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  2. Pacific Gas and Electric Company - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is an American investor-owned utility (IOU). The company is headquartered at 300 Lakeside Drive, in Oakland, California.PG&E provides natural gas and electricity to 5.2 million households in the northern two-thirds of California, from Bakersfield and northern Santa Barbara County, almost to the Oregon and Nevada state lines.

  3. California reject bill to crackdown on how utilities spend ...

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    As an example, Min and consumer groups noted PG&E spent up to $6 million in TV ads to tout its plan to bury power lines to reduce wildfire risk, a plan that some consumer groups opposed because it ...

  4. PG&E enjoys a near monopoly on energy. So why must its ...

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    May 11, 2024 at 8:30 AM. PG&E, the gas and electricity provider for 16 million customers in Northern and Central California, implemented rate increases on Jan. 1 and recently proposed a new fixed ...

  5. PG&E utility bills about to soar again in Central ... - AOL

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    PG&E showed profits of $2.24 billion in 2023, a nearly 25% year-over-year increase. ... customers who had an average residential bill of $254 in 2023 can now expect to pay an additional $37.19 per ...

  6. Hinkley groundwater contamination - Wikipedia

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    Hinkley groundwater contamination. From 1952 to 1966, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) dumped about 370 million gallons (1,400 million litres) of chromium -tainted wastewater into unlined wastewater spreading ponds around the town of Hinkley, California, located in the Mojave Desert about 120 miles north-northeast of Los Angeles. [1] [2]

  7. Sacramento Municipal Utility District - Wikipedia

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    The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is a community-owned electric utility serving Sacramento County and parts of Placer County. It is one of the ten largest publicly owned utilities in the United States, generating the bulk of its power through natural gas (estimated 35.2% of production total in 2020) and large hydroelectric generation plants (29.1% in 2020).

  8. California regulators approve PG&E rate hike for next year ...

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    PG&E crew member Jason Haase, in the trench, installs underground utilities to home sites along Travis Road in Paradise in 2022. PG&E is placing all utilities for electric and gas underground as ...

  9. Portland General Electric - Wikipedia

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    Portland General Electric ( PGE) is a Fortune 1000 public utility based in Portland, Oregon. It distributes electricity to customers in parts of Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Yamhill, Washington, and Polk counties – 44% of the inhabitants of Oregon. Founded in 1888 as the Willamette Falls Electric Company, the company has been an independent ...