Tax,
Environmental & Energy
Nov. 7, 2019
Tax worries over PG&E power shutoff lawsuits? You bet.
The power shutoffs, and whether those might be actionable, makes me think about taxes. Despite the protection of the bankruptcy court, could more lawsuits loom?
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
The blowback from PG&E's recent "Public Safety Power Shutoffs" may have died down a bit, but it has hardly gone away. After PG&E cut power to vast numbers of businesses and consumers in what was evidently the biggest deliberate blackout ever, the bankrupt utility is drawing even more criticism. "I'm getting a generator or converting to solar" has become a popular refrain.
So have thoughts about lawsuits, despite the bankrupt...
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