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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Pacific Gas & Electric
Current Parent Company: PG&E Corp.
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Penalty: $29,500,000
Year: 2012
Date: March 15, 2012
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: utility safety violation
Secondary Offense: environmental violation
Mega-Scandal: Wildfire Liability
Violation Description: Settlement concerning the Freds Fire and Sims Fire.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Eastern District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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
Source of Data: US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REACHES TWO SETTLEMENTS FOR $29.5M WITH PG&E REGARDING DAMAGE CAUSED BY 2 FOREST FIRES, US Fed News, March 15, 2012 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.