Bloomberg The biggest utility bankruptcy in US history appears to be drawing to a close after PG&E Corp reached a deal with California Governor Gavin Newsom over the company’s restructuring plan. The agreement calls for PG&E to put itself up for sale if the bankruptcy court doesn’t approve its plan by June 30 or if the company fails to emerge …

Bloomberg Coal miners including Consol Energy Inc and Contura Energy Inc must shutter their operations in Pennsylvania after the governor ordered “non-life-sustaining” businesses to close. The order took effect from March 19, according to a statement from Gov. Tom Wolf. Pennsylvania is the latest state to order commercial activities to shut down as governments move to slow the spread of …

Bloomberg South Africa’s state-owned utility has yet to agree a supply contract for the bulk of coal needed for its newest power station, more than a decade after approving a plan to negotiate with Anglo American Plc. In 2007, an Eskom Holding SOC Ltd committee signed off on the start of talks with Anglo for as much as 17 million …