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The company estimates that it will need $61 million for wages and $72 million for benefit payments over the next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also requested $130 million to be paid out to about 14,000 employees in special bonuses for fiscal year 2018. The bonuses are intended to reward managers who prioritize safety, help customers, among other things. The average bonus was $13,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company is also asking the court to reject a ruling by federal energy regulators that would force them to keep paying renewable energy suppliers the same rates negotiated before the bankruptcy filing. Montali said all of those motions will be considered at Thursday’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E is pledging to not just keep the lights on but is also asking the court to allow it to continue customer programs that help promote clean energy and support low-income customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hearing the ‘calls for change’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, interim PG&E CEO John Simon said the company will continue to focus on wildfire safety, adding that leaders there have “heard the calls for change” and are committed to emerging from bankruptcy with an “energy system our customers want and deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Throughout this process, we are fully committed to enhancing our wildfire safety efforts, as well as helping restoration and rebuilding efforts across the communities impacted by the devastating Northern California wildfires,” Simon said. “We also intend to work together with our customers, employees and other stakeholders to create a more sustainable foundation for the delivery of safe, reliable and affordable service in the years ahead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it announced its intention on Jan. 14 to file for bankruptcy protection, the state’s biggest utility said two years of horrendously costly wildfires had created such a massive potential debt that it needed a bankruptcy court to help restructure the company for its future viability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bulk of that feared debt could come in the form of damage awards and settlements with the 6,000-plus plaintiffs who have filed suit against the company so far after the two seasons of fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E’s view remained unchanged despite last week’s finding that the company’s equipment was not responsible for the Tubbs Fire — the October 2017 blaze that killed 22 people and destroyed about 5,000 homes in Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its statement following the bankruptcy announcement, PG&E noted that it had long believed it was not responsible for the Tubbs Fire and said that the decision to file for Chapter 11 reorganization was reached with the assumption that the utility would not be held liable for that blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company was also unmoved by \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bluemountain-capital-management-llc-delivers-second-open-letter-to-board-of-directors-of-pge-corporation-nyse-pcg--board-of-directors-of-pacific-gas-and-electric-company-300782167.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demands\u003c/a> from one investor, BlueMountain Capital Management, that it shelve the bankruptcy filing. BlueMountain has promised to try to replace PG&E’s board of directors at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Big shareholder angered by filing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Executives at at the firm, which is one of PG&E’s largest shareholders, reacted angrily to the filing. In a written statement, Blue Mountain officials said they will continue to push for new leadership and would propose a “new slate” of directors by Feb. 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today’s filing is the latest example of how the (PG&E) board continues to fail the company, wildfire victims, customers, employees, creditors, shareholders and the people of California. 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A week later, the company announced in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it intended to file for bankruptcy as early as Jan. 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Chris Holden, who chairs the Assembly’s utility committee, said early Tuesday that he had hoped to see PG&E avoid bankruptcy but is well aware that the future of the company is now in the hands of a bankruptcy court.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hoping to protect ‘most vulnerable’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Our goal all along was to protect the most vulnerable, but now the bankruptcy court will be managing the future of PG&E and its creditors, including the damages of fire victims for which the utility is deemed responsible,” Holden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pledged to keep working with lawmakers and the governor to protect victims, provide safe and affordable power for ratepayers and maintain the state’s aggressive renewable energy goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will help to provide direction to the Public Utilities Commission, who will be representing Californian’s interests in the bankruptcy proceeding,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not clear how much power lawmakers or regulators will have to do those things. 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Montali said all of those motions will be considered at Thursday’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E is pledging to not just keep the lights on but is also asking the court to allow it to continue customer programs that help promote clean energy and support low-income customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hearing the ‘calls for change’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, interim PG&E CEO John Simon said the company will continue to focus on wildfire safety, adding that leaders there have “heard the calls for change” and are committed to emerging from bankruptcy with an “energy system our customers want and deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Throughout this process, we are fully committed to enhancing our wildfire safety efforts, as well as helping restoration and rebuilding efforts across the communities impacted by the devastating Northern California wildfires,” Simon said. “We also intend to work together with our customers, employees and other stakeholders to create a more sustainable foundation for the delivery of safe, reliable and affordable service in the years ahead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it announced its intention on Jan. 14 to file for bankruptcy protection, the state’s biggest utility said two years of horrendously costly wildfires had created such a massive potential debt that it needed a bankruptcy court to help restructure the company for its future viability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bulk of that feared debt could come in the form of damage awards and settlements with the 6,000-plus plaintiffs who have filed suit against the company so far after the two seasons of fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E’s view remained unchanged despite last week’s finding that the company’s equipment was not responsible for the Tubbs Fire — the October 2017 blaze that killed 22 people and destroyed about 5,000 homes in Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its statement following the bankruptcy announcement, PG&E noted that it had long believed it was not responsible for the Tubbs Fire and said that the decision to file for Chapter 11 reorganization was reached with the assumption that the utility would not be held liable for that blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company was also unmoved by \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bluemountain-capital-management-llc-delivers-second-open-letter-to-board-of-directors-of-pge-corporation-nyse-pcg--board-of-directors-of-pacific-gas-and-electric-company-300782167.