Utilities

PG&E acted after the National Weather Service warned that historically strong winds on Saturday and Sunday would “bring extreme fire weather conditions” in Northern California.

PG&E expects all of its customers to be returned to full power despite a broken transmission line found by the wildfires ravaging Sonoma County.

PG&E warns of potential second planned California blackout.

PG&E drew widespread criticism after it abruptly shut off power for roughly 700,000 homes earlier this month in California after forecasts suggested a high risk of wildfires.

Pacific Gas and Electric confirmed Monday that more than 100 instances of damage were found during the largest planned power outage in state history to avoid wildfires. 

PG&E comes under fire by California state officials

PG&E began proactively shutting off approximately 738,000 California customers' power on Wednesday morning.

Climate change is expected to make extreme weather more common, increasing demand for backup power sources.

The blackouts began Wednesday, hitting more than 500,000 homes and businesses north of San Francisco Bay.

The company made the move to cut the risk of wildfires that have plagued California repeatedly in recent years.

PG&E settlements are tied to deadly wildfires in California.

William Alsup, a U.S. district court judge in Northern California, is overseeing PG&E's probation after the company was convicted of safety-related violations following a natural-gas explosion that killed eight people in 2010.

A judge on Wednesday reportedly gave Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. (PG&E) the okay to launch a $105 million wildfire assistance program.

The Department of Justice is expected to "green light" the T-Mobile-Sprint merger, T-Mobile's regulatory counsel said Monday.

The Camp Fire that erupted in California last fall and ultimately became “the deadliest and most destructive” blaze in the state’s history was triggered by electrical transmission lines owned by Pacific Gas and Electricity (PG&E), officials said Wednesday.

The utility said it also expected the board to include 11 independent directors by the time of the meeting.

An investor group reportedly offered the utility giant $4 billion.

Regulators halted trading in the shares three times during Thursday's session.

Shares are popping on the news.

Tens of millions of people will lose money or face added costs.