Proceeding Number I.14-11-008 SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION’S APPEAL OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER’S DECISION

ABSTRACT: Re: BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Investigation And Order to Show Cause on the Commission’s Own Motion into the Operations and Practices of Pacific Gas and Electric Company with Respect to Facilities Records for its Natural Gas Distribution System Pipelines, the SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION’S APPEAL OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER’S DECISION document copy is embedded.

INTRODUCTION Pursuant to Rule 14.4 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules”), the Safety and Enforcement Division (“SED”) hereby submits its appeal of the Presiding Officer’s Decision, dated: June 1, 2016 (“POD”). In the POD, SED supports PG&E having been found in violation regarding systemic recordkeeping flaws, and the imposition of fines. However, SED recommends that its initial penalty assessment be adopted. If not, then SED recommends the following modifications to the POD, harmonizing its assessment with the POD’s analysis. A redlined version of the POD, including the suggested edits, has been included as Attachment 1. SED’s proposed modifications result in a fine of approximately $55 million.
CONCLUSION SED recommends that its initial penalty assessment be adopted. However, if not, then SED recommends the abovementioned modifications to the POD, harmonizing its assessment with the POD’s analysis.

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SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION’S APPEAL OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER’S DECISION

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