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Company: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E)
Current Parent Company: PG&E Corp.
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Penalty: $1,937,000,000
Year: 2020
Date: May 7, 2020
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 imposed $1.937 billion in penalties against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the largest penalty ever assessed by the CPUC, for the utility's role in the catastrophic 2017 and 2018 wildfires.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Public Utilities Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 19-06-015
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.