Pacific Gas & Electric possible fine for deadly explosion slashed by 99%
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Pacific Gas & Electric possible fine for deadly explosion slashed by 99%
Federal judge cuts nearly all of potential fine in a case alleging
pipeline safety violations before one of the worst utility disasters
in US history
Staff and agencies
Wednesday 3 August 2016 02.18 BST
A federal judge has cut nearly all of a potential $562m fine against Pacific Gas & Electric Co (PG&E) in a criminal case alleging pipeline safety violations before a deadly explosion in the San Francisco bay area.
US district court judge Thelton Henderson issued the order late Tuesday, hours after the US attorney’s office requested it in a court filing. The judge did not explain his reasoning.
PG&E now faces a maximum fine of $6m – a reduction of 99% – if convicted of 11 pipeline safety violations and obstructing investigators in the wake of the 2010 blast in the San Francisco bay area and 11 pipeline safety violations.
The government did not provide an explanation in the filing its request to lower the potential penalty.
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Ditto for the pertinent members of "the US attorney’s office" who requested it.
