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PG&E tumbles more than 50% in premarket trading after CEO resigns amid billions in potential liabilities and bankruptcy concerns (PCG)

PG&E, California's largest gas and power company, dropped more than 50% in premarket trading Monday. The utility is facing billions of dollars in potential liabilities after it was accused of negligence in one of the state's most destructive wildfires last ye…

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4:13am PST - January 14th, 2019

PG&E, US' Largest Energy Utility Firm, to File for Bankruptcy as Potential Liabilities From California...

U.S. utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) disclosed on Monday that it will file for bankruptcy. US' largest energy utility firm with a market cap of $13+ billion said that the decision was forced by the wildfires which destroyed lives and property …

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4:03am PST - January 14th, 2019

PG&E Prepares for Bankruptcy Amid Wildfire Fallout

PG&E plans to file for bankruptcy protection by the end of the month as the utility faces more than $30 billion in potential liability costs related to its role in sparking deadly California wildfires.

pg&e - The Wall Street Journal
3:28am PST - January 14th, 2019

PG&E Prepares to Enter Bankruptcy Protection After Wildfire Fallout

PG&E said it would seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a day after the company’s CEO stepped down over the financial fallout spurred by the utility’s role in helping spark the California wildfires.

pg&e - The Wall Street Journal
3:28am PST - January 14th, 2019

The CEO of PG&E Resigned as the California Utility Faces Billions in Fire Liability

The utility could declare insolvency while facing billions of dollars in liability over its role in recent California wildfires

pg&e - Time
7:43pm PST - January 13th, 2019

PG&E CEO Steps Down Amid California Wildfire Crisis

California’s largest utility said Sunday that Chief Executive Geisha Williams was stepping down as it grapples with the growing political and financial fallout of its role in helping spark California wildfires.

pg&e - The Wall Street Journal
7:42pm PST - January 13th, 2019

PG&E CEO Geisha Williams resigns as California utility company faces uncertain future

The CEO of Pacific Gas and Electric resigned Sunday and employees could learn this week if the utility will declare insolvency while facing billions of dollars in liability over its role in recent California wildfires.

pg&e - USA Today
7:17pm PST - January 13th, 2019

California utility PG&E replaces CEO amid bankruptcy worries

Embattled utility PG&E, facing potentially billions of dollars in liability over California's deadly wildfires last year, has replaced its CEO.

pg&e - CNN
7:02pm PST - January 13th, 2019

PG&E says CEO Geisha Williams steps down

California power company PG&E Corp said on Sunday that Chief Executive Geisha Williams had stepped down and that John Simon had been named interim CEO.

pg&e - Reuters
5:38pm PST - January 13th, 2019

CEO of California utility PG&E resigns as firm faces liability over wildfires

Geisha Williams announced her resignation on Sunday.

pg&e - ABC News
4:00pm PST - January 13th, 2019

PG&E say it might go bankrupt as California fire fallout sends its shares tumbling more than 40% in premarket trading

PG&E's CEO resigned Sunday and the company on Monday confirmed its plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

pg&e - Business Insider
4:00pm PST - January 13th, 2019

PG&E say it might go bankrupt as California fire fallout sends its shares tumbling more than 40% in premarket trading

PG&E's CEO resigned Sunday and the company on Monday confirmed its plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

pg&e - Business Insider (UK)
4:00pm PST - January 13th, 2019

PG&E shares plummet after flagging bankruptcy plan and possible $30 billion in liabilities from California fire fallout

PG&E's CEO resigned Sunday, and the company on Monday confirmed its plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

pg&e - Business Insider
4:00pm PST - January 13th, 2019

PG&E shares plummet after flagging bankruptcy plan and possible $30 billion in liabilities from California fire fallout

PG&E's CEO resigned Sunday, and the company on Monday confirmed its plans to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

pg&e - Business Insider (UK)
4:00pm PST - January 13th, 2019

The Wall Street Journal: PG&E, now near collapse, blamed for at least 1,500 California fires in recent years

PG&E Corp. equipment started more than one fire a day in California on average in recent years as a historic drought turned the region into a tinderbox. The utility’s unsuccessful efforts to prevent such blazes have put it in a state of crisis.

pg&e - The Wall Street Journal
2:33pm PST - January 13th, 2019

PG&E Sparked at Least 1,500 California Fires. Now the Utility Faces Collapse.

The largest utility in drought-plagued California has struggled to reduce fire risks. Its equipment keeps igniting blazes, threatening the company’s future.

pg&e - Hacker News
12:19pm PST - January 13th, 2019

California’s Camp Fire Was The Most Expensive Natural Disaster Worldwide In 2018

The state’s deadliest fire ever was also the world’s costliest catastrophe in 2018.

pg&e - The Huffington Post
2:02pm PST - January 10th, 2019

The Wall Street Journal: Top PG&E Power executive to leave amid California wildfire crisis

A top executive overseeing the utility’s electric division is leaving the company amid rising concerns about its financial health and safety practices following the recent California wildfires.

pg&e - The Wall Street Journal
10:38am PST - January 8th, 2019

PG&E is tanking after S&P downgrades it to junk (PCG)

PG&E 's credit rating was cut to junk at S&P Global Ratings, sending shares down more than 10% early Tuesday. The downgrade came as bad news has piled up for PG&E amid its potential liabilities from last year's California wildfires, the credit-rating agency s…

pg&e - Business Insider
7:28am PST - January 8th, 2019

California Today: California Today: How PG&E Lobbied for Wildfire Protection

Tuesday: Why utility companies have spent big on lobbying in Sacramento; Newsom stakes his claim; a teachers’ strike is looming

pg&e - The New York Times
6:09am PST - January 8th, 2019

Iconic hedge-fund billionaire Seth Klarman could have lost nearly $300 million on an ill-timed bet on PG&E (PCG)

Iconic hedge-fund billionaire Seth Klarman's Baupost Group loaded up on 14,479,790 shares of PG&E, California's biggest utility provider, in the third quarter. The utility has been under pressure, sliding 60% since November, as it may be responsible for the d…

pg&e - Business Insider
2:11pm PST - January 7th, 2019

The Wall Street Journal: PG&E stock plunges as bankruptcy fears grow

PG&E shares plunged more than 20% Monday as concerns mounted that the company might be forced to seek bankruptcy protection because of billions of dollars in liabilities tied to California’s recent wildfires.

pg&e - The Wall Street Journal
12:02pm PST - January 7th, 2019

PG&E shares tumble as bankruptcy talk draws concern, suspicion - SFGate

The prospect of PG&E Corp. seeking bankruptcy protection to overcome potential wildfire liabilities is drawing both concern and skepticism, and dragged down the shares Monday. The company is considering whether to file for bankruptcy as soon as February, peop…

pg&e - The Washington Post
6:49am PST - January 7th, 2019

PG&E shares plunge on bankruptcy worries

PG&E Corp's shares plunged more than 18 percent on Monday after sources said the California utility is exploring filing for bankruptcy protection as it fears a big charge in the fourth quarter related potential liabilities from wildfires.

pg&e - Reuters
4:36am PST - January 7th, 2019

California utility PG&E is facing billions of dollars in liabilities related to deadly wildfires, and now it may be considering bankruptcy - Business Insider

California utility PG&E is facing billions of dollars in liabilities related to deadly wildfires, and now it may be considering bankruptcy Business Insider PG&E could receive financial help through legislation that would let it pass on to customers costs asso…

pg&e - Business Insider
8:17pm PST - January 4th, 2019