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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Wildfire Liability
Description: This list shows cases in which utility companies paid penalties of $25 million or more to resolve allegations that they helped cause wildfires by failing to properly maintain the area around their power lines.
Penalty Total since 2000: $18,526,500,000
Number of Penalty Records: 16
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| PG&E Corp. | $16,796,500,000 | 7 |
| Edison International | $1,027,000,000 | 4 |
| Berkshire Hathaway | $549,000,000 | 2 |
| Union Pacific | $102,000,000 | 1 |
| Sempra Energy | $27,000,000 | 1 |
| McKinsey | $25,000,000 | 1 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | private lawsuit-federal | $13,500,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2020 | CA-PUC | $1,937,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2019 | CA-MULTI | $1,000,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2021 | CA-PUC | $550,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2019 | private lawsuit-state | $360,000,000 |
| PacifiCorp | Berkshire Hathaway | diversified | utility safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-state | $299,000,000 |
| PacifiCorp | Berkshire Hathaway | diversified | utility safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-state | $250,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2023 | CA-PUC | $150,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2021 | CA-PUC | $125,000,000 |
| Union Pacific Railroad Co. | Union Pacific | railroads | utility safety violation | 2008 | USAO | $102,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2024 | USAO | $80,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2022 | CA-MULTI | $55,000,000 |
| Southern California Edison Co. | Edison International | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2013 | CA-PUC | $37,000,000 |
| Pacific Gas & Electric | PG&E Corp. | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2012 | USAO | $29,500,000 |
| San Diego Gas & Electric | Sempra Energy | utilities and power generation | utility safety violation | 2012 | CA-SDCA | $27,000,000 |
| McKinsey & Co. | McKinsey | business services | utility safety violation | 2023 | private lawsuit-federal | $25,000,000 |
