Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Pacific Gas and Electric Company ( PG & E) is an American utility company with headquarters in San Francisco, California.

The company is listed on the stock index S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Utility Average. The company was founded in 1905. PG & E supplies mainly the northern California natural gas and electricity. The Southern California is supplied by the competitors Edison International and its subsidiary, Southern California Edison.

Damages case due to groundwater contamination in Hinkley

Erin Brockovichs persistent inquiries revealed that the health of the residents of Hinkley (California ) by toxic chromium ( VI) in groundwater was attacked massively in the 1960s to the 1980s. The chromium ( VI) was derived from a nearby facility of the company into the ground water. 1996 PG & E was convicted of the investigation by Erin Brockovich and Ed Masry to pay the then largest amount of compensation in the history of the United States, namely 333 million U.S. dollars. Of this sum, the law firm of Masry & Vititoe received 40 %, the rest was divided among the more than 600 former and former residents of Hinkley.

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