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PG&E Corporation reports developments tied to its regulated utility subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across Northern and Central California. News commonly covers earnings, rate and bill-credit programs, grid reliability, wildfire prevention, emergency response, and customer safety communications.
Company updates also address electric-vehicle integration, residential electrification tools, the PG&E PowerHouse demonstration lab, and the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Operational announcements often focus on sensor data, machine learning, smart meters, bidirectional charging, and programs intended to support a safer and more resilient electric system.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) announced it has surpassed 1 million customer solar interconnections, the most of any U.S. utility. This reflects rapid rooftop solar growth across Northern and Central California, with over half a million new connections from 2020–2025 and more than 70,000 annually recently.
PG&E highlights grid modernization, virtual power plants, and solar-plus-storage integration, including a 2025 VPP test that delivered 535 megawatts to the grid, showcasing customer batteries operating like a large power plant to support reliability.
PG&E Corporation Foundation (NYSE:PCG) is accepting applications for its Better Together Nature Positive Innovation Grant program, awarding $500,000 in 2026 for environmental stewardship.
Five regional grants of $100,000 each will fund air quality, land and water projects within PG&E’s Northern and Central California service area. Eligible applicants are government, educational and nonprofit organizations, including tribal governments. Priority goes to disadvantaged or vulnerable communities. Funding comes from PG&E shareholders, and the application deadline is July 3, 2026.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) declared a second quarter 2026 regular cash dividend of $0.05 per common share, payable July 15, 2026 to shareholders of record on June 30, 2026.
Its utility unit also set Q2 2026 preferred stock dividends across eight first preferred series, payable August 15, 2026.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) is warning California graduates that unsecured helium-filled metallic balloons can cause power outages and safety hazards, especially during wildfire season.
From January through May 2026, balloon contact with power lines caused over 100 outages, affecting more than 46,000 customers in PG&E’s service area.
The company urges customers to secure balloons with weights, keep them indoors when possible, never release them outside, avoid celebrating near power lines, and never attempt to retrieve objects caught in electric lines. Downed lines should be treated as energized, with 911 or PG&E contacted immediately.
PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG) and the PG&E Corporation Foundation will contribute nearly $1.3 million to the California Restaurant Foundation's Restaurants Care Resilience Fund for 2026. Starting June 1, eligible restaurants in PG&E's service area can apply for one of 213 grants of $5,000 each through June 30.
This is the sixth consecutive year of support; PG&E and the foundation have contributed nearly $5.6 million since 2021, and total local grants awarded will exceed 1,000 restaurants.
Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE:PCG) opened a Continuous Monitoring Center (CMC) in San Ramon on May 1, 2026 to centralize real-time grid monitoring, machine learning and field response. The CMC aggregates data from ~5.5 million smart meters and tens of thousands of sensors to detect risks and prevent wildfires.
Reported 2025 results include 17 intercepted potential ignitions, 12 million minutes of avoided unplanned outages, 2,620 hours faster emergency response, ~$6 million in operational savings and 1,484 recorded “good catches.”
PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) reported first quarter 2026 GAAP earnings of $0.39 per share and non-GAAP core earnings of $0.43 per share. The company reaffirmed full-year 2026 non-GAAP core EPS guidance of $1.64–$1.66 and said bundled residential rates for CARE customers are down 23% since January 2024. Other highlights include NRC license renewal for Diablo Canyon, eight RNG facilities connected, 31 miles of undergrounding completed, and ~4.6 GW of data center load in final engineering.
Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE:PCG) and Tesla announced approval of the Tesla Cybertruck, Tesla Powershare Gateway, and Tesla Universal Wall Connector for PG&E's residential Vehicle‑to‑Everything (V2X) pilot on April 20, 2026.
The first AC vehicle‑to‑grid approval in California enables Cybertruck owners to power homes during outages and sell electricity back to the grid, with up to $4,500 in eligible incentives toward bidirectional equipment and interconnection costs.
Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE:PCG) on April 17, 2026 launched the PG&E PowerHouse, an all‑electric model home and living lab at its San Ramon ATS facility to demonstrate and validate clean home technologies.
The PowerHouse showcases bidirectional EV charging, smart panels and meters, heat pumps, battery storage, induction cooking, and energy management tools to simplify electrification and inform customer programs.
PG&E (NYSE:PCG) will apply the Spring California Climate Credit automatically to April bills: residential natural gas households receive $46.26 and eligible small business customers receive an electric credit of $36.18. No customer action is required.
The CPUC paused the residential electric credit timing to target higher‑usage months with a final decision expected this spring. Since 2014, households have received nearly $1,200 cumulatively; statewide Cap‑and‑Invest benefits total about $15.2 billion. PG&E also highlights energy‑saving programs and incentives for appliances, heat pumps, EV charging and financing.