Pacific Gas and Electric News

's 2011 solicitation for new supplies of renewable energy brought in more than 300 offers, a new record for the utility.

Fourth of July has its fireworks-fueled blazes, Halloween its tainted candy scares and New Year's Eve its errant gunshots.

The Bell Carter Foods Inc. plant in Corning was given a reward Friday for its work to reduce energy consumption in processing waste water.

PG&E work crews are repairing power lines damaged when a car hit a utility pole in San Francisco's Crocker-Amazon neighborhood early this morning, a PG&E spokesman said.

THIS IS A BIG year for the Marin Energy Authority, the public agency that was launched in 2010 to plug more residents and businesses into green-powered electricity.

I have never seen a member of this stealthy band of public servants. I know not whether they belong to a totally volunteer organization or are supported by foundation grants or local government funds.

Eight homes were evacuated this morning in northwest Fresno after a Pacific Gas & Electric crew doing repair work caused a natural-gas leak.

Firefighters arrived at the store at 1410 Linda Mar Blvd. at about 8:21 a.m. and upon entering the building smelled a strong natural gas odor and heard carbon monoxide detectors sounding.

Branden Barber got his first taste of solar energy a decade ago while living in rural Australia, off the power grid.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company urges customers to securely tie a weight to all metallic balloons containing helium to prevent them from floating away.

Wall Street is high on PG&E , expecting it to report earnings that are up 21.4% from a year ago when it reports its fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, February 15, 2012.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company today saluted Bakersfield for becoming one of California's top solar cities.

The owners of a South San Francisco salami plant will pay nearly $700,000 and overhaul its refrigeration system as part of a federal judgment stemming from an ammonia leak that sickened almost four dozen people.

CORNING Bell Carter Foods Inc. of Corning is receiving a rebate from Pacific Gas and Electric Company today for energy efficiency improvements at its waste water treatment facility.

PG&E's energy procurement staff are reviewing them closely to determine the most viable and cost-effective projects to meet customers' long-term clean-energy needs.

After succeeding at home, two of the Marin Energy Authority's chief organizers are taking their show on the road.

PG&E crews are making repairs to a cable that failed in an underground vault in San Francisco's Financial District on Thursday afternoon, sparking a fire and prompting the closure of several streets.

The Washington Square shopping center, including Safeway, was evacuated late Wednesday afternoon after electrical equipment was found smoking and arcing in the old Mervyn's store.

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Congresswoman Jackie Speier today demanded further explanation from PG&E and the California Public Utilities Commission following a San Francisco Chronicle story that revealed problems with PG&E's testing of its pipelines last year.