Pacific Gas and Electric News

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. blamed too much mercaptan in gas for a rotten-egg stench many customers smelled.

A gas main break was reported Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

A power outage is affecting approximately 6,350 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers in northern Daly City and southern San Francisco, a utility spokesman said.

The idea behind the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions is simple: Energy companies that rely mostly on oil and coal will have to pony up big bucks, while those who rely on more diversified forms of power will benefit.

Utility crews work on a power pole that caught fire Friday in the Andersen Drive area of San Rafael.

There's a bit of controversy in Bakersfield, California over the smart meters installed by Pacific Gas & Electric .

A contract to supply power from a 177-megawatt solar farm to Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company recently announced that it has contracted with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources and Abengoa Solar for delivery of a total of 500 megawatts of clean solar power.

Yesterday, we shared two divergent opinions from electric utility execs about how prepared the infrastructure may be for the proliferation of plug-in cars.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company said Hilltop Ranch, Inc. will receive a $588,000 incentive rebate through the California Solar Initiative program for a 574-kilowatt solar project at its headquarters in Merced County.

Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. today applauded Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Pacific Gas & Electric for their efforts to increase rooftop solar installations in PG&Ea s service territory.

High winds knocked around Solano County on Tuesday, downing tree limbs and resulting in outages throughout the county.

Southern California Edison is among utilities asking the California Public Utilities Commission for permission to include the costs of wildfire insurance and claims in rate increases.

Power provider Calpine Corp. on Friday said third-quarter earnings rose 75 percent.

Investigators are looking into improper switch settings at California's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant that could have interfered with the cooling of one of its two reactors during an emergency.

North Monterey County firefighters have controlled a pair of small fires this afternoon, at least one of which was sparked when wires fell.

An electrical fire at a south Stockton motel left 15 families who receive county aid for their lodging temporarily without shelter Tuesday.

A 250-megawatt solar project planned for federal land just east of the Coachella Valley will sell its power to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, providing the Northern California utility with enough electricity for more than 80,000 homes.

California's largest utility plans to boost the amount of solar power it buys from homes and businesses.

Leo Margosian knows that summers get hot in the San Joaquin Valley, and maybe last summer was hotter than most.