PG&E Sees Familiar Face Become Post-Bankruptcy Legal Chief

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has appointed its former interim CEO John Simon as its new top lawyer, just weeks after the utility emerged from bankruptcy and pleaded guilty to its role in a California wildfire that killed 84 people.

San Francisco-based PG&E disclosed in a securities filing Thursday that Simon, executive vice president of law, strategy, and policy, will take the reins from current senior vice president and general counsel Janet Loduca when she steps down Aug. 15.

Simon joined PG&E in 2007 and was named interim CEO shortly before the utility filed for bankruptcy in January 2019. ...