Most of the fine will be paid as credits on customer utility bills.

A gas pipe was struck during construction on a residential unit earlier that morning.

The order requires, among other things, for PG&E to submit within 90 days a “corrective action plan."

Residents living east of Milpitas near the Calaveras Reservoir are expected to lose power at 8pm.

PG&E said blackouts would last just a few hours, but many San Jose residents said they were left without power for much longer than that.

Californians are being asked to reduce energy use through Wednesday, but officials called off a second night of rolling blackouts in the Bay Area.

PG&E customers in parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Joaquin Counties will have their power cut starting Saturday night.

A coalition of city leaders is urging the CPUC to restructure PG&E from an investor-run company to one that’s customer-owned. 

At a Sunday morning press conference, Deputy City Manager Kip Harkness said the impact to San Jose is “relatively small.”

PG&E’s second planned power outage of the month is expected to start tonight as high winds kick up and create a heightened fire risk.

The public safety power shutoff, which is being enacted by the utility giant to curb fire risk, is expected to last from Saturday to Monday.

The plan would potentially require the city to purchase power lines off of the utility giant, and to build microgrids and energy storage systems.

Surviving the 1989 earthquake left an indelible imprint on Ray Riordan, and informs his disaster preparedness work to this day.

In all, the widespread, fire-mitigating electrical outage cost the city about $500,000—and that number is expected to rise.

Officials want people to avoid driving in blackout areas and to remember that powered-off traffic lights render intersections a four-way stop.

The declaration will be in effect for the duration of the power shutoff and must be ratified by the Board of Supervisors within a week.