California regulators have drafted a proposal that, if approved, would initiate an enhanced oversight and enforcement process against Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) due to problems with the utility’s wildfire prevention work last year.
The process, which was adopted as a condition of PG&E’s bankruptcy exit, is based on six steps triggered by certain events and could potentially lead to the commission reviewing — and possibly revoking — PG&E’s operational certification down the road, although regulators have noted that it “hopefully will never reach that point.