Three Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executives and a top aide to the head of the California Public Utilities Commission were ousted Monday over inappropriate back-channel communications between the company and state regulators in the fallout over the San Bruno gas explosion case. The revelations and shakeup followed a lawsuit by San Bruno officials seeking communications between the utility and the commission. At the utilities commission, Peevey asked his chief of staff, Carol Brown, to resign, and said he would not take part in any commission vote on how much PG&E should be penalized for the September 2010 explosion that killed eight people in San Bruno and destroyed 38 homes. The statement quoted Peevey as saying, I feel that my voluntary recusal should ensure the publics confidence in the credibility and objectivity of the CPUCs decisions. #SF #News #49ers
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:54:23 +0000
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