CPUC

Brand-new BART cars fail safety tests

New BART train cars flunked a safety inspection by a state regulatory agency, potentially delaying their rollout.

6 years ago

Muni to seek approval for four-car subway trains

Muni subway service returned to normal after closures during weeknights and all day on weekends.

7 years ago

State urged to reduce energy use during ‘Great Solar Eclipse’

San Francisco's California Public Utilities Commission calls on California residents to reduce energy use during The Great Solar Eclipse.

7 years ago

PG&E fined over outage caused by toppled tower

PG&E Co. was ordered to pay a $400,000 fine for a toppled transmission tower that caused a massive blackout in…

7 years ago

California considers energy impact of commercial pot

As California gears up for legalized recreational marijuana, state regulators are trying to figure out how the new industry will…

7 years ago

PG&E convicted of safety violations in San Bruno explosion

PG&E Co. was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco Tuesday of five counts of pipeline safety law violations.

8 years ago

San Bruno mayor wants PUC’s Florio out

San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane on Thursday called for the resignation or removal of California Public Utilities Commission member Mike…

8 years ago

Crashed tour bus never passed safety inspection

An out-of-control City Sightseeing tour bus that left 20 people injured when it crashed in Union Square Friday was not…

8 years ago

PG&E fined after substation breach

PG&E was issued a $50,000 citation by the California Public Utilities Commission Monday for failing to prevent a security breach…

9 years ago

Sierra Club denounces state’s new electricity rate

A San Francisco-based conservation group said a new electricity rate plan passed Friday will raise rates on majority of customers…

9 years ago

Luxury shuttle bus halted by regulators

A transit company offering a high-end private bus service in San Francisco abruptly halted service this week in response to…

9 years ago

$1.6 billion fine for PG&E explosion

The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday imposed a $1.6 billion penalty, its largest ever, on PG&E for the unsafe operation of…

9 years ago

San Bruno nods approval to $1.6B PG&E fine

San Bruno officials announced Tuesday they support a proposed increased $1.6 billion penalty and fine for PG&E .

9 years ago

Proposed PG&E fine swells to $1.6 billion

The CPUC proposed increasing to $1.6 billion a penalty for safety violations related to 2010's fatal gas pipeline explosion in…

9 years ago

CPUC releases 65,000 PG&E e-mails

The California Public Utilities Commission Friday released roughly 65,000 email messages exchanged between PG&E Co. and agency officials between 2010 and…

9 years ago

Governor appoints new CPUC chief

Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed a new president of the California Public Utilities Commission as well as a new commissioner…

9 years ago

PG&E e-mails show back-channel badness

PG&E Co. Monday made public 12 new sets of email messages that it said appear to show violations of rules.

9 years ago

San Bruno: Release 65k PG&E e-mails

The city of San Bruno asked the CPUC Monday to order PG&E to release 65,000 email messages.

9 years ago

Judge-shopping costs PG&E $1 million

The California Public Utilities Commission imposed a $1.05 million fine on PG&E.

9 years ago

Second CPUC commissioner recuses on PG&E

California Public Utilities Commissioner Mike Florio announced Wednesday he would recuse himself from proceedings involving PG&E.

10 years ago

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