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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Pacific Gas & Electric
Current Parent Company: PG&E Corp.
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Penalty: $4,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: June 18, 2020
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: In Butte County Superior Court, PG&E agreed to plead guilty to more than 80 counts of manslaughter in connection with a 2018 forest fire blamed on the utility's faulty maintenance of transmission lines. The company agreed to pay a $3.5 million criminal fine and $500,000 in costs.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: California
Facility County: Butte
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.