After two previous reports that were highly critical of Pacific Gas & Electric's natural-gas pipeline operations in the fatal 2010 San Bruno blast, its pipeline network and its record-keeping, the utility received another report that may turn out to be the most critical and the most costly of all.
The California Public Utility Commission's Consumer Protection and Safety Division (CPSD) released its incident investigation report on Jan. 12. It alleged PG&E violated the Public Utilities Code and federal and state pipeline safety regulations and failed to follow accepted industry standards.