Stockton

April 20, 2012

Free Event Gives Tips on How to Save Energy, Beat the Summer Heat

The Bakersfield Beat the Heat informational forum on April 19 was the first of five planned throughout Northern and Central California to help customers learn how to cut their energy costs before the summer heat sets in.

A parking-lot solar structure dedicated Thursday will provide more than 80 percent of the power for the San Joaquin County education building next door. (Photos by Matt Nauman.)

March 30, 2012

School District Solar Project Saves Money, Offers Array of Educational Benefits

A new $2 million, 498-kilowatt solar structure dedicated this week will provide power for the San Joaquin County Schools’ Wentworth Education Center. Its 1,918 solar panels that cover a large parking lot also will be a rich educational resource for students from the Stockton area, especially those at the PG&E-sponsored New Energy Academy.

February 29, 2012

At New Energy Academy, Students Get Hands-on Preparation for College, Careers

Ezra Garrett, PG&E’s vice president of community relations, talked about the company’s $1 million commitment to the New Energy Academy program at Berkeley High and at four other schools in Northern and Central California.

January 27, 2012

Zero Net Energy: The Future of Green Building

California designers and builders are taking the lead in the Green Building movement—both as a matter of environmental commitment and to meet an ambitious state goal of making all new residential buildings meet a “zero net energy” standard by 2020.

January 25, 2012

PG&E Adds Mobile Command Vehicles to Emergency-Response Capabilities

In December, PG&E rolled out a fleet of four 24-foot Sprinter vehicles as a mobile extension of the company’s Emergency Operations Center. The vehicles are strategically staged within PG&E’s service area – in Santa Rosa, San Jose, Stockton and San Francisco.

January 17, 2012