Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Pacific Gas & Electric
Current Parent Company:
PG&E Corp.
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 Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
California
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Parent:
utilities
Source of Data:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/business/energy-environment/pge-camp-fire-california-wildfires.html
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
