Poor record keeping could cost PG&E $400 million

04/18/2011
By Victoria Schlesinger

Today PG&E will provide the state with documents to help determine whether its lack of good record keeping actually contributed to the deadly San Bruno gasline explosion last September. If the utility is found guilty of violating the law, which it likely will be, it could be fined up to $400 million. [Read more - San Jose Mercury News]

Tags: $400 million fine, gasline, , safety records, san bruno

One Response to Poor record keeping could cost PG&E $400 million

  1. boris_qd on 04/18/2011 at 9:25 am

    But didn’t they also get permission to raise rates in exchange for better record keeping? It seems like maybe this won’t cost them anything.

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