Judge frowns on PG&E's pipeline plan

http://www.mercurynews.com/pge/ci_21759694/pge-san-bruno-explosion-fire-should-pay-most-pipeline-repair-costs

Friday's decision by Judge Maribeth Bushey, which requires full commission approval to go into effect, took issue with major parts of PG&E's plans to improve its pipeline system, including the company's proposal to bill its customers for the vast majority of the work. She rejected the company's request to bill 90 percent of the cost to ratepayers, arguing that PG&E's "shareholders should not be shielded'' from the costs because the company's "poor management decisions" allowed its natural gas system to deteriorate.