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California state legislators voted to extend the life of the state’s last operating nuclear plant by up to five years.

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and MIKE LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric, the nation’s largest utility, has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires sparked by its aging Northern California power lines and submit to five years of oversight in an attempt to prevent more deadly blazes. The company

The utility remains a menace, a judge said, as it emerged from criminal probation.

James (Jim) M. Welsch, senior vice president, generation and chief nuclear officer for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), has notified the company he intends to retire Dec. 31, 2021, after 37 years of service. Welsch joined PG&E in 1984 and served in various leadership roles at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant prior. In his current role, he has been