California’s Largest Utility Allegedly Falsified Safety Records After A Major Pipeline Explosion
10:46 AM 12/15/2018 | Energy
Chris White | Energy Reporter
Regulators are accusing one of California’s largest public utilities of falsifying safety data records shortly after the utility company was fined millions of dollars for a massive natural gas explosion in San Francisco.
A California Public Utilities Commission investigation found that the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) lacked enough employees to fulfill requests to document natural gas pipelines. PG&E pushed supervisors to complete the work, leading staff to falsify data from 2012 to 2017.
“Utility falsification of safety related records is a serious violation of law and diminishes our trust in the utility’s reports on their progress,†commission President Michael Picker noted in a statement Friday. “These findings are another example of why we are investigating PG&E’s safety culture.â€
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/15/pge-california-pipeline-explosion-records/