http://www.pge.com PGE.com is your connection to the information and services provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company. en-us /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091030.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091030.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced an agreement with Geysers Power Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Calpine Corporation, to increase and extend the utility's purchases of renewable geothermal power. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-10-30T09:15-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091026.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091026.shtml SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced that it has contracted with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources and Abengoa Solar for delivery of a total of 500 megawatts (MW) of clean solar power. The agreements are among several solar deals recently signed by the utility with independent developers for a total of 830 MW. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-10-26T10:14-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091015.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091015.shtml SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced that it has contracted with Agua Caliente Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, for 290 megawatts (MW) of solar power to serve PG&E’s customers in northern and central California. The agreement is one of several recently signed by the utility with independent developers for a total of 830 MW of solar power. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-10-15T15:16-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091014.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091014.shtml Crews from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) have made significant progress in making repairs to the utility’s electrical system after the year’s first major storm hit northern California Tuesday morning. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-10-14T15:04-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091001.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q4_2009/091001.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced a suite of new power agreements, totaling more than 2,000 megawatts (MW), that are expected to provide many years of clean, reliable electricity for the 15 million people it serves in northern and central California. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-10-01T15:17-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2009/090909.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2009/090909.shtml PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG) has been named to two of the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), listings of companies that lead their industries in their corporate economic, environmental and social performance. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-09-09T15:50-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2009/090727.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2009/090727.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it has entered into a contract with El Dorado Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Sempra Generation, to purchase 48 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic solar power produced at the Copper Mountain Solar facility. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-07-27T13:01-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2009/090721.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2009/090721.shtml SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – On behalf of its more than 30,000 ClimateSmart™ customers, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced its largest purchase of greenhouse gas emission reductions in a contract with The Conservation Fund. This purchase will also be the largest registered by the Climate Action Reserve, a national offsets registry working to ensure environmental benefits, integrity and transparency of emission reductions. The sizeable investment will help fight climate change by yielding 600,000 metric tons of verifiable greenhouse gas emission reductions. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-07-21T09:52-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2009/090706.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q3_2009/090706.shtml PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG) announced today that Christopher P. Johns, the Corporation’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been selected to lead the company’s utility unit as President of Pacific Gas and Electric Company effective August 1, 2009. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-07-02T12:39-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090625.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090625.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Alpine SunTower, LLC, a subsidiary of NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG), for 92 megawatts (MW) of renewable, solar thermal power. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-06-25T15:09-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090605.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090605.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it has entered into a contract with AV Solar Ranch 1, LLC, a subsidiary of NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, for 230 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic power. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-06-05T09:53-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090601.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090601.shtml On behalf of its more than 30,000 ClimateSmart™ customers, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced a contract with California Bioenergy for its first greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions from a dairy farm. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-06-01T10:03-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090513.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090513.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it has entered into a series of contracts with BrightSource Energy, Inc. for a record total of 1,310 megawatts (MW) of solar thermal power. These power purchase agreements, covering seven projects, supersede the agreements PG&E executed with BrightSource in April 2008 for up to 900 MW of solar thermal power. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-05-13T11:48-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090507a.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090507a.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today committed $250,000 for grants to 23 schools within its service area to help their districts reduce energy usage, save money and educate the leaders of tomorrow in environmental stewardship. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-05-07T16:16-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090424.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090424.shtml Richard H. Peterson, chairman of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company Board of Directors from 1976 until his retirement in 1979, died on April 19, 2009 in St. Helena, Calif. He was 94. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-04-24T13:00-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090423.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090423.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is joining the California State Parks Foundation (CSPF) on Saturday, April 25, to celebrate Earth Day and clean up and restore 16 parks in Northern and Central California. PG&E is granting $170,000 to CSPF to help fund these events, and more than 1,000 company employees, retirees and their families are expected to participate in volunteer efforts. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-04-23T14:43-07:00 /about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090423a.shtml http://www.pge.com/about/news/mediarelations/newsreleases/q2_2009/090423a.shtml Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today issued a statement supporting the decision of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to adopt a new statewide fuel standard that calls for at least a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity of California's transportation fuels by 2020. Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2009-04-23T12:48-07:00