Pacific Gas and Electric News

Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced today the successful completion of its Cornerstone Project-an initiative which helped the utility achieve record electric reliability delivered to its customers in 2013.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. completed a multi-year electric reliability effort to improve electric service for customers by focusing on reducing both the frequency and duration of customer outages.

As of this morning, PGE is reporting that 1700 customers are without electricity in the Twain Harte region, 100 near Columbia and 35 near Angels Camp.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced that it spent $2.3 billion with diverse suppliers in 2013, accounting for 42.1 percent of its total procurement budget.

The future of Diablo Canyon is nearing a crucial milestone as PG&E prepares to release data on a series of seismic studies in June.

The district will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. March 13 at the Middletown Senior Center to discuss the proposed well site and a potential rate increase.

A tree fell across Lockhart Gulch Road just past Nelson Road early Wednesday morning.

An apparent problem with a circuit breaker Tuesday morning led to a power outage affecting almost 11,000 PG&E customers in the hills areas near Highway 24 to Montclair and parts of Rockridge, officials said.

California's state auditor says utility regulators are not doing enough to protect ratepayers from possible unfair hikes to gas and electric bills.

Santa Rosa is exploring how it will allow local companies to dispose of high-strength food waste at the city's wastewater treatment plant.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. halted a natural gas pipeline replacement project and will hire a third-party investigator to mount one of two probes into Monday's explosion that destroyed an unoccupied Carmel house.

A survey of 87 retailers conducted by Pacific Gas & Electric found many are unhappy with their lighting and are considering LED lighting to save energy.

The Integrated Benefits Institute today awarded the 2014 IBI Health and Business Performance Award to Pacific Gas and Electric Company .

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The City of San Bruno has been assigned a March 27 court date to argue why the California Public Utilities Commission should be ordered to immediately turn over public records believed to show improper contact between senior management and judges, among other public records, related to the Sept.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is planning to test a natural-gas pipeline in Fowler starting later this month and continuing into June.

An apparent natural gas explosion tore up a vacant Carmel home late Monday morning, forcing a two-hour evacuation within a block of the destroyed home.

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A driver was injured and more than 2,100 PG&E customers remain without power following a crash on state Highway 12 in Sonoma County Saturday afternoon, according to the CHP.

An outage caused by an equipment failure late Friday afternoon resulted in more than 3,600 Pacific Gas & Electric Co.