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May 22, 2013

As Spring Snowmelt Begins, PG&E and California Agencies Offer Water Safety Tips

As snow begins to melt in California’s mountains, PG&E and two state agencies are urging recreationists to take precautions in and near rivers and other waterways this season.This story offers some timely tips.

May 22, 2013

PG&E Joins Energy Efficiency Leaders at EE Global Forum in Washington, D.C.

PG&E shared its energy-efficiency success story this week as the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) kicked off its sixth annual EE Global Forum.

May 21, 2013

PG&E Helps You Save While You Shower

PG&E is now offering $200 rebates — up from $30 previously — to encourage consumers to buy efficient Energy Star-rated gas or electric water heaters.

May 20, 2013

Utilities Remind Customers to Keep Dogs Secure During Service Visits

May 19-25 is National Dog Bite Prevention Week, a public service campaign that emphasizes the need for increased pet owner responsibility in the prevention of dog bites. PG&E, Southern California Edison, Southern California Gas Co. and San Diego Gas & Electric remind customers to keep dogs secure when a utility worker is scheduled to visit a home or business.

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May 20, 2013

PG&E’s General Rate Case Supports Future of Safe, Reliable and Affordable Energy

2013 is a pivotal year for PG&E, its customers, and the state’s economy. The CPUC is reviewing PG&E’s proposed General Rate Case for the years 2014 to 2016. At issue are the resources the utility needs to safely and reliably operate, maintain and modernize its gas and electric distribution and electric generation systems. PG&E believes it can achieve these important benefits at a reasonable cost to customers.

May 17, 2013

UC Berkeley Journalism Project Features PG&E Electric Crew Foreman

A UC Berkeley journalism project profiles a PG&E electric crew foreman as part of its series on workers who keep Oakland running.

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May 16, 2013

Pleasanton: Small Business Owners Learn to Save Money Ahead of New Pricing

Today’s Time for Business lunch was an educational opportunity for small- and medium-sized business owners to learn more about time-of-use energy pricing. About a dozen such events will be held in PG&E’s service area.

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May 15, 2013

Fifth-grade Students Hold Solar Car Derby, Part of Project Funded by PG&E Grant

Fifth-graders at Millie Munsey Elementary School in Bakersfield got the chance to show just how well the pint-sized solar cars they had so carefully built could perform. The school received a $5,000 PG&E Bright Ideas grant late last year to purchase the solar car kits and materials used as a part of a fifth-grade project to study solar energy

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May 10, 2013

Wayward Mother’s Day Metallic Balloons Pose an Electrical Danger

Springtime is a season for celebrating. And for those who choose helium-filled metallic balloons as part of their Mother’s Day and graduation gift giving, PG&E stresses caution.

May 8, 2013

PG&E Prepared for Summer Season Electric Demand, Despite Drier Winter

Most of the statewide grid, including Northern California, will have an adequate supply of electricity this summer, according to the state’s grid operator. The California Independent System Operation Corporation (ISO) released its annual Summer Assessment on May 6.

May 7, 2013

Know Your Energy Usage — And Save Money

Research shows that households outfitted with in-home displays showing their energy usage are far more responsive than their peers to temporary price increases that discourage consumption during periods of peak demand. In his NEXT100 blog, Jonathan Marshall also writes about how PG&E is working with customers as they install in-home energy displays.

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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.

April 19, 2013

Customers Earn More than $43 Million in Winter Gas Savings Bill Credits

PG&E’s Winter Gas Savings program paid out more than $43 million to nearly 2 million customers in February and March as a reward for conserving natural gas. Bill credits paid to customers this year exceeded those paid in 2012 by almost $2 million.

April 18, 2013

Solar Electric Power Association Ranks PG&E Top Utility for Solar Installations

PG&E, working closely with its customers and developers, connected 805 megawatts of new solar electric power generation to the energy grid last year, a milestone that earned the company top honors from the Solar Energy Power Association as the electric utility that led the nation in the amount of solar added in 2012.

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April 17, 2013

Fresno Horse Park, PG&E Work Together As Pipeline Work Moves Forward

In a unique business arrangement, Fresno County Horse Park — one of the nation’s oldest competitive equestrian event centers — has leased property from PG&E since 1957. Through decades, the two have fostered a relationship that works. The collaboration is even more critical today as PG&E soon will start a gas pipeline construction project that will run directly through the horse park arena this summer.

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