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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 (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.
Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE:PCG) announced a strategic collaboration with SPAN to deploy the SPAN Edge at-the-meter device through a new PanelBoost program to reduce customer costs and delays tied to traditional panel or service upgrades. PG&E estimates >600,000 homes may need service upgrades over the next decade to meet electrification demand.
SPAN Edge offers Dynamic Service Rating™ load shaping, can be installed at the meter, and aims to avoid service upgrades that PG&E says can cost $6,000–$40,000, while installation through PanelBoost could cost customers $500–$2,000. PG&E expects initial deployments to thousands of customers starting summer 2026 and will launch a program website then.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (NYSE: PCG) and the PG&E Foundation will award $7,000 scholarships to 25 Oakland-area high school seniors graduating from the PG&E Community Financial Education Program on Feb. 7, 2026 at UC Berkeley.
Launched in 2022, the six-month program has served 96 students over four years and reports a total of $800,000 in student scholarships funded by PG&E and its foundation. Partners include UC Berkeley Haas, Berkeley Executive Education, The Mills Institute at Northeastern, and Amenti Capital Group.
PG&E (PCG) mobilized crews, partners and emergency centers to support Super Bowl LX in the Bay Area from Feb 2–8, 2026, ensuring safe, reliable gas and electric service for venues and community events.
Preparations include venue inspections, transformer checks, inventory reviews, temporary generation planning and activated Emergency Operations Centers in San Francisco and San Jose.
XPRIZE Wildfire advanced five finalist teams in the Autonomous Wildfire Response track of an $11M competition on Jan 29, 2026, awarding $750,000 equally to finalists and naming a summer 2026 Alaska final test for autonomous detection and suppression in a 1,000 km² zone.
Co-title sponsor Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PCG) is Impact Phase Sponsor with >$1M in funding and in-kind support; winners in each track may receive $3.5M and a $1M Lockheed Martin bonus.
Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE: PCG) is committing $50 million in 2026 to help customers pay overdue energy bills through expanded REACH and Match My Payment programs. REACH bill credits increase to up to $800 (from $300 in 2025) for customers with a disconnection notice. Match My Payment matches customer payments dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000; REACH recipients are prequalified for Match My Payment for a combined benefit of up to $1,800 while funds last. Eligibility uses federal income guidelines. PG&E also cut residential electric rates by 5% effective Jan 1, 2026, leaving rates 11% lower versus Jan 2024. In 2025 the two programs provided about $23 million to over 64,000 customers.