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demands\u003c/a> from one investor, BlueMountain Capital Management, that it shelve the bankruptcy filing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Insurance claims from California’s deadly November 2018 wildfires have topped $11.4 billion, making the series of fires one of the most expensive in state history, officials said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than $8 billion of those losses are from the fire that leveled the town of Paradise, killing 86 people and destroying nearly 14,000 homes, state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said. Roughly $3 billion worth of damage is related to two Southern California wildfires that ignited during the same week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a long way to go before we can feel whole again,” Lara said after announcing the numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">PG&E Bankruptcy: How We Got Here\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2019/01/14/PGEWorkersLift.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The $11.4 billion total is slightly below the losses claimed from 2017 wildfires that ripped through Northern California wine country in October and Southern California in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While far more houses were destroyed in last year’s wildfires, home values are much lower in rural California communities, officials said last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The losses could keep rising. In all, wildfire insurance claims in California last year neared $12.4 billion, Lara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new numbers come as Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., the nation’s largest utility, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepares to file for bankruptcy\u003c/a> as early as Tuesday. State officials have not yet determined the cause of all of last year’s wildfires, but PG&E equipment is suspected in the Paradise blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law makes utilities entirely liable for damage from wildfires sparked by their equipment, even if the utility isn’t found negligent. PG&E has said it faces billions in possible damages from fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>April Whitley has lived in her Chico home with her husband and two kids for the last three years, but they won’t for much longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitley said her landlord called at the end of November to tell her she needed to move out because she wanted her daughter — who lost her home in the Camp Fire — to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718337/in-the-aftermath-of-the-camp-fire-a-slow-simmering-crisis-in-chico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the Aftermath of the Camp Fire, a Slow, Simmering Crisis in Chico\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718337/in-the-aftermath-of-the-camp-fire-a-slow-simmering-crisis-in-chico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2019/01/16/ChicoCar.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“My initial reaction was, ‘Oh my gosh, I have nowhere to go.’ There’s nowhere in Chico,” Whitley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The influx of people displaced by the Camp Fire have taken up whatever spaces were left in an already tight rental market in Butte County. According to Butte County’s Housing Authority, every single unit is occupied, and renters are now essentially playing a game of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718604/camp-fire-survivors-in-lone-remaining-shelter-face-uncertain-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">housing “musical chairs,”\u003c/a> with fierce competition whenever a space opens up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, landlords like Whitley’s are evicting tenants to make room for their own family members affected by the Camp Fire. Whitley’s landlord did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitley said she tried buying a house, but because she doesn’t have much extra cash, she said the post-fire market has been even harder for her to navigate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the cash that folks from Paradise have with their insurance money, so we can’t compete in bidding wars that are happening right now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unable to find a home they can afford in Chico or the surrounding areas, Whitley and her family are moving to her brother’s place in Capay, a small community outside Sacramento nearly two hours away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan is for her two kids to stay in her brother’s extra bedrooms, while Whitley and her husband live in an RV on her brother’s property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11720257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11720257\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This is the RV that Whitley and her husband plan to live in on her brother's property in Capay, an unincorporated town nearly two hours from Chico.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the RV that Whitley and her husband plan to live in on her brother’s property in Capay, an unincorporated town nearly two hours from Chico. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city passed an \u003ca href=\"http://www.chico.ca.us/documents/ORD2522-Emergency-PriceGouging-CampFire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emergency ordinance\u003c/a> after the fire preventing landlords from evicting existing tenants in order to jack up rents for fire victims, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/owner-move-in-omi-evictions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">owner move-in evictions\u003c/a> are legal. Chico Mayor Randall Stone said they are just another hurdle the city has to deal with after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we can do, we’ve done, from a legal standpoint,” Stone said. “We can just provide resources to make it easier and better, trying to preserve the tax base and the employment base as much as humanly possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stone said he’s working to encourage development through permit fee reduction and legislation that would require the construction of affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitley said she tried buying a house, but because she doesn’t have much extra cash, she said the post-fire market has been even harder for her to navigate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the cash that folks from Paradise have with their insurance money, so we can’t compete in bidding wars that are happening right now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unable to find a home they can afford in Chico or the surrounding areas, Whitley and her family are moving to her brother’s place in Capay, a small community outside Sacramento nearly two hours away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan is for her two kids to stay in her brother’s extra bedrooms, while Whitley and her husband live in an RV on her brother’s property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11720257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11720257\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This is the RV that Whitley and her husband plan to live in on her brother's property in Capay, an unincorporated town nearly two hours from Chico.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34775_Image-from-iOS-41-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the RV that Whitley and her husband plan to live in on her brother’s property in Capay, an unincorporated town nearly two hours from Chico. \u003ccite>(Sonja Hutson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city passed an \u003ca href=\"http://www.chico.ca.us/documents/ORD2522-Emergency-PriceGouging-CampFire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emergency ordinance\u003c/a> after the fire preventing landlords from evicting existing tenants in order to jack up rents for fire victims, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/owner-move-in-omi-evictions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">owner move-in evictions\u003c/a> are legal. Chico Mayor Randall Stone said they are just another hurdle the city has to deal with after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we can do, we’ve done, from a legal standpoint,” Stone said. “We can just provide resources to make it easier and better, trying to preserve the tax base and the employment base as much as humanly possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stone said he’s working to encourage development through permit fee reduction and legislation that would require the construction of affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was originally published Jan. 11 and updated Jan. 22.