Community Involvement


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May 24, 2013

PG&E Fulfills Promise as New Energy Academy Graduates Receive $1,000 Scholarships

It was the perfect ending to a senior awards night celebration: The distribution of $1,000 checks to students – every one of them — who completed the PG&E-sponsored New Energy Academy at Independence High School. A version of the Bakersfield ceremony will take place at other New Energy Academy schools in Stockton, Sacramento, Fresno and Berkeley.

May 22, 2013

PG&E Sponsors City Cleanup Effort, Program Provides Jobs for the Homeless

A first-time partnership between the City of Bakersfield and PG&E is helping to solve two problems: Litter on busy city roadways and much-needed jobs for homeless residents.

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May 21, 2013

Oakland Robotics Teacher Named PG&E’s Bright Ideas Inspirational Teacher of the Year

Students at an East Oakland charter school cheered during a surprise announcement that one of their teachers is PG&E’s Bright Ideas Inspirational Teacher of the Year. In this Currents video, the students show a solar-powered scooter and other inventions inspired by their award-winning teacher.

May 17, 2013

Social Responsibility ‘Part of our DNA,’ Chris Johns Says at Diversity Panel

Successful companies today understand that social responsibility is no longer an option or a slogan — it’s a necessary part of doing business.That was the theme at a panel discussion in San Francisco today, in which PG&E President Chris Johns joined an executive from Wells Fargo along with regulators from both the utility and banking industries to talk about why diversity matters for Corporate America.

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May 8, 2013

Employees Volunteer Nearly 12,000 Hours During First Month of Service

The numbers are in for PG&E’s first-ever Month of Service, and the statistics show the utility’s commitment to the communities it serves: 2,831 employees, their friends and families contributed nearly 12,000 hours at 186 volunteer events in April. Said PG&E leader Tony Earley: “That sea of blue T-shirts is an impressive sight.”

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May 7, 2013

PG&E Supports Tomorrow’s Farmers with 4-H Spring Show Sponsorship

The recent 4-H Farm Connection Day in Yolo County was a perfect opportunity for PG&E to give back to a community where agriculture is so important. More than 2,500 schoolchildren were bused to the fairgrounds where PG&E employees taught them about rice and other local crops. The utility also provided a financial contribution that helped pay for renting the facility.

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May 2, 2013

PG&E Volunteers Repaint American Legion Building in San Bruno

Nearly 40 volunteers, including 27 representing PG&E, helped bring new life to the American Legion building in San Bruno. The project, in coordination with Rebuilding Together Peninsula, was one of the final ones of PG&E’s first-ever Month of Service..

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April 30, 2013

San Francisco Summer Jobs Program Returns with Boost from PG&E

PG&E returned to City Hall for the second consecutive year and pledged $125,000 to the city’s summer jobs program, which last year provided employment for more than 5,000 at-risk young people.

April 29, 2013

PG&E-sponsored Honor Flight Veterans Return Home, Reflect on Trip of a Lifetime

World War II veterans return from whirlwind weekend Honor Flight trip to see national war memorials honoring their military service.

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April 26, 2013

VIDEO: New Center in Concord Will Enhance Electric Reliability for PG&E Customers

In Concord today, PG&E broke ground on the first of three new electric distribution control centers that will house new smart grid technology, enhancing electric reliability for customers. The centers are part of PG&E’s ongoing commitment to upgrade and modernize its operations to provide customers with the safest, most reliable electric service possible.

April 26, 2013

PG&E Replaces Vandalized Trees in Oroville, Provides Grant to Tree Fresno

PG&E volunteers worked side-by-side with third-graders at Helen M. Wilcox Elementary School today planting trees to replace the ones taken out by vandals last weekend. Meanwhile, in Fresno, PG&E made a grant in support of Tree Fresno. Both events helped celebrate National Arbor Day.

April 26, 2013

PG&E Grant Helps Build Energy-Efficient Classrooms

A $9,800 grant from PG&E was celebrated at a ribbon-cutting on April 25 for new, energy-efficient sixth-grade classrooms at Los Osos Middle School.

April 22, 2013

PG&E Hosts Open House on Environmental, Community Programs

More than 25 Hinkley residents came to the Hinkley School on Saturday (April 19) to learn more about PG&E’s environmental remediation efforts and community programs.

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April 22, 2013

Month of Service: PG&E Teaches Electric Safety to Sonoma County Families

PG&E recently hosted “Science Saturday” at the Sonoma County Regional Parks’ Environmental Discovery Center. The event was part of the utility’s Month of Service to give back to the communities it serves. The highlight was a hands-on demonstration teaching electrical dangers like downed power lines.

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April 16, 2013

Bass Lake Residents Celebrate Completion of Crane Valley Dam Seismic Retrofit

Madera County’s Bass Lake residents are celebrating the completion of a seismic retrofit project at Crane Valley Dam now that PG&E has wrapped up two years of construction that ensures the dam’s safety for years to come.

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