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Citing FERC’s tradition of bipartisanship, Commissioner Marc Spitzer told an energy conference in San Francisco Monday that the same cooperative approach is needed in Congress and elsewhere in Washington, DC, to address the nation’s energy issues, such as climate change, which he thinks cannot be ignored.

Under pressure from the general public and state officials, San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) on Monday issued a general apology to its customers and began offering more details on its massive billion-dollar-plus transition to an advanced metering system for its electric and natural gas utility customers. The utility released a 700-page report on its almost four-year-old effort to deploy smart meters for all of its customers.

San Francisco-based PG&E Corp. spent nearly $4 billion on utility capital infrastructure investments last year, but its profits nevertheless declined quarter-over-quarter and year-over year at the end of 2009, the combination utility reported Friday.

San Francisco-based PG&E Corp. spent nearly $4 billion on utility capital infrastructure investments last year, but its profits nevertheless declined quarter-over-quarter and year-over year at the end of 2009, the combination utility reported Friday.

Natural gas bills for San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) customers are projected to drop an average of 9.2% this January, compared to the same month last year. The combination utility told local Bay Area news media that the lower bills are the result of warmer weather and lower fuel costs.

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) senior management said last Thursday the utility expects about a 2% workforce reduction from ongoing efficiency programs. Externally the utility is considering whether to sponsor a California ballot initiative next June to make municipalization efforts more difficult to complete.

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) senior management said Thursday the utility expects about a 2% workforce reduction from ongoing efficiency programs, and externally the utility is considering sponsoring a statewide ballot initiative next June to make municipalization efforts much harder to complete.

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), one of the nation’s largest energy utilities, last Tuesday pulled out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce regarding what it called “fundamental differences” over climate change.

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), one of the nation’s largest energy utilities, on Tuesday pulled out of the United States Chamber of Commerce regarding what it called “fundamental differences” over climate change.