Scott Deveau and Mark Chediak of Bloomberg report that PG&E is likely to sign Bill Johnson as its new CEO. Bill Johnson was most recently CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the large southeastern public utility. Critics are glad Johnson is now gone from the TVA because, they say, he consistently favored corporate interests over
PG&E’s Proposed Bonus Program Prioritizes Profits Over Safety
PG&E has asked the bankruptcy judge to approve an employee bonus program that rewards employees more for boosting PG&E’s bottom line that for making the electrical safe. We object.
PG&E Dodges and Weaves During Questioning in Bankruptcy Proceeding
This week PG&E appeared in bankruptcy court to answer questions under oath put to it by wildfire survivors and other creditors. PG&E and its lawyers resisted answering some questions and, in one instance, outright refused to do so even after being directed to answer by the United States Bankruptcy Trustee. (So much for PG&E’s commitment
PG&E Buckles On Bonuses
PG&E asked the bankruptcy judge to approve bonuses to its employees totaling $130 million. We objected, arguing that “every dollar PG&E pays out to its executives in bonuses is a dollar the victims who were burned out by those executives don’t get.”
While sympathetic to our argument, the bankruptcy judge ruled that, under the
PG&E To Pay Its Bankruptcy Lawyers Staggering Sums
When it filed bankruptcy, PG&E committed to pay its army of bankruptcy lawyers on a monthly basis many millions of dollars in fees. Some of that money might better be directed to PG&E victims who have been homeless for years now, especially since PG&E swears in court that it filed it bankruptcy to serve the
PG&E’s Pledge to Compensate Fire Victims Not to be Trusted
PG&E told he bankruptcy judge today that its goal in bankruptcy is to establish a fund against which wildfire victims can make a claim. Our Northern California Wildfire Lawyers explained why PG&E is not to be trusted.
Dario DeGhetaldi, Amanda Riddle, and Mike Danko explain why PG&E should be viewed with
PG&E Bankruptcy Designed to Protect Shareholders, Not Help Victims
PG&E says that its bankruptcy will be in the best interests of its wildfire victims. Not true. PG&E’s only motivation in filing for bankruptcy is to protect shareholder value by keeping as much money as possible out of the hands of its victims and in the corporate coffers.
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