California state officials on Monday lambasted PG&E Corp. ’s handling of last week’s planned power shutdown, with a regulator ordering corrective action and the governor calling for rebates to customers. Gavin Newsom on Monday called for PG&E to issue refunds to consumers and small businesses. In letters to the company and the utilities commission, the governor asked Mr. Johnson to provide those affected with an automatic credit or rebate of $100 per residential customer and $250 per small business. “While we recognize this was a hardship for millions of people throughout Northern and Central California, we made that decision to keep customers and communities safe. Mr. Johnson acknowledged in a press conference last week that his company was “not adequately prepared” for the shutdown.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 14, 2019 22:50 UTC