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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced that it is accepting applications from students to receive PG&E Bright Minds(TM) scholarships, as well as scholarships from the utility's Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Through its Bright Minds Scholarship program, PG&E will award up to $1 million in scholarships to enable high school, community college and "non-traditional" students to complete their higher education...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced that it has added a new, high-tech laser scanner device to its suite of technology used to enhance gas pipeline safety in the field. This new tool provides a highly efficient and accurate way to determine the safety and integrity of natural gas pipelines. The hand-held device, called EXAscan, manufactured by Creaform of Levis, Quebec, is held a few inches above a section of...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) was recognized by CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine as one of the nation's "Top 50 Employers for Persons with Disabilities," according to the magazine's January 2013 issue. The annual list recognizes corporations for their commitment to employees with disabilities. The magazine's readers nominated the companies that they would most like to work for or believe would provide a progressive...
HomeAid Northern California partnered with SolarCity, PG&E and FESCO to complete energy improvements for reduced energy costs and an improved living environment for this Hayward shelter Pleasanton, California (PRWEB) January 15, 2013 Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO) of Hayward received a major green retrofit thanks to funding from the Walmart Foundation and support from HomeAid Northern California, SolarCity and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The renovations, which will...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than two million Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers are on track to qualify for gas bill credits through the utility's Winter Gas Savings program, based on December usage reductions. If sustained, that number would exceed the total achieved in last year's program - with additional customers still able to earn bill credits through January if they step up their energy savings. The program provides eligible...
DETROIT, Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- One year after introducing the first extended-range electric pickup truck for utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and VIA Motors today showcased the utility industry's first extended-range electric sport utility vehicles and cargo vans. Both offer PG&E the potential to provide mobile, on-site power to help manage electric outages and minimize disruptions for customers. These Extended-Range Electric Vehicles, or eREVs,...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has been named one of the best places to work by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization. For ten years in a row, PG&E received a 100 percent rating on HRC's annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the utility's consistently strong commitment to embrace diversity and inclusion. "We congratulate PG&E...
PHOENIX, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) today honored Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) with the association's 2012 Emergency Assistance Award for the utility's efforts to help other electric utilities restore power following Hurricane Sandy in November. The electric power industry's Emergency Assistance Award has been presented each year to EEI member electric utility companies since 1998. The award recognizes extraordinary efforts...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) said today that with the start of the new year, residential customers will see a significant decline in natural gas rates, and a modest increase in electric rates to cover the utility's costs of maintaining and modernizing its system and of meeting a state mandate to buy more renewable energy. (See table below for average estimated bill impacts.) PG&E's average rates for residential gas...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Running Start announced today that they are now accepting applications from high school girls for five scholarships to attend Running Start's Young Women's Political Leadership program (YWPL) in Los Angeles on February 9, 2013. Five high school girls who aspire to become political leaders will have the opportunity to attend the conference and get hands-on...