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small group of Bayview-Hunters Point residents and local activists gathered outside the California State Building in San Francisco Monday, urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to dump a large Camp Fire cleanup contract recently awarded to a company accused of widespread fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early January, a state disaster agency selected Tetra Tech, Inc. for a contract valued at about $250 million to remove debris from the massive area in Butte County destroyed by the November blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision, though, is being challenged by a range of community activists and local elected officials, who have raised serious concerns about the company’s integrity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tetra Tetra EC, a subsidiary of the larger firm, faces accusations that it falsified soil testing data at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, where it was hired by the Navy more than 15 years ago — and paid upwards of $280 million — to remove radioactive material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two former cleanup employees working for the subsidiary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717685/firm-involved-in-sf-shipyard-controversy-awarded-huge-state-contract-for-campfire-cleanup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were sentenced to prison\u003c/a> last year after admitting to fabricating soil testing results at the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And last week, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against the subsidiary, accusing its top managers of ordering employees to commit widespread fraud during the shipyard cleanup effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tetra Tech’s fraud was initiated and directed by Tetra Tech’s corporate managers,” the Justice Department said \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5684913-28-Main.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in federal court documents filed last week.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people in Butte County need to know that Tetra Tech defrauded Hunters Point,” said Charles Bonner, an attorney who filed a class-action lawsuit against the company on behalf of Hunters Point residents in May and helped lead the rally on Monday. “They’ve defrauded other communities. And they will definitely defraud the people in Butte County … They make money by taking the money and not doing the cleanup job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunters Point residents involved in the suit claim to have suffered major health impacts as a result of the company’s fraudulent reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661883\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661883 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1200x773.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1180x760.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-960x618.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-375x242.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-520x335.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. \u003ccite>(Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For its part, Tetra Tech, Inc., the parent company, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing at the former shipyard, arguing that any deception was committed by a few “rogue” employees employed by its subsidiary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Contracts/Advertisement/1944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CalRecyle\u003c/a>, the state agency in charge of wildfire cleanup that selected the firm for the Camp Fire contract, said in a statement that it had determined the firm was both “responsive and responsible while offering CalRecycle the lowest project price.” Tetra Tech, Inc. (the parent company) was awarded the job after a competitive public bidding process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Newsom’s office hasn’t officially responded to concerns about the Tetra Tech contract, but a spokesman noted the contract was awarded under the previous administration and that, regardless, the governor does not have the unilateral authority to cancel state contracts. 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And they will definitely defraud the people in Butte County … They make money by taking the money and not doing the cleanup job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunters Point residents involved in the suit claim to have suffered major health impacts as a result of the company’s fraudulent reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661883\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661883 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1200x773.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1180x760.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-960x618.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-375x242.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-520x335.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. \u003ccite>(Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For its part, Tetra Tech, Inc., the parent company, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing at the former shipyard, arguing that any deception was committed by a few “rogue” employees employed by its subsidiary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Contracts/Advertisement/1944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CalRecyle\u003c/a>, the state agency in charge of wildfire cleanup that selected the firm for the Camp Fire contract, said in a statement that it had determined the firm was both “responsive and responsible while offering CalRecycle the lowest project price.” Tetra Tech, Inc. 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He also noted that only two firms submitted bids for the contract, given the dearth of companies that take on this degree of cleanup work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November’s Camp Fire, the most destructive wildfire ever recorded in California, killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes in and around the foothill town of Paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleanup of the 240-square-mile area charred by the fire will be a massive undertaking, involving the removal of millions of tons of debris and potentially toxic material, in what is expected to ultimately cost upwards of $3 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/green/article/Suspect-shipyard-contractor-gets-huge-state-13521866.php\">San Francisco Chronicle recently reported\u003c/a>, CalRecycle has leaned heavily on Tetra Tech, the parent company, in the past year for help with other fire cleanups. 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"content": "\u003cp>A week after announcing that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717965/pge-announces-plans-for-bankruptcy-protection\">the company will file for bankruptcy protection\u003c/a> at month's end, Pacific Gas and Electric officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75488/000095015719000075/form8-k.htm\">said they have secured financing\u003c/a> to continue safe operations while the Chapter 11 case proceeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PG&E wrote that it entered into an agreement with four major banks to provide $5.5 billion in \"debtor-in-possession,\" or DIP loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">PG&E Bankruptcy: How We Got Here\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">\u003cimg src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2019/01/14/PGEWorkersLift.