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PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) is a California-based holding company whose primary business is conducted through its utility subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The utility is described as a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. This news page focuses on developments affecting PG&E’s customers, operations, regulatory environment, and capital structure.
Recent news releases highlight several themes that are central to PG&E’s ongoing story. These include announcements about electric and natural gas rate changes, such as the planned January 1, 2026 rate reductions described as the fourth electric rate decrease in two years, as well as programs designed to support income-eligible customers, including the Match My Payment Program and the REACH bill assistance program. Other updates cover automatic bill credits for customers affected by specific outages, storm preparedness efforts with pre-positioned crews and enhanced outage information tools, and scholarship programs funded by employee resource groups for students in PG&E’s service area.
PG&E’s news flow also includes information on grid modernization and innovation projects, such as the Dynamic Line Rating and Asset Health Monitoring technology demonstration funded through the Electric Program Investment Charge program, and vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-everything pilot projects conducted with partners at the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid. Additional releases address wildfire mitigation measures, including undergrounding powerlines and related public opinion polling, as well as leadership and organizational changes intended to better align the company with customer and hometown needs.
Investors and observers can use this page to follow PG&E’s earnings-related communications, operational updates, safety initiatives, community programs, and regulatory disclosures as they are issued through official news channels.
Pacific Gas and Electric (PCG) lowered residential electric rates on March 1, 2026, marking the fifth cut since January 2024 and the third consecutive drop since September. Residential bundled electric rates are 13% lower than January 2024, saving typical customers about $25/month at 500 kWh.
March cuts: electric rates down 1.8% (CARE customers ~8.3%), typical bill down about $5.14. Natural gas rates rose 0.3%, adding roughly $0.24/month to typical gas bills.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PCG) urges customers to “hang up, close the door and slam the scam” during National Consumer Protection Week, March 2-8. In 2025 PG&E received nearly 24,000 scam reports and customers lost approximately $301,000, average loss $590.
The company warns against prepaid-card or money-transfer payments, doorstep bill checks, and spoofed 800 numbers; customers should verify via official 1-833-500-SCAM or 800-743-5000 and report fraud to local authorities.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) highlights rising utility scams during National Consumer Protection Week (March 2-8, 2026) and urges customers to "hang up, close the door and slam the scam." In 2025 PG&E received nearly 24,000 scam reports and customers lost about $301,000 (average loss $590), with ~850 reports targeting businesses.
The company warns that scammers demand immediate payment, request prepaid cards or money transfers, and may impersonate PG&E at the door or via spoofed 800 numbers. Customers are advised to verify by calling official numbers or logging into pge.com.
Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE:PCG) launched a Clean Energy Calculator on February 25, 2026, developed with GridX to help customers evaluate electrification upgrades.
The online tool uses customers' actual energy usage to model costs, savings, rate-plan impacts, appliance purchase and operating costs, incentives, and gas-versus-electric total cost of ownership. Access: pge.com/calculator.
PG&E (NYSE: PCG) declared its Q1 2026 common cash dividend of $0.05 per share, payable April 15, 2026, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2026. The utility subsidiary also declared preferred dividends for the three-month period ending April 30, 2026, payable May 15, 2026.
PG&E listed quarterly per-share amounts for eight preferred stock series, ranging from $0.27250 to $0.37500.
Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE:PCG) is pre-positioning crews, equipment and activating its Emergency Operations Center ahead of a multi-phase winter storm expected Feb 16–18, 2026. Meteorologists forecast gusts up to 60 mph, heavy rain (0.5–3 inches), and snow down to 2,000 feet, with significant accumulation above 3,000 feet.
PG&E says it uses AI and machine‑learning weather models to place crews, poles and transformers nearer expected impact zones and will provide outage updates at PGE.com/outages and PG&E Currents.
PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) reported 2025 GAAP EPS of $1.18 and non-GAAP core EPS of $1.50, and tightened 2026 non-GAAP core EPS guidance to $1.64–$1.66. The company cut non-fuel O&M by 2.5%, advanced ~3.6 GW of data center projects into final engineering, and continued wildfire mitigation progress.
Operational highlights include a third consecutive year with zero major wildfires caused by utility equipment, 334 miles of undergrounded lines completed in 2025, and residential electric rates down 11% since January 2024.
Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE: PCG) warns customers that metallic (foil) balloons can cause power outages, equipment damage and public safety hazards if released outdoors. The company says nearly 350 outages in 2025 from metallic balloons affected 165,000 customers across Northern and Central California.
PG&E urges Californians to secure balloons with weights, never release them, puncture and discard used balloons, and call 1-800-743-5000 to report balloon-related issues or 911 for downed lines.
Maas Energy Works commissioned a new renewable natural gas (RNG) interconnection at Couco Creek Dairy in Turlock, California, enabling injection of both onsite and trucked‑in dairy biomethane into PG&E’s pipeline. At full operation the site targets ~350 MMBtu/day of RNG and supports California methane‑reduction goals.
PG&E called this its eighth RNG interconnection and reports transporting ~6.5 Bcf of RNG by end‑2025; the project is expected to cut ~54,000 metric tons CO2e/year.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (NYSE:PCG) supported GENYOUth's Super Schools initiative tied to Super Bowl LX, which equipped 60 Bay Area schools with nutrition equipment and NFL FLAG kits. The program increased access to approximately 9 million school meals annually and expanded physical activity opportunities for over 33,000 students.
Partners included Oakland Unified School District, Bay Area Host Committee, Dairy Council of California, Amazon Access, Domino's, PepsiCo Foundation and the NFL Foundation. GENYOUth also highlighted Taste of the NFL fundraising impact.