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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E)
Current Parent Company: PG&E Corp.
Penalty: $125,000,000
Year: 2021
Date: December 2, 2021
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: utility safety violation
Secondary Offense: environmental violation
Mega-Scandal: Wildfire Liability
Violation Description: The California Public Utilities Commission approved penalties and permanent disallowances against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for violations related to the ignition of the 2019 Kincade wildfire. PG&E will pay a $40 million penalty to California's General Fund and incur an $85 million permanent disallowance for cost recovery for the removal of abandoned transmission facilities within its service territory, for a total of $125 million.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Public Utilities Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: SED-6
Facility State: California
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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