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PG&E Summary

belcpgecorp

Brief Description of Company

PG&E Corporation markets energy services and products in North America through its PG&E National Energy Group. PG&E Corporation's businesses also include Pacific Gas and Electric Company. PG&E operates thirty power plants, with a total generation portfolio of 7000 megawatts. PG&E is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. In 2001, it had revenues of $23 billion and employed 22,619 people. Visit PG&E's Web site for more information. [1]

Target:

Check Mark BlueReduce annual sulfur hexafluoride (SF6 -- a greenhouse gas) emissions by 50
percent, compared with the 1998 baseline.

  • Reduce SF6 emissions by 60 percent by year-end 2007, compared with the 1998 baseline.

Check Mark BlueReduced overall energy use at 88 facilities by 24 percent compared with the
1998 baseline.

BELC Company Targets [2]


CEO:

Peter A. Darbee


CEO Quote Regarding Climate Change:

"We work to minimize climate change risks through technology and innovation. Every day, we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions through our customer energy efficiency programs, new highly efficient natural gas-fired and wind-powered electric generating facilities, clean air vehicles, pipeline efficiency improvements; and carbon sequestration and landfill-to-gas projects."

Read about PG&E's proposed program to offset the greenhouse gas emissions [3] (pdf) from their electricity generation.


Source URL: http://pewclimate.org/companies_leading_the_way_belc/company_profiles/pacific_gas_and_electric

Links:
[1] http://www.pgecorp.com/
[2] http://pewclimate.org/companies_leading_the_way_belc/targets
[3] http://pewclimate.org/docUploads/PGE+offsets.pdf