Residents in the furthest reaches of San Luis Obispo County could be without power during the massive heat wave set to slam California this week. According to the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, PG&E has announced an elevated Public Safety Power Shutoff risk for some North County residents starting Friday. The communities […]
Nearly 2,000 ratepayers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. were in the dark Tuesday, cut off from the electricity grid after the utility implemented its first public safety power shutoff of the year amid hot, dry and windy conditions across Northern California ripe for possible wildfires. According to data provided by PG&E to the Governor’s […]
Ahead of a weeklong heat wave that will bake Sacramento and most of Northern California in sweltering temperatures, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is warning that critical fire danger may lead to its first public safety power shutoffs of the year in across eight counties to prevent the utility’s equipment from sparking wildfires. On Sunday, […]
Ahead of a weeklong heat wave that will bake Sacramento and most of Northern California in sweltering temperatures, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is warning that critical fire danger may lead to the first public safety power shutoffs of the year in several areas to prevent the utility’s equipment from sparking wildfires. On Sunday, officials […]
RICHMOND, Calif. (KRON) — The Richmond City Council approved a resolution to support the State of California moving on from PG&E. The resolution encourages the state to use Golden State Energy, which is a nonprofit utility. PG&E has been a recent topic of conversation locally due to the rising cost of bills. A press release […]
Unaffordable housing, high transportation and health care costs – it’s hard enough to get by in California without also worrying about cranking up the air, turning on the stove or simply keeping the lights on. But that’s what concerns many Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers who cannot afford to pay their soaring utility bills. […]
California lawmakers are worried that taxpayers could be on the hook for a $300 million gap in a loan issued to Pacific Gas and Electric to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operational until 2030. A flurry of letters between legislative budget leaders and the state’s finance department last week illustrate a growing conflict […]
(KRON) — Several PG&E employees were robbed outside the company’s Oakland headquarters on Thursday morning, PG&E and the Oakland Police Department confirmed to KRON4. PG&E is headquartered at 300 Lakeside Drive in Uptown Oakland. It is located just west of Lake Merritt, off Harrison Street. Alameda County DA announces new charges in Kevin Nishita murder […]
Are power outages possible as an atmospheric river storm sweeps through the Sacramento area? Pacific Gas and Electric and Sacramento Municipal Utility District say they’ve been keeping a close eye on the winter weather. “We do anticipate there will be some outages, but that doesn’t mean all customers will experience an outage,” PG&E spokesman Paul […]
(KRON) — Sticker shock for some PG&E customers. Even for people who knew the utility was raising rates this year, January bills more than doubled for some. Rate increases for PG&E customers have piled up in the last year and another could be coming in March. Even some customers doing the math say their bills […]
Jan. 25—Area students pursuing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines are now able to apply for PG&E Corporation Foundation scholarships worth as much as $10,000, officials said this week. Through its Better Together STEM Scholarship Program, officials said the PG&E Foundation will provide $350,000 in total funding for 60 scholarships in the amounts of […]