Forest Service Seizes PG&E Equipment as Part of Fire Probe September 28, 2022 By Olga R. Rodriguez SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal investigators have taken possession of a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. utility transmission pole and...
Storms Kill at Least 8 in Canada, Leave Half a Million Without Power May 23, 2022 The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities...
Vast Swath of US at Risk of Summer Blackouts, Regulator Warns May 19, 2022 By Naureen Malik and David R. Baker A vast swath of North America from the Great Lakes to the West Coast is at risk of blackouts this...
Power Restored in Puerto Rico Nearly 5 Days After Blackout April 13, 2022 By Danica Coto SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A private company announced Monday that power had been fully restored to Puerto Rico’s...
Storms Batter Aging Power Grid as Climate Disasters Spread April 7, 2022 Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs...
Louisiana Assesses Major Damage to Power Grid From Ida September 1, 2021 By Stephanie Kelly The damage to Louisiana’s power grid from Hurricane Ida is so extensive that the U.S. Coast Guard has joined the...
PG&E’s Power Lines Caused Biggest California Fire of 2019 July 17, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Joel Rosenblatt Less than a month after emerging from bankruptcy triggered by a string of devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018, PG&E...
California Governor Newsom Is Fielding More PG&E Takeover Calls November 14, 2019 By David R. Baker and Romy Varghese For California Governor Gavin Newsom, sitting back and watching PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy run its course is no longer an option....
There’s No Easy Way to End California’s Bedeviling Blackouts November 4, 2019 By David R. Baker California residents who were incredulous after the head of PG&E Corp. signaled a decade more of blackouts face an unnerving...
Los Angeles and San Francisco Don’t Lose Power Even When Their Suburbs Do October 31, 2019 By David R. Baker Swaths of Southern California are being plunged into darkness on purpose to prevent power lines from sparking fires during the...