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
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 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
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
