in 2007, it got rate increases to do the work. according to a consumer watch dog group, pg&e got $5 million for the project. but the group called t.u.r.n., the utility reform network, says it never happened. the money is spent on what they call higher priority work. reporter: what was that? well, you can t track the dollars one by one, but we do know that they spent $62 million more on management incentive bonuses than they had forecasted in 2009. reporter: mike florio is a senior attorney for the watchdog. he says pg&e spent the money dedicated to replace the pipeline. so it is now seeking rate increases again, another $5 million to replace the same stretch of pipeline. how do you know this? because it s right in the
the fbi is also conducting a civil rights investigation. the chase suspect is black, and cnn is trying to reach the officers involved for their side of the story. so far those attempts have been unsuccessful. california s governor wants the white house to declare san bruno a disaster after the horrific gas explosion and fire a week ago. three people are still missing, 4 killed and over a dozen homes destroyed. a consumer watch dog group has an idea of what went wrong. it claims that pg&e had planned to replace a section of that old 1948 gas pipe about three years ago and raised rates on customers to pay for it, but that the new pipe didn t happen. the watch dog s lawyer told cnn s dan simon that money was spent elsewhere. the money is spent on what they call higher priority work. reporter: what was that?
reasons, pacific gas and electric made plans to replace a section of it in south san francisco just a couple miles away. in 2007, it got rate increases to do the work. according to a consumer watch dog group, pg&e got $5 million for the project. but the group called t.u.r.n., the utility reform network, says it never happened. the money is spent on what they call higher priority work. reporter: what was that? well, you can t track the dollars one by one, but we do know that they spent $62 million more on management incentive bonuses than they had forecasted in 2009. reporter: mike florio is senior attorney for the watchdog. he says pg&e spent the money dedicated for the pipeline. it is seeking rate increases again, another $5 million to replace the same stretch of
bruno a disaster after the horrific gas explosion and fire a week ago today. three people are still missing. four people were killed. and more than three dozen homes were completely destroyed. the feds are looking at the ruptured pipe to see what went wrong. but a consumer watchdog group has an idea of what we went wrong claiming that the utility pg&e planned to replace a section of the that pipeline about three years ago and raised rates on customers to pay for it but it didn t happen. the watchdog s lawyer told cnn s dan simon that the money was spent elsewhere. the money is spent on what they call higher priority work. reporter: what was that? well, you can t track the dollars one by one but we do know that they spent $62 million more on management incentive bonuses than they had forecasted
the line that exploded last week was laid down in 1948. it was so old that for safety reasons pacific gas and electric made plans to replace a section of it in south san francisco a couple miles away. in 2007, it got rate increases to do the work. according to a consumer watchdog group, they got $5 million for the project. but the group call ed t.u.r.n. said it never happened. the money is spent on what they call higher priority work. reporter: what was that? well, you can t track the dollars one by one but we do know they spent $62 million more on management incentive bonuses than they had forecasted in 2009. reporter: mike florio is a senior attorney for the wash dog saying they spent the money for