PG&E Summary

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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:

Reduce 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.

Reduced 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.

Energy Efficiency Initiatives

Success Stories Summary:

PG&E invested $1 billion in customer energy efficiency and demand response programs through 2008 – this was the largest gas and electric energy efficiency effort ever undertaken by a US utility.
From 1976 - 2008, PG&E’s energy efficiency programs have: saved more than 155 million megawatt-hours and 12.5 billion therms from installed measures (cumulative lifecycle savings); saved enough annual electricity to power over 23.5 million homes and enough annual natural gas to heat 25 million homes; helped California avoid building 24 large power plants; saved customers over $24 billion; and kept over 155 million tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, based on combined electric and natural gas cumulative lifecycle savings.

Internal Operations summary:

PG&E has set an energy efficiency goal for its facilities of 5 percent, with a base year of 2008 and a target year of 2009.
PG&E operates one of the largest low-emission vehicle fleets among US investor-owned utilities (including natural gas, hybrid and electric vehicles).

Products & Services summary:

PG&E invested $1 billion in customer energy efficiency and demand response programs through 2008 – this was the largest gas and electric energy efficiency effort ever undertaken by a US utility.
From 1976 - 2008, PG&E’s energy efficiency programs have: saved more than 155 million megawatt-hours and 12.5 billion therms from installed measures (cumulative lifecycle savings); saved enough annual electricity to power over 23.5 million homes and enough annual natural gas to heat 25 million homes; helped California avoid building 24 large power plants; saved customers over $24 billion; and kept over 155 million tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, based on combined electric and natural gas cumulative lifecycle savings.
From free installation of energy-saving equipment in low-income households to incentives for manufacturers of energy-efficient IT equipment, PG&E has demonstrated its commitment to supporting innovations that succeed by meeting customer needs. PG&E’s energy efficiency portfolio includes rebates and incentives for installing energy-efficient equipment, training, education, energy audits, emerging technology projects, low income energy efficiency, energy codes and standards support, marketing and outreach, and evaluation activities.
As of April 2009, PG&E has installed 2.3 million SmartMeter™ electric and gas meters – more than any other utility in the nation. PG&E is on track to deploy nearly 10 million meters by end of 2011.

belcpgecorp PG&E Corporation [4] is a member of the Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), the largest U.S.-based association of companies dedicated to business and policy solutions to climate change. 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.

BELC Abstracts

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