Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), one of the cleanest utilities
in the nation, today announced that the renewable energy it delivers to
its customers has reached nearly 30 percent.
California and PG&E continue to set the pace as national leaders in
clean energy and greenhouse gas reductions. State goals called for an
average of 23.3 percent Renewables Portfolio Standard between 2014 and
2016. PG&E far surpassed that target, serving 29.5 percent of its retail
electricity sales with renewable power in 2015. Additionally, PG&E is
well ahead of schedule in meeting the state’s 33 percent target by 2020.
When looking at the company’s entire energy portfolio, more than 58
percent of the electricity that PG&E delivers to its customers comes
from greenhouse gas-free resources when including large hydroelectric
and nuclear energy.
Today, Geisha Williams, president, PG&E Electric, said she is proud of
the company’s track record as a clean energy leader and this latest
achievement.
“The clean energy transformation that began with energy efficiency
programs in the 1970s has made quantum leaps through new technologies
like solar and wind energy, which are part of the green power we deliver
to our customers every day. We’ve made great progress on renewable
energy and we aren’t done yet. We stand ready to help Governor Brown
deliver on the new goal of 50 percent renewables by 2030 because we want
to demonstrate to other states that a clean energy future is achievable,
and essential for future generations,” said Williams.
PG&E delivers a renewable power mix of solar, wind, geothermal,
bio-power and small, eligible-renewable hydroelectric energy. That
diverse portfolio has helped PG&E achieve a carbon emissions rate that
is two-thirds cleaner than the national utility average. The company
also leads the nation in having connected more than 215,000 customers
with rooftop solar to the grid.
PG&E is expanding its clean energy portfolio as large renewable energy
projects come on line after years of development, and PG&E customers are
enjoying a surge of greener electricity. The company’s new Solar
Choice offering gives customers the option to lower their carbon
footprint and purchase 50 percent or 100 percent of their electricity
from solar power, without the need to install panels.
Also, PG&E has been named one of the nation’s greenest utilities in the
annual Global Top 100 ranking by Energy
Intelligence’s New Energy. The rankings are based on carbon
emissions and renewable energy.
Late last year, the company signed on to a White House initiative aimed
at rallying U.S. businesses around the need to take action on climate
change, and joined Gov. Jerry Brown and the California delegation at the United
Nations’ climate talks (COP21) in Paris.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco,
with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the
nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and
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