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PG&E Fined $1.4 Billion for San Bruno Pipeline Explosion

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The state's largest utility, PG&E faces $1.4 billion in new fines for the 2010 gas pipeline disaster that killed eight people in San Bruno. The fine by administrative law judges for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is the agency's largest safety-related penalty ever. But some state and city officials feel the fine is too low.

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