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E expects that the DIP Facilities will provide it with sufficient liquidity to fund its ongoing operations, including its ability to provide safe service to customers during the Chapter 11 cases,\" the filing states, adding that the company expects the Chapter 11 proceedings to take two years, but that the loans could be extended to a third year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the latest twist in a bankruptcy case that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718176/what-does-pges-bankruptcy-mean-for-you\">could have huge implications\u003c/a> for California ratepayers, fire victims and the state's fight against climate change. PG&E announced on Jan. 14 that it plans to file for Chapter 11 protections around Jan. 29, citing the more than $30 billion in potential liabilities from a series of devastating wildfires that the company is suspected of starting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing will also have huge repercussions for PG&E's shareholders — including New York-based BlueMountain Capital Management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most investors have bailed on PG&E since November's deadly Camp Fire in Butte County, the hedge fund has more than doubled its stake, and says it currently holds about 2 percent of outstanding shares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And one of the firm's leaders told KQED that entering Chapter 11 doesn't make sense for PG&E — at least not yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There hasn't been a single judgment issued against the company from the 2017 or 2018 wildfire claims. Many of them are in pretrial orders, which could take a few years,\" said Omar Vaishnavi, a partner at BlueMountain Capital Management, in an exclusive interview with KQED's \u003cem>The California Report\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even when a decision happens against the company in the future, the company could appeal that decision, which means that these cases could go on for four or five, even up to 10 years in some cases.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\">S.F. Considers Buying Some of PG&E’s Infrastructure in Wake of Bankruptcy Plans\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/PGETrucksSF-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In addition to questioning the rush to enter into bankruptcy protection, Vaishnavi takes issue with the utility's estimate that the liability it faces from those fires could exceed $30 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's multiple avenues to reduce those liabilities from that $30 billion figure to something much lower than that,\" Vaishnavi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options include settling claims to lower the amount it ultimately pays out, as Sempra Energy's San Diego Gas & Electric did following a devastating fire in 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But PG&E's liabilities could still end up being higher than the company is currently worth. While its investigation into the Camp Fire's cause is ongoing, Cal Fire has already ruled that PG&E equipment was involved in at least 18 of the more than 170 fires that swept Northern California in October 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Vaishnavi argues, PG&E is far more valuable than it's worth on paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E is one of the largest and most attractive utilities in the country,\" he said. \"It starts with where it's located. It's in California, and one of the most important initiatives California has outlined is growth in clean energy. PG&E is very important to ensure that growth plan.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The quaint college town and farming hub of Chico is clogged. People are living out of every hotel in town. Campers line neighborhood streets and the country roads that fan out into the walnut and citrus orchards. Every guesthouse and guest room is full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I live in a bedroom, I've lost everything I had,\" says Brian Grahlman, 70, one of thousands of victims of last November's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> that nearly destroyed the town of Paradise, 15 miles from Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grahlman narrowly escaped the fire. Now he's living in a spare room in his daughter's house in Chico. His home in Paradise is gone. His wife has to stay with her daughter nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody I know is living with somebody else,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Camp Fire, the small city of Chico in Butte County was already grappling with a severe housing shortage — vacancy rates for the county routinely hovered between 1 and 2 percent. Rents far outpaced wages and homelessness was rising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of rural communities, the area has also been \u003ca href=\"https://www.chicoer.com/2019/01/13/2-overdose-victims-released-7-others-in-good-condition/\">hard hit by the opioid crisis\u003c/a> and other addiction issues that are straining health care and police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, literally overnight, Chico's bedroom community of Paradise almost entirely burned to the ground: 19,000 buildings were destroyed, and thousands of people were displaced. According to one of the world's leading reinsurers, Germany's Munich Re, the Camp Fire was deemed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.munichre.com/en/media-relations/publications/press-releases/2019/2019-01-08-press-release/index.html?ref=Twitter&tid=%23Natcat2018%20Year%20End%20report\">most expensive natural disaster\u003c/a> in the world in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than two months later, there's a sense of a slow, simmering crisis in Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'There is no plan'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It's estimated that Chico has had to take in up to 20,000 new people. There's been a 30 percent spike in traffic accidents. Crime is up. Classrooms are overflowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718339\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/image-from-ios-2-_sq-07fb17bf120ca557635dd3656bc8d84cdc019905-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Grahlman and his dog, Scout, narrowly escaped the Camp Fire. His home in Paradise was destroyed, and for now he is living with his daughter in Chico.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Grahlman and his dog, Scout, narrowly escaped the Camp Fire. His home in Paradise was destroyed, and for now he is living with his daughter in Chico. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"The people who live here are just as stressed as we are who have moved here,\" Grahlman says. \"It's very difficult and there's no short-term solution.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what is the plan?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The plan is, there is no plan,\" says Chico Mayor Randall Stone. \"As scary as that sounds, it's just a world that we have to get used to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stone became mayor not long after the Camp Fire ignited. His town's infrastructure just wasn't built for the influx of fire refugees, he says, particularly the roads. The thousands of newcomers don't always know where they're going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As you're driving around it feels like everyone's constantly looking for an address,\" Stone says. \"We're the traffic equivalent of a clogged toilet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Pulling Disaster Funds?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In terms of short-term solutions, this rural region has had no choice but to rely heavily on state and federal disaster funds. So folks here reacted with shock and confusion when President Trump threatened to cut off federal disaster aid\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1083022011574747137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1083022011574747137&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fseamus.