e-Bills and the Environment
Fast and Easy Billing. Reduce Waste.
PG&E will stop sending you paper bills when you enroll in
e-Bills. You'll receive e-mail alerts when bills are ready to be viewed and paid online.
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More than 1.4 million customer accounts no longer receive paper bills. This provides not only convenience to our customers, but also significant paper and solid waste savings.
PG&E sent more than 15 million e-Bills to customers in 2009. With paperless billing, we:
- Avoided the use of more than 400 tons of paper
- That's about 7,300 trees and 340 tons of solid waste
Benefits of paperless billing for every 38,500 PG&E bills, the equivalent of 1 ton of paper, include:
- 16,665 gallons of water saved
- 1,693 pounds of avoided solid waste
- 45 pounds of avoided air emissions
- 5,144 pounds of avoided greenhouse gases
Environmental impact estimates were made using the Environmental Defense Paper Calculator.
Recycled Paper. PG&E is also reducing impacts to the environment by printing double-sided bills on 30 percent post-consumer recycled paper.
So, whether customers go paper or electronic, we’re committed to being customer- and environment-friendly.
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