Pacific Gas And Electric Company
PG&E is a California gas and electric utility serving about 16 million people across 70,000 square miles, with work in grid modernization, wildfire safety, and renewable energy integration.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Founded in 1905 and headquartered in Oakland, California, it delivers energy to approximately 16 million people across a 70,000-square-mile service area stretching from Eureka to Bakersfield and from the Pacific Ocean to the Sierra Nevada. The company employs 28,000 people.
Work at PG&E spans electric power delivery and natural gas delivery, alongside technical programmes in grid modernization, climate resilience, renewable energy integration, and infrastructure undergrounding. Wildfire safety and hazard monitoring is a substantial focus: the company's Hazard Awareness & Warning Center, formerly the Wildfire Safety Operations Center, monitors evolving threats to California communities 24 hours a day.
The company traces its origins to the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company and has operated for more than a century. It describes its operating priorities as safe, reliable, and affordable energy delivery, supported by a stated culture of safety and a commitment to diversity. Employees volunteer more than 75,000 hours a year in the communities the utility serves.
Industry verticals include utilities, energy, electric power, natural gas, and clean energy. PG&E states a focus on the clean energy transition and investment in modernization technology. Further information is available at pge.com.
