San Francisco-based PG&E Corp. tossed aside the current financial struggles of both its regulated and merchant lines of business , announcing Thursday that it is a charter member of a new private-sector nonprofit, the California Climate Action Registry, a state-created voluntary registry for greenhouse gas emissions. All of PG&E’s businesses will report their greenhouse gas emissions associated with the generation, transmission, distribution and storage of natural gas and electricity in California.

Among the Registry’s 23 charter members are the Natural Resources Defense Council and the California Environmental Protection Agency. The state legislature created the new nonprofit entity as a means of establishing baselines, against which future emission levels can be applied.

“PG&E’s commitment to clean energy is the right thing to do for the environment and for our business,” said Robert Glynn, PG&E Corp. CEO. “Finding cleaner or more efficient ways to operate provides substantial economic, energy, and environmental benefits.” Glynn reiterated that PG&E in all of its operations is committed to reducing carbon dioxide emissions. For 2001, he said, the corporation achieved a one-year total reduction of 21.2 million tons (carbon dioxide equivalents) in greenhouse gas emissions.

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