San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) averaged 32.8% renewable-based power supplies for the electricity it distributed last year. California has set a goal for the major utilities like PG&E to hit 33% by the end of 2020. Because of its large hydro electric fleet and the state’s only major nuclear power plant, PG&E had nearly 70% of its power supplies last year come from greenhouse gas-free resources. The company said it is well on the way to hitting a 50% renewable power goal by 2030 that was set by the state.
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‘We’re A Fundamentally Changed Company,’ Outgoing PG&E CEO Says
PG&E Corp. CEO Anthony F. Earley Jr. on Thursday declared that much maligned combination utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) is a completely changed company with a sharp focus on safety.
February 17, 2017
PG&E Gets Five Years Probation in San Bruno Case
San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) was sentenced by a federal court judge Thursday to five years probation for each of the six criminal counts of which it was found guilty last year.
January 27, 2017
Federal Judge Weighs Community Requirements For PG&E’s San Bruno Conviction
A federal judge on Monday was still considering what community requirements to place on Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) as a result of its criminal conviction last summer for its part in the 2010 natural gas transmission pipeline rupture and explosion in San Bruno, 10 miles south of San Francisco.
January 24, 2017
California Regulators Issue $5.45M Penalty Against PG&E
California regulators last Friday issued a $5.45 million staff safety citation against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) in a case of utility-divulged violations. PG&E has 30 days to either pay the fine or appeal the citation.
December 27, 2016
EDF, PG&E Tout Breakthrough in Methane Detection
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) this month are claiming to have marked a first nationally in a competition to advance methane detection technology.
December 9, 2016
People — PG&E
Effective March 1, San Francisco-based PG&E Corp. has named Geisha Williams, 55, CEO. She is currently president of the electric operations side of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E). Current CEO Tony Earley, 67, was elected executive chair of the PG&E board, which also elected Nick Stavropoulos, 58, current PG&E president for gas operations, as president/COO of the parent company.
November 15, 2016
PG&E Steps Up Defense of Plans to Close Nuclear Plant, De-emphasize Gas
San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) filed a response with state regulators on Monday, defending its proposal to close its nuclear plant over the next decade and replace that power source with renewables and efficiency programs. Natural gas-fired power generation would not be one of the options.
September 29, 2016
California Regulators Set $25.6M Penalty For PG&E Distribution Pipe Missteps
California regulators on Thursday set the penalty against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) for its past failures to keep proper records of its distribution pipeline system in cases dating back several years. At least one regulator expressed concerns of ongoing safety problems at the giant utility.
August 19, 2016
PG&E Found Guilty on Five of 11 Counts in San Bruno NatGas Pipeline Tragedy
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) was found guilty by a federal jury in San Francisco on Tuesday on five of 11 counts of violating natural gas pipeline safety regulations related to the September 2010 San Bruno natural gas transmission pipeline explosion that killed eight people (see Daily GPI, Sept. 13, 2010).
August 10, 2016
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