as its new CEO, a veteran power-industry executive credited with steering Detroit's electric utility through the largest blackout | |
| Aug.30 |
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NTSB critical of PG&E in investigation NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman is slamming PG&E at the final report hearing on the San Bruno pipeline rupture in Washington, D.C. | |
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| Sep.2 |
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NTSB investigating gas line explosion Federal investigators are looking into a gas line explosion at a condominium complex, one day after NTSB slammed PG&E
| Sep.21 |
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Repairs completed on broken gas main
| Sep.27 |
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Feds fear for PG&E's gas system
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| Oct.20 |
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PG&E re-used 'junk' pipe California Public Utilities Commission discovered records that show the company reused salvaged and junked pipe on gas transmission lines
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| Nov.4 |
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PG&E, Wells Fargo paid no taxes
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Testing indicates small leak in pipeline
| Nov.7 |
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PG&E calls pipeline rupture 'success' PG&E will begin pulling up a natural gas pipe that blew apart Sunday during safety testing, forcing the brief closure of I-280
| Nov.10 |
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PG&E pipeline in Palo Alto had corrosion Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials say an underground gas pipeline that sprung a leak during a pressure test had corrosion on its outer wa...
| Nov.11 |
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PG&E laying off 200 employees
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| Dec.1 |
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PG&E to pay $38 million fine in explosion Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will pay a record fine for safety violations that led to a fatal natural gas explosion in a Sacramento suburb
| Dec.13 |
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PG&E says it's liable for S. Bruno explosion PG&E issued a press released Tuesday stating that it is liable for the deadly September 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno
| Dec.21 |
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S.F., PG&E probe outages at 49ers game City officials, state regulators and PG&E representatives still could not pinpoint the causes of two power outages at city-owned Candlestick
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