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fpreview%2FtwitterPreview.php%3FtweetId%3D1083022011574747137%26hideMedia%3Dtrue\"> in a tweet \u003c/a>about how federal forests are managed in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1083022011574747137\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bulk of the forests in this state are either privately owned or managed by the federal government. But officials like Stone didn't have time to try to decipher or fact-check the president's tweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump Twitter scare seemed to follow a pattern. One day it looks like things might be getting better, and then there's another setback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have the president of the United States saying that he's yanking back FEMA funding already,\" Stone says. \"I don't think we took too much to heart, but you can see how volatile things get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chico is Fully Occupied\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The single most immediate concern is what to do about the nearly 700 people who — more than two months on — are still living in their cars or RVs at a Red Cross shelter at the Chico fairgrounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11718340 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/image-from-ios-4-fcac4a2fb2c31ba472991da9a3c6e8b684f5709d-800x600.jpg\" alt='A message, written in white spray paint on a car window, reads \"any help is help.\" The car sits in the parking lot of a shelter in Chico where, more than two months after the fire, 700 victims still live.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A message, written in white spray paint on a car window, says \"any help is help.\" The car sits in the parking lot of a shelter in Chico where, more than two months after the fire, 700 victims still live. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Red Cross is expected to pull up stakes at the end of the month. But the shelter is still seeing new arrivals. After weeks of couch surfing or paying out of pocket for a hotel, people have nowhere else to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Literally we are playing a game of musical chairs,\" says Ed Mayer, director of the Housing Authority of Butte County. \"In order for someone to find a home in Chico, somebody has to leave Chico, because we are fully, fully occupied.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five of Mayer's employees lost their homes in the fire, and most of the rest of his staff are housing displaced families. Federal HUD staffers moved into his office recently to work with his office to find willing landlords across the entire western U.S. Fire victims have already been relocated to Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/685137701/685434162\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fire, Mayer has been saying what a lot of other people are afraid to say: Folks are going to have to move out of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We may have natural disasters like the Camp Fire, but we [also] have man-made disasters,\" Mayer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California communities are simply not able to absorb a large natural disaster like the Camp Fire, Mayer says, because the region also has an ongoing housing shortage. It's widely feared that, with climate change and future wildfires, the housing crunch could only get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Chico leaders point to the irony that, in a region with an ongoing affordable housing crisis, if and when Paradise rebuilds, the new town will probably have tougher building codes and be more expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that new town won't even happen for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor's Note: NPR's Kirk Siegler is based temporarily in Butte County. Along with other reporters, he will be covering the cleanup and recovery effort in and around Paradise. If you want to share your story email, natdesk@npr.org with \"Paradise\" in the subject line.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The bulk of the forests in this state are either privately owned or managed by the federal government. But officials like Stone didn't have time to try to decipher or fact-check the president's tweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump Twitter scare seemed to follow a pattern. One day it looks like things might be getting better, and then there's another setback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have the president of the United States saying that he's yanking back FEMA funding already,\" Stone says. \"I don't think we took too much to heart, but you can see how volatile things get.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Chico is Fully Occupied\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The single most immediate concern is what to do about the nearly 700 people who — more than two months on — are still living in their cars or RVs at a Red Cross shelter at the Chico fairgrounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11718340 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/image-from-ios-4-fcac4a2fb2c31ba472991da9a3c6e8b684f5709d-800x600.jpg\" alt='A message, written in white spray paint on a car window, reads \"any help is help.\" The car sits in the parking lot of a shelter in Chico where, more than two months after the fire, 700 victims still live.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A message, written in white spray paint on a car window, says \"any help is help.\" The car sits in the parking lot of a shelter in Chico where, more than two months after the fire, 700 victims still live. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Red Cross is expected to pull up stakes at the end of the month. But the shelter is still seeing new arrivals. After weeks of couch surfing or paying out of pocket for a hotel, people have nowhere else to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Literally we are playing a game of musical chairs,\" says Ed Mayer, director of the Housing Authority of Butte County. \"In order for someone to find a home in Chico, somebody has to leave Chico, because we are fully, fully occupied.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five of Mayer's employees lost their homes in the fire, and most of the rest of his staff are housing displaced families. Federal HUD staffers moved into his office recently to work with his office to find willing landlords across the entire western U.S. Fire victims have already been relocated to Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/685137701/685434162\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the fire, Mayer has been saying what a lot of other people are afraid to say: Folks are going to have to move out of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We may have natural disasters like the Camp Fire, but we [also] have man-made disasters,\" Mayer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California communities are simply not able to absorb a large natural disaster like the Camp Fire, Mayer says, because the region also has an ongoing housing shortage. It's widely feared that, with climate change and future wildfires, the housing crunch could only get worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Chico leaders point to the irony that, in a region with an ongoing affordable housing crisis, if and when Paradise rebuilds, the new town will probably have tougher building codes and be more expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that new town won't even happen for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor's Note: NPR's Kirk Siegler is based temporarily in Butte County. Along with other reporters, he will be covering the cleanup and recovery effort in and around Paradise. If you want to share your story email, natdesk@npr.org with \"Paradise\" in the subject line.