Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)

Automakers, it seems, have figured out a new way to reach potential electric vehicle buyers — go through their utility company. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced this week that its customers can receive $3,000 off a new 2018 Nissan Leaf, a special offer that will end July 2. The discount — which ...

Almost all Berkeley residents and businesses will be enrolled by the end of the year with a new electricity provider that promises to be greener and a little bit cheaper. East Bay Community Energy plans to take over commercial and municipal accounts in June, and residential accounts in November.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the city of Bakersfield announced a combined effort Wednesday to upgrade close to 13,000 city-owned streetlight fixtures with new light-emitting diode bulbs. PG&E said the new streetlights will provide more direct and natural light. City officials said this upgrade will also improve public safety ...

Other scam phone calls have been reported to include customers being notified they are eligible for a federal tax refund related to their utility bill, trying to sell services related to solar evaluation and claiming to represent a PG&E initiative to sell a product in order to gain access to customers' homes.

Another power line is down in Mountain View and 150 PG&E customers are still without power after damaged electric equipment cut the electricity Tuesday morning, according to a utility spokeswoman. A second wire was found down on San Domar Drive around noon after crews had already arrived on ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently filed several ratemaking requests with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). PG&E is taking action to pass along approximately $450 million in annual tax savings to its customers. As a first step, PG&E made three separate filings requesting to ...

“We hope customers would see these offsets by January,” said Paul Doherty, a PG&E spokesman, adding that the approval process can take many months. Even if the utility's federal tax break is passed along to ratepayers, he said, the average PG&E customer who uses 500 kilowatt hours a month would ...

In order to help address the challenge of increasing wildfires and extreme weather, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has announced a comprehensive Community Wildfire Safety Program. PG&E is working closely with first responders, civic and community leaders, and customers for this program.

In wake of wine country disaster, PG&E will shut off power lines in times of extreme fire danger ... Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will start switching off power to minimize sparks in vulnerable areas during times of extreme fire danger, it said Thursday, as state investigators examine whether the utility's equipment ...

In its first response to a bevy of lawsuits by survivors of the October wildfires, PG&E on Friday challenged the legal basis for the claims and asserted multiple defenses while acknowledging that the cause of the wildfires has not been determined. Eight separate filings by the embattled utility's lawyers were ...

PG&E (PCG) climbed to the top of the S&P 500 on Tuesday, helped by potential changes to California regulations. The Hot ... PG&E was helped by news that California may update its liability rules and regulations for utility services, citing changing climate and the increased frequency of severe weather.

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has approved a request from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to provide a mixture of energy storage, energy efficiency, and system-wide upgrades to ensure reliable electricity in the Oakland, California, area, after the retirement of an aging ...

During a meeting Tuesday of the SFPUC's commissioners, Hale said PG&E is mandating that new construction or renovation projects be built to handle enormous electricity loads — power levels that far exceed what the projects actually require. PG&E is able to impose its will on city projects because it ...