PG&E Turns Over Documents In San Bruno Investigation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Officials at Pacific Gas & Electric say the utility on Monday provided records and other information as part of its response to a state Public Utilities Commission investigation into last year's deadly San Bruno gas pipeline explosion.
PG&E was required to provide the response to the state PUC as part of a broader investigation that began in February. The company could have faced millions of dollars in fines if it failed to produce records demanded by the commission.
A federal investigation has concluded that PG&E's computerized records failed to mention welds in the natural gas pipeline that exploded last September, killing eight people and destroying 38 houses.
In releasing the 110-page document on Monday, PG&E spokesman Joe Molica says the utility will file what he termed a "further response" on June 20.
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