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+The+Aftermath+Of+The+Camp+Fire%2C+A+Slow%2C+Simmering+Crisis+In+Nearby+Chico&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]P[/dropcap]acific Gas and Electric said it plans to file for bankruptcy protection amid potentially vast liabilities resulting from the deadly California wildfires. The announcement Monday, in the form of \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5684167-PG-E-Chapter-11-Filing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a filing with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission\u003c/a>, follows the resignation of the utility's chief executive, Geisha Williams, a day earlier. John Simon, the company's general counsel since 2017, will serve as interim chief executive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials are investigating whether the utility's equipment sparked the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11705243/california-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> in November, a blaze that killed 86 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, Cal Fire investigators have ruled that PG&E equipment was involved in at least 18 of the more than 170 fires that swept Northern California in October 2017. The agency found that the company may have broken state law in 11 of those incidents and referred the cases for possible prosecution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility says it is facing at least $30 billion in potential liabilities from the wildfires in 2017 and 2018. Those liability payouts could be delayed or reduced by a bankruptcy filing.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717228/judge-proposes-draconian-steps-to-end-pge-sparked-wildfires\">Judge Proposes Sweeping Measures to Stop 'PG&E-Inflicted' Wildfires\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717228/judge-proposes-draconian-steps-to-end-pge-sparked-wildfires\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/PGEPowerPole-1180x804.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Among other uncertainties facing the company, PG&E said in Monday's SEC filing that it could be found \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717228/judge-proposes-draconian-steps-to-end-pge-sparked-wildfires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in violation of its criminal probation\u003c/a> imposed after a 2016 conviction for breaking federal pipeline safety laws. That case arose from the 2010 San Bruno natural gas pipeline blast, which killed eight people and devastated a neighborhood in the Peninsula suburb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge overseeing the company's probation last week proposed added conditions of supervision, including requiring the company to immediately undertake new inspections of its entire electrical system. In periods of extreme fire danger, the utility would also be barred from operating any part of its power grid that it cannot certify as safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E also cited \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716710/ratings-service-slashes-pge-credit-to-junk-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent decisions by ratings services\u003c/a> to downgrade the company's credit to \"below investment grade\" — or junk — status as making it far more difficult to raise capital. The company added that it intends to skip a $21.6 million interest payment due Tuesday on one series of its outstanding bonds — a step that could lead to a default on that obligation next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Part of what PG&E is doing right now is bargaining with the state of California.'\u003ccite>Michael Wara, director of Stanford's Climate and Energy Policy Program\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the company said it will be able to gain access to capital and resources it needs to continue providing service to customers as it restructures. PG&E shares plunged 50 percent in Monday morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code grants companies temporary protection from creditors while allowing a company's operations to continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapter 11 reorganization represents \"the only viable option to address the company's responsibilities to its stakeholders,\" said Richard Kelly, chairman of the board of directors of PG&E, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Chapter 11 process allows us to work with these many constituents in one court-supervised forum to comprehensively address our potential liabilities and to implement appropriate changes,\" Kelly added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the filing, PG&E stated the company is working with creditors and several large banks to ensure electricity and natural gas can be provided while bankruptcy proceedings progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say PG&E's announcement needs to be met with some caution as it does not mean a bankruptcy filing is a given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Part of what PG&E is doing right now is bargaining with the state of California,\" said Michael Wara, director of Stanford's Climate and Energy Policy Program. \"The company has, according to these filings, enough cash to weather six months to a year operating. But PG&E is unhealthy. It is a sick company. Fire victims will get cents on the dollar. Gov. Newsom will have to make this decision.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom released a statement urging the company to honor its commitments and debts to customers, energy suppliers and wildfire victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-800x541.jpg\" alt=\"Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown view devastation caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-800x541.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-1200x812.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown view devastation caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018. \u003ccite>(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During a press conference Monday afternoon Newsom emphasized that he has been speaking with PG&E representatives, and preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing with the California Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission. Newsom said that \"the consequences of distrust and mistrust\" between California and PG&E would not be helpful, adding, however, \"I am not naive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission said in an emailed statement that in coordination with the governor's office and other agencies it \"continues to closely monitor PG&E, including developments regarding its leadership, financial status, and legal filings, and is prepared to respond as appropriate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The CPUC always takes care to ensure that the utilities can provide all customers electric and natural gas service,\" CPUC spokesman Christopher Chow wrote. \"At this point, PG&E has sufficient resources to continue to safely meet its core responsibilities and obligations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Analysts: PG&E Moving into Bankruptcy Protection Quickly\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\"In my time, this is the biggest utility failure I've seen,\" said Jacob Kilstein, a securities analyst at Argus Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\" target=\"_blank\">S.F. Considers Buying Some of PG&E’s Infrastructure in Wake of Bankruptcy Plans\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/PGETrucksSF-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Kilstein said he was surprised to see PG&E announce its plans to declare bankruptcy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I thought the state would serve as a buffer to this and make sure to work something out, as they did with 2017 fires,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said it does not expect any impact to its delivery of electricity or natural gas to customers, and the company remains committed to helping communities affected by wildfires in Northern California. Restoration and rebuilding efforts will continue, the company said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to other utility bankruptcies — like that of Texas's \u003ca href=\"https://www.investors.com/research/futures/energy-future-holdings-one-of-the-largest-ever-energy-bankruptcies-nears-finish/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Future Holdings\u003c/a>, which took about a year of negotiating before the company formally filed for debt protection in 2014 — PG&E is moving into bankruptcy proceedings very rapidly. That should be a red flag for investors and court claimants alike, according to Douglas Baird, a law professor and bankruptcy specialist at the University of Chicago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What you don't want is a free fall entry into bankruptcy,\" Baird said. \"They hope to line up what's called 'debtor in possession' financing. They hope to do a lot of things. But free fall bankruptcy is not generally a good idea.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E bankruptcy rumors last week prompted the Cal ISO, which oversees the state's electrical grid and monitors the financial status of power companies operating in the state, to issue \u003ca href=\"http://www.caiso.com/Documents/ISOCreditRequirements-PG-E.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement\u003c/a> late Friday assuring energy suppliers that the company had sufficient credit to meet its obligations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fact that Cal ISO had to say that was really concerning,\" said Stanford's Wara.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Lights Will Stay On, But Rates Could Go Up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\"Consumers should not be frightened when they hear that PG&E may decide to file for bankruptcy,\" Mindy Spatt, with San Francisco-based utility watchdog group The Utility Reform Network, said Sunday. \"Their lights are not going to go out. The little blue trucks are not going to stop coming when something goes wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What bankruptcy might do in the long term, according to Spatt, is force consumers to pay more, just as they did after the utility filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the midst of the energy deregulation meltdown of 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716710/ratings-service-slashes-pge-credit-to-junk-status\">Ratings Service Slashes PG&E Credit to Junk Status\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716710/ratings-service-slashes-pge-credit-to-junk-status\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-1070764816-1180x805.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Basically, what ended up happening is that our rates went up to cover PG&E's debt,\" Spatt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County state Sen. Jerry Hill said Sunday that legislators will work to protect ratepayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E will do what they always do, and that is to act in their best interest, regardless of the consequences,\" Hill said. \"But that's why we have an important role to play in state government to make sure that ratepayers are protected, that workers are protected and that we not be saddled with a long debt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the big questions now facing PG&E is whether it will be broken up into smaller utilities, for instance by splitting its gas and electric operations into stand-alone companies. That's a move the company has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716007/devastating-wildfires-force-pge-to-plan-sale-of-gas-assets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly contemplated\u003c/a> since last summer and one that the California Public Utilities Commission will discuss as part of a range of possible regulatory actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The future is definitely in question,\" said UC Berkeley Professor Severin Borenstein. \"Somebody is not going to get their money. In the longer run, the state is considering other alternatives than a large, investor-owned utility.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from The Associated Press. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say PG&E's announcement needs to be met with some caution as it does not mean a bankruptcy filing is a given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Part of what PG&E is doing right now is bargaining with the state of California,\" said Michael Wara, director of Stanford's Climate and Energy Policy Program. \"The company has, according to these filings, enough cash to weather six months to a year operating. But PG&E is unhealthy. It is a sick company. Fire victims will get cents on the dollar. Gov. Newsom will have to make this decision.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom released a statement urging the company to honor its commitments and debts to customers, energy suppliers and wildfire victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-800x541.jpg\" alt=\"Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown view devastation caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-800x541.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown-1200x812.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/NewsomTrumpBrown.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown view devastation caused by the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018. \u003ccite>(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During a press conference Monday afternoon Newsom emphasized that he has been speaking with PG&E representatives, and preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing with the California Independent System Operator and Public Utilities Commission. Newsom said that \"the consequences of distrust and mistrust\" between California and PG&E would not be helpful, adding, however, \"I am not naive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission said in an emailed statement that in coordination with the governor's office and other agencies it \"continues to closely monitor PG&E, including developments regarding its leadership, financial status, and legal filings, and is prepared to respond as appropriate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The CPUC always takes care to ensure that the utilities can provide all customers electric and natural gas service,\" CPUC spokesman Christopher Chow wrote. \"At this point, PG&E has sufficient resources to continue to safely meet its core responsibilities and obligations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Analysts: PG&E Moving into Bankruptcy Protection Quickly\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\"In my time, this is the biggest utility failure I've seen,\" said Jacob Kilstein, a securities analyst at Argus Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\" target=\"_blank\">S.F. 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Restoration and rebuilding efforts will continue, the company said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to other utility bankruptcies — like that of Texas's \u003ca href=\"https://www.investors.com/research/futures/energy-future-holdings-one-of-the-largest-ever-energy-bankruptcies-nears-finish/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Future Holdings\u003c/a>, which took about a year of negotiating before the company formally filed for debt protection in 2014 — PG&E is moving into bankruptcy proceedings very rapidly. That should be a red flag for investors and court claimants alike, according to Douglas Baird, a law professor and bankruptcy specialist at the University of Chicago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What you don't want is a free fall entry into bankruptcy,\" Baird said. \"They hope to line up what's called 'debtor in possession' financing. They hope to do a lot of things. But free fall bankruptcy is not generally a good idea.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E bankruptcy rumors last week prompted the Cal ISO, which oversees the state's electrical grid and monitors the financial status of power companies operating in the state, to issue \u003ca href=\"http://www.caiso.com/Documents/ISOCreditRequirements-PG-E.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement\u003c/a> late Friday assuring energy suppliers that the company had sufficient credit to meet its obligations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fact that Cal ISO had to say that was really concerning,\" said Stanford's Wara.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Lights Will Stay On, But Rates Could Go Up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\"Consumers should not be frightened when they hear that PG&E may decide to file for bankruptcy,\" Mindy Spatt, with San Francisco-based utility watchdog group The Utility Reform Network, said Sunday. \"Their lights are not going to go out. The little blue trucks are not going to stop coming when something goes wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What bankruptcy might do in the long term, according to Spatt, is force consumers to pay more, just as they did after the utility filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the midst of the energy deregulation meltdown of 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716710/ratings-service-slashes-pge-credit-to-junk-status\">Ratings Service Slashes PG&E Credit to Junk Status\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716710/ratings-service-slashes-pge-credit-to-junk-status\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-1070764816-1180x805.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Basically, what ended up happening is that our rates went up to cover PG&E's debt,\" Spatt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>In California and the southeast U.S., forest cleanup and fuel mitigation projects, intended to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire, are being postponed. In Tennessee, a wildland fire training academy was canceled. In Montana, a workshop designed to help forest managers better prepare communities for fire risk has been scuttled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the partial government shutdown stretches into its third week, becoming the longest shutdown in U.S. history, hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain furloughed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That includes thousands of people at the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, who would otherwise be preparing for the upcoming fire season or working on projects to reduce wildfire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lost time is raising concerns from fire officials around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re fortunate in that fire potential and the fire danger is relatively low across the country at this point,” said Dan Smith, the fire director for the National Association of State Foresters and a board member for the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. “But this is the time of year where we make plans and work out processes for the coming year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With few federal workers left on the job, much of that important planning, training and contracting, he said, is being canceled or postponed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So too are fuels mitigation projects – prescribed fires or thinning operations – that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/09/27/649649316/fire-ecologists-say-more-fires-should-be-left-to-burn-so-why-arent-they\">fire ecologists and forest managers say are vital\u003c/a> to reducing the threat of massive, deadly wildfires that have become all too common in many parts of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the prime time of year for a lot of acreage being burned, especially in the southeast,” said Jim Karels, the director of the Florida Forest Service, a state agency that has continued to do its own prescribed fires. “[Federal agencies] are missing quite a few good burning days and a lot of opportunities to reduce fuel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s also the case in California, which is still recovering from the most destructive and deadly fire season in its history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized California for its forest management policies, tweeting about it again this week and threatening to cut off emergency funds to the state. Last month he also issued an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/eo-promoting-active-management-americas-forests-rangelands-federal-lands-improve-conditions-reduce-wildfire-risk/\">Executive Order\u003c/a> calling for more “active management” of forests and other federal lands to reduce wildfire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But more than half of the forests in California are under federal control, where prescribed fire – widely viewed as one of the most useful forest management tools – is no longer happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forest managers have already lost out on at least 14 good days for burning, the California Tahoe Conservancy \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org/articles/2019/01/09/government-shutdown-having-major-impact-on-wildfire-prevention-efforts-in-california-officials-say/\">told Capital Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every week is critical,” said Patrick Wright, the executive director of the conservation group. “Hundreds, if not thousands, of acres could be affected if the shutdown continues for an extended period. There’s the potential for missing an entire field season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked how many fuels mitigation projects like prescribed fire or thinning efforts have been affected by the ongoing shutdown, John Haynes, deputy director of communications at the U.S. Forest Service, wrote in an email: “We are unable to speculate on specific impacts such as those you are asking about while the government is ongoing and ever-changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Training opportunities for state, federal and local firefighters are also being put off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/dc/kykic/academy/index.htm\">Tennessee-Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy\u003c/a>, a 25-course, two-week training event, was canceled earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim Phelps, the Forestry Communications and Outreach Leader at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, said that roughly two-thirds of the academy’s attendees and many of its presenters were federal employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That limits much-needed training, everything from basic firefighting to more advanced courses,” he said. “We’re scrambling to figure out how to now get our state folks the training that they need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phelps and other state land offices said that this shouldn’t immediately affect their ability to respond to wildfires. State and local firefighting agencies put out the majority of the nation’s wildfires and can find other ways to get critical training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could be a setback, though, for individuals who are looking for specific qualifications for the upcoming fire season, and it could disrupt the larger flow of the country’s fire management structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the training sessions that are being canceled feed people into our incident management teams, and our incident management teams have some critical shortages in them. So it just puts us behind in that process of developing a pipeline of succession,” Michael DeGrosky, chief of the Fire Protection Bureau at Montana’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mtpr.org/post/montana-wildfire-preparation-affected-gov-shutdown\">told Montana Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A three-day workshop in Montana that aimed to improve the way fire and natural-resource managers work with communities to build wildfire resilience was also canceled due to the ongoing shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the workshop’s cancellation won’t impact the immediate preparedness of firefighters in that state or others, Philip Higuera, an assistant professor at the University of Montana and one of the workshop’s organizers, said it’s a setback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an example of how the shutdown has more far-reaching consequences than we – citizens, scientists, or politicians – initially anticipate